I was wondering about our yesterdays, 我在想，我们的昨天，

and starting digging through the rubble 并开始在废墟中挖

and to say, at least somebody went 并说，至少有人去

through a hell of a lot of trouble 经过了很多麻烦的地狱

to make sure that when we looked things up 以确保当我们看东西

we wouldn't fair too well 我们不公平的太清楚了

and that we would come up with totally unreliable 而且我们会拿出完全不可靠

portraits of ourselves. 对自己的肖像。

But I compiled what few facts I could, 但我编了几个事实我可以，

I mean, such as they are 我的意思是，如他们

to see if we could shed a little bit of light 看看我们是否能揭示一点点

and this is what I got so far: 这是我有这么远：

First, white folks discovered Africa 首先，白人发现非洲

and they claimed it fair and square. 他们声称这光明正大。

Cecil Rhodes couldn't have been robbing nobody 塞西尔·罗德斯不可能一直没人抢

'cause he said there was nobody there. 因为他说有没有人在那里。

White folks brought all the civilization, 白人把所有的文明，

since there wasn't none around. 因为当时没有没有周围。

They said 'how could these folks be civilized 他们说， “怎么可能这些人是文明

when you never see nobody writing nothing down?' 当你再也看不到任何人写什么了吗？ “

And just to prove all their suspicions, 为了证明他们的所有怀疑，

it didn't take too long. 它并没有花太长时间。

They found out there were whole groups of people, in plain sight, 他们发现有整群人，在众目睽睽下，

running around with no clothes on. That's right! 不穿衣服跑来跑去。这是正确的！

The women, the men, the young and old, 女人，男人，年轻人和老年人，

righteous white folks covered their eyes. 正义的白人覆盖他们的眼睛。

So no time was spent considering the environment. 因此，没有时间花在考虑环境。

Hell no! This here, this just wasn't civilized! 该死的！这这里，这只是没有文明！

And another piece of information they had, 而另一条信息，他们已

or at least this how we were taught 或者至少这是如何，我们被教导

is that 'unlike the very civilized people of Europe' 是“不像欧洲很文明的人”

these tribal units actually fought! 这些部落的部队居然打了！

And yes, there was some rather crude implements 是的，有一些比较粗糙的工具

and yes, there was primitive art 是的，有原始艺术

and yes they were masters of hunting and fishing 是的，他们的狩猎和捕鱼的主人

and courtesy came from the heart. 和礼貌来自心脏。

And yes there was medicine, love and religion, 是的有医药，爱情，信仰，

intertribal communication by drum. 通过鼓部族间的通信。

But no paper and pencils and other utensils 但是，没有纸张和铅笔等用具

and hell, these folks never even heard of a gun. 与地狱，这些人从来没有听说过枪。

And this is why the colonies came 这就是为什么殖民地来了

to stabilize the land. 土地稳定。

Because the Dark Continent had copper and gold 因为黑暗大陆有铜和黄金

and the discoverers had themselves a plan. 和发现者有自己的计划。

They would discover all the places with promise. 他们会发现所有带应许的地方。

You didn't need no titles or deeds. 你不需要任何头衔或事迹。

You could just appoint people to make everything legal, 你可以只委任的人，使一切合法，

to sanction the trickery and greed. 制裁的诡计和贪婪。

And back in the jungle when the natives got restless 而早在丛林中时，当地人不安分了

they would call that 'guerrilla attack' 他们会说这就是游击队袭击“

and they would never describe that the folks finally got wise 也绝对不会形容的人终于得到了明智的

and decided they would fight back. 并决定他们会反击。

And still we are victims of word games, 而我们仍然是文字游戏的受害者，

semantics is always a bitch: 语义始终是一个婊子：

places once referred to as under-developed 地方曾经被称为欠发达

are now called 'mineral rich.' 现在所谓的“矿物质丰富。 ”

And the game goes on eternally 而本场比赛的推移永远

unity kept just beyond reach 团结一直只是可望而不可及

Egypt and Libya used to be in Africa, 埃及和利比亚曾是非洲，

they've been moved to the Middle East. 他们已经被转移到中东。

There are examples galore I assure you, 有例子嘉豪我向你保证，

but if interpreting were left up to me 但如果解释是留给我

I'd be sure every time folks knew this version wasn't mine 我可以肯定，每次乡亲知道这个版本是不是我的

which is why it is called 'His story'. 这就是为什么它被称为“他的故事” 。