when I was four years old 当我四十岁

they tried to test my I.Q. 他们想测试我的智商

they showed me a picture 他们给我看了一张照片

of 3 oranges and a pear 3个橘子和梨

they said, 他们说，

which one is different? 哪一个是不同的？

it does not belong 它不属于

they taught me different is wrong 他们教给我不同的是错的

but when I was 13 years old 但是当我13岁

I woke up one morning 我合一早上醒来

thighs covered in blood 大腿满身是血

like a war 像一场战争

like a warning 就像一个警告

that I live in a breakable takeable body 我生活在一个易碎takeable体

an ever-increasingly valuable body 不断日益宝贵的身体

that a woman had come in the night to replace me 一个女人已经走在了晚上来取代我

deface me 我污损

see, 看，

my body is borrowed 我的身体是借来的

yeah, I got it on loan 是的，我得到了它的贷款

for the time in between my mom and some maggots 对于我的妈妈和一些蛆虫之间的时间

I don't need anyone to hold me 我不需要任何人来抱我

I can hold my own 我能坚持我自己的

I got highways for stretchmarks 我得到了高速公路的妊娠纹

see where I've grown 看到这里我已经长大

I sing sometimes 我唱歌有时

like my life is at stake 就像我的生命处于危险之中

'cause you're only as loud 因为你只有大声

as the noises you make 为您做出的噪音

I'm learning to laugh as hard 我学着笑硬

as I can listen 因为我可以听

'cause silence “沉默的原因

is violence 是一种暴力

in women and poor people 妇女和穷人

if more people were screaming then I could relax 如果有更多的人在尖叫，然后我可以放松

but a good brain ain't diddley 但良好的大脑是不是diddley

if you don't have the facts 如果你没有事实

we live in a breakable takeable world 我们生活在一个易碎takeable世界

an ever available possible world 不断提供可能的世界

and we can make music 我们可以做音乐

like we can make do 就像我们可以凑合

genius is in a back beat 天才是一回节拍

backseat to nothing if you're dancing 后座要什么，如果你在跳舞

especially something stupid 尤其是一些愚蠢的事

like I.Q. 像智商

for every lie I unlearn 每一个谎言í忘掉

I learn something new 我在学习新的东西

I sing sometimes for the war that I fight 我唱歌有时，我打仗

'cause every tool is a weapon - “引起每一个工具是一种武器 -

if you hold it right. 如果你持有它的权利。