A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood 从灌木后面一颗子弹了Medgar埃弗斯的血

A finger fired the trigger to his name 手指触发触发器，以他的名字

A handle hid out in the dark 把手藏在黑暗中

A hand set the spark 一只手设置的火花

Two eyes took the aim 两只眼睛带着目的

Behind a man's brain 一个人的大脑的背后

But he can't be blamed 但他不能被指责

He's only a pawn in their game. 他只在他们的游戏中的棋子。

   

A South politician preaches to the poor white man 南政客鼓吹的白人穷人

"You got more than blacks, don't complain “你有超过黑人，不要抱怨

You're better than them, you been born with white skin" they explain 你比他们好，你出生的白皮肤“，他们解释

And the Negro's name 和黑人的名字

Is used it is plain 使用它是纯

For the politician's gain 对于政治家的增益

As he rises to fame 当他上升到成名

And the poor white remains 和一穷二白的遗体

On the caboose of the train 在火车的守车

But it ain't him to blame 但它是不是他惹的祸

He's only a pawn in their game. 他只在他们的游戏中的棋子。

   

The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid 副警长，战士，州长获得报酬

And the marshals and cops get the same 和乘警和警察得到相同的

But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool 但白人穷人在他们所有的手喜欢用的工具

He's taught in his school 他教他的学校

From the start by the rule 从一开始的规则

That the laws are with him 该法律是与他

To protect his white skin 为了保护自己的皮肤白

To keep up his hate 为了跟上他的恨

So he never thinks straight 所以他从来不认为直

'Bout the shape that he's in “布特说，他是在造型

But it ain't him to blame 但它是不是他惹的祸

He's only a pawn in their game. 他只在他们的游戏中的棋子。

   

From the powerty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks 从powerty窝棚，他看起来从夹缝中的曲目

And the hoof beats pound in his brain 和马蹄声英镑在他的大脑

And he's taught how to walk in a pack 而且他学会了如何走在一包

Shoot in the back 射在背部

With his fist in a clinch 随着他的拳头钉扣

To hang and to lynch 挂和林奇

To hide 'neath the hood 若要隐藏照耀下罩

To kill with no pain 杀与不痛

Like a dog on a chain 像上链狗

He ain't got no name 他没有得到任何名称

But it ain't him to blame 但它是不是他惹的祸

He's only a pawn in their game. 他只在他们的游戏中的棋子。

   

Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught 今天， Medgar埃弗斯被安葬在他抓住子弹

They lowered him down as a king 他们降低了他是个国王

But when the shadowy sun sets on the one 但是，当朦胧的阳光洒在1

That fired the gun 这开了枪

He'll see by his grave 他会用他的坟墓看

On the stone that remains 在剩下的石头

Carved next to his name 旁边刻他的名字

His epitaph plain: 他的墓志铭简单：

Only a pawn in their game. 只有一个棋子在他们的游戏中。