[Verse 1: Talib Kweli] [诗歌1 ：利布Kweli ]

From the top, from the top, from the top, from the top 从顶部，从顶部，从顶部，从顶部

From the top, from the top, from the top, from the top 从顶部，从顶部，从顶部，从顶部

In a state of grace 在一个国家的宽限期

Where the talent is surrounded by the pain and the violence 凡人才是痛苦和暴力包围

So the selling never safe 所以，从来没有卖安全

At the same time snitching to the Jake 同时打小报告的杰克

Is the quickest way to get found at the bottom of a lake 是最快捷的方式来获得在湖底发现

But the problem we face seems so great 但是，我们面临的问题似乎很伟大

That we can't escape so we accept our fate 我们无法逃避，所以我们接受了我们的命运

So the sex and the money and the murder are the pictures we paint 因此，性别，金钱和谋杀是我们绘制的图片

If an artist is a part of a community 如果一个艺术家是社会的一部分，

And got an opportunity to get that cake 并得到了一个机会，让这蛋糕

Would never come back to the hood, no immunity 永远不会回来了引擎盖，没有免疫力

Usually a nigga like that so fake 像这样的假通常是黑人

No different from a snake 从蛇无异

Nothing left to give cause you always wanna take 没有什么可以给你的事业总是想带

If you ain't using all the talents God provided you with 如果您没有使用所有的天赋神为您提供

For the betterment of man, understand you ain't nothing but a waste 为人类的福祉，明白你是不是也不过是浪费

Look into the face of a young girl 看着一个年轻女孩的脸

Raising up like a flag when it's unfurled 养起来像一个标志，当它打出

Got game listening to her mother's pearls 拿到游戏听妈妈的珍珠

And she love Beyonce cause she run the world 她喜欢碧昂丝，因为她跑世界

Her mama used to run this city 她妈妈用来运行这个城市

Way back before the nigga Puff was Diddy 遥想在黑人面前吹牛老爹是

When it came to the music then she got real picky 当它来到了音乐，那么她得到真正的挑剔

From New York, but preferred 2Pac over Biggie 来自纽约，但首选2Pac的过大不了

No disrespect to Ms. Wallace, but she liked to do the knowledge 不尊重华莱士女士，但她很喜欢做知识

And she felt that Pac was more lyrical 她认为吃豆更抒情

Plus she never went to college 再加上她没上过大学

But she called herself 'Earth' found rhythm with the gods more spiritual 但她称自己是“地球上发现的节奏与神更灵

She God in the physical 她在上帝的物理

And it's only natural to pray for a little you 而且很自然，祈求一点点你

Musical so she played the umbilical chords 音乐，让她扮演的脐和弦

So her daughter was born it was a miracle 所以，她的女儿出生，这是一个奇迹

Music is the light when it's dark 音乐是光时，它的黑暗

And the way that you spit your dart is a big part 那你吐你的镖的方式是一个很大的组成部分

She grew up loving hip hop 她从小就爱嘻哈

Now all her daughter got is "Love & Hip Hop" 现在，她的女儿得到的是“爱与嘻哈”

Nowadays niggas turn up for the sex 如今黑鬼调高为性

Niggas turn up for the money, never turn up for the movement 黑鬼们转起来的钱，从来没有掉头向上运动

Ratchet reality stars that be looking so stupid 棘轮现实恒星寻找这么笨

Getting in the fights at reunions 获得了战斗的聚会

She used to be inspired by the writers, now she's tired of the biters 她曾经在作家的启发，现在她厌倦了biters的

No desire for the lying and the violence 没有欲望的说谎与暴力

That's inflicted on the body in a so-called party environment 这是造成对身体的所谓党的环境

Her body is politics 她的身体是政治

Lost count of how many whores she was called today 她有多少妓女被称为当今记不清

She won't do it no more, lost all her faith 她不会做没了，失去了所有的信心

They say she exaggerate when she holler 'Rape' 他们说她夸大，当她发牢骚强奸

But it's only so much she can tolerate 但它只有这么多，她可以忍受

   

[Hook: Abby Dobson] [钩：艾比多布森]

Help me find my way to a state of grace 帮我看看我的方法，一个国家的宽限期

Stir my heart, touch my soul 挑起我的心脏，摸摸我的灵魂

Feed me freedom sounds you made 自由的声音，你做给我吃

Help me find my way to a state of grace 帮我看看我的方法，一个国家的宽限期

Lift me up with your weight 让我能与你的体重

Pull me to the grace 拉我的恩典

   

[Verse 2: Talib Kweli] [诗2：利布Kweli ]

She wanna to be the first in her family with a higher education 她想成为第一个在她家受过高等教育

Her entire graduation was a dire situation 她的整个毕业是一个可怕的情况

Did a paper on the state of the hip hop generation 做了一份关于嘻哈一代的状态

But no longer felt a part of the conversation 但不再觉得谈话的一部分

Used to be I'm a ''ride or die'' chick 以前是我一个车程或死亡小妞

B.I.G. with the ''Me And My Bitch'' B.I.G.与“”我和我的母狗

No objections, being an object 无异议的，作为一个对象

Major label seeing a profit 大唱片公司看到了利润

She ain't never been a bitch or a ho 她也不是没有过一个婊子或浩

But she used to sing along when she heard it in a song 但她一起使用的时候，她的一首歌曲听到唱

She used to be front row at the shows 'til she overdosed on the testosterone 她曾经是前排的演出，直到她服用了过量的睾酮

Her favorite rapper invited her backstage would have stayed 她最喜欢的说唱歌手邀她在后台会留

But she felt like she really ain't belong 但她觉得她真的是不属于

When she wouldn't let him hit, this nigga called her a bitch 当她不让他打，这个黑人叫她婊子

She erased all her songs from the phone 她抹去她所有的歌从手机

You are who you fuck with, so the guy that she stuck with 你就是你他妈的是谁，让她坚持了的家伙

You can bump it or dump it, the artist she trusted 你可以碰到它，或者倾倒，艺术家，她相信

Just broke her heart, so misogynistic and disgusting 刚刚打破了她的心脏，所以厌恶女人和恶心

She tried not to judge him 她试着不要去判断他

In her heart she still loved him 在她的心脏，她依然爱他

And the way that he lusting a part of his suffering 和方式，他垂涎他的痛苦的一部分

And this young man clearly not ready for the harder discussion 而这个年轻人显然没有准备好就越难讨论

Female emcees acting more like a dude than a dude do, only if you knew 演戏更像是一个纨绔子弟不是纨绔子弟做，只有当你知道女司仪

I know a few who flow crazier than if you flew over the nest of the cuckoo 我认识的几个谁流动比，如果你飞越杜鹃窝疯狂

But she never gonna hear them in the mix so the new attitude 但她绝不会听到他们的组合使新态度

Taking cues from the radio playing that doodoo 服用线索从无线电播放的涂涂

She on D'Angelo Pandora station playing that Voodoo, who knew? 她安吉洛Pandora电台上播放的巫毒教，谁知道？

   

[Hook] [钩]

   

[Verse 3: Talib Kweli] [第3节：利布Kweli ]

In the face of hate 在仇恨的脸

She'd be lucky for a balance cause the world is challenging her to be great 她是幸运的平衡导致世界挑战她是伟大的

I see lyrics as colors and shapes 我看到歌词的颜色和形状

Put it on tape, let her know I could relate 把它放在磁带上，让她知道我可以与

When you wish you could switch the way that you look 如果你愿意，你可以切换你的样子

And your nose was smaller and your hair was straight 和你的鼻子小，你的头发是直

When you got no faith 当你有没有信心

When you hate yourself, when you hate your race 如果你恨自己，当你讨厌你的种族

Let's get to the core 让我们在芯

Our sisters worth more than grinding on the wall half-naked 我们的姐妹价值超过打磨墙壁上半裸

She a bitch, she a whore 她是婊子，她是妓女

And you rich and you shit on the poor 而你富有，你拉屎穷人

In all of your records and ask 'em to buy it 在所有的记录，并要求时间买它

Why should I support music that constantly disrespects me? 我为什么要支持的音乐，不断地不尊重我吗？

And make you dismissive of the efforts of those who get left 让你不屑一顾那些谁被甩的努力

With the charge of repping it correctly 有了正确repping它的电荷

When it's free online or in a cloud 当它是免费的网上或云

Ain't no reason to touch the radio dial 是不是没有理由触及打开收音机

You wonder why you don't hear no sounds on the air 你想知道为什么你没有听到对空气没有任何声音

And it's clear that your sales going down 而且很明显，你的销售下降

Down by law then you found the raw 唐氏法律，那么你找到了原

On a message board and you sounding off 在一个留言板，你听起来关闭

These niggas get the whole world, but what's the cause? 这些黑鬼得到了整个世界，但有什么原因？

No wonder why these niggas be sounding lost 难怪这些黑鬼是冠冕堂皇的失落

Rhyming is a memory 押韵是内存

The assembly line rap niggas is designed by the enemy 流水线说唱黑鬼被敌人设计

Stop giving them your soul, gift wrap 停止给他们你的灵魂，礼品包装

Prepackaged, fabricated shit rap 预包装，制作说唱狗屎

Running through you like fast food; Big Mac's 贯穿你喜欢快餐;巨无霸的

You don't want no problems, fix that 你不想要的问题，修复

All the time that you spent listening to that bullshit 所有你花听的废话的时候

Now you ain't never gon' get back 现在，你是不是从来没有坤找回

   

[Hook] [钩]

   

[Outro: Talib Kweli] [尾奏：利布Kweli ]

She don't love it, no 她不爱它，不

She don't love it no more 她不爱它没有更多