[Talib Kweli] [利布Kweli ]

Yo Dee (What?) 呦迪（什么？ ）

Come on (Yeah..) 来吧（是啊。）

What? What? Come on 什么？什么？来吧

(Yeah) （是啊）

   

"Give me the fortune, keep the fame," said my man Louis “给我算命，保持名气，说：”我的男人路易

I agreed, know what he mean because we live the truest lie 我同意了，知道他的意思，因为我们生活最真实的谎言

I asked him why we follow the law of the bluest eye 我问他为什么，我们按照最蓝的眼睛规律

He looked at me, he thought about it 他看着我，他想过这个问题

Was like, "I'm clueless, why?" 当时想， “我无能，为什么？ ”

The question was rhetorical, the answer is horrible 问题是明知故问，答案是可怕的

Our morals are out of place and got our lives full of sorrow 我们的道德是格格不入，得到了我们的生活充满了悲伤

And so tomorrow comin' later than usual 等明天科曼比平时晚

Waitin' on someone to pity us 在别人怜悯我们等着

While we findin' beauty in the hideous 虽然我们发掘的“美在狰狞

They say money's the root of all evil but I can't tell 他们说，钱是一切罪恶的根源，但我不能告诉

You know what I mean, pesos, francs, yens, cowrie shells, dollar bills 你明白我的意思，比索，瑞郎，日元，贝壳，美钞

Or is it the mindstate that's ill? 或者是它的mindstate这是生病了吗？

Creating crime rates to fill the new prisons they build 创建犯罪率，以填补他们建立新的监狱

Over money and religion there's more blood to spill 在金钱和宗教有更多的血液溅出

The wounds of slaves in cotton fields that never heal 奴隶棉田的伤口永远不会愈合

What's the deal? 这是怎么回事？

A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke 很多谁买的记录是猫直破

But my language universal they be recitin' my quotes 但是我的语言，他们普遍被recitin “我的报价

While R&B singers hit bad notes, we rock the boat 虽然R＆B歌手打不好的音符，我们捣乱

of thought, that my man Louis' statements just provoked 思想，是我的男人路易斯的陈述引起

Caught up, in conversations of our personal worth 赶上了，在我们的个人价值的对话

Brought up, through endangered species status on the planet Earth 长大了，通过在地球上濒临灭绝的物种地位

Survival tactics means, bustin' gats to prove you hard 生存策略是指，巴斯廷“服务贸易总协定努力证明自己

Your firearms are too short to box with God 你的武器太短与上帝盒

Without faith, all of that is illusionary 没有信仰，这一切是幻觉

Raise my son, no vindication of manhood necessary 养育我的儿子，不平反必要的男子气概

   

[M.D.] Not strong [医学博士]不强

[T.K.] Only aggressive [ T.K. ]只有积极的

[M.D.] Not free [医学博士]不免费

[T.K.] We only licensed [ T.K. ]我们只授权

[M.D.] Not compassionate, only polite [医学博士]不值得同情，只是礼貌

[T.K.] Now who the nicest? [ T.K. ]现在谁是最好的？

[M.D.] Not good but well behaved [医学博士]不很好，但是听话

[T.K.] Chasin' after death [ T.K. ]斯科特死后

so we can call ourselves brave? 所以我们可以称自己勇敢吗？

[M.D.] Still livin' like mental slaves [医学博士]仍然活着的话像心理奴隶

[both] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [全部]躲到就像小偷从生活中的晚

Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice 绿洲马金幻觉“你看两次

[both] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [全部]躲到就像小偷从生活中的晚

Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice 绿洲马金幻觉“你看两次

   

[Mos Def] [莫斯戴夫]

Yo, I'm sure that everybody out listenin' agree 哟，我敢肯定，每个人都出listenin 同意

That everything you see ain't really how it be 这一切你看到的是不是真的怎么会

A lot of jokers out runnin' in place, chasin the style 在发生了很多笑话飞奔出来的“ ，斯科特的风格

Be a lot goin' on beneath the empty smile 有很多布莱恩空笑着下方

Most cats in my area be lovin' the hysteria 大多数猫在我区被爱着的癔症

Synthesized surface conceals the interior 合成的表面掩盖了内部

America, land of opportunity, mirages and camouflages 美国的机会，海市蜃楼和伪装土地

More than usually -- speakin' loudly, sayin' nothin' 比平时更 - speakin 了一声，说没什么

You confusin' me, you losin' me 您confusin “我，你失去感到我

Your game is twisted, want me enlisted -- in your usary 你的游戏是扭曲的，要我入伍 - 在你的usary

Foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly 傻傻的，大多数人加入这个行列cluelessly

Buffoonishly accept the deception, believe the perception Buffoonishly接受欺骗，认为知觉

Reflection rarely seen across the surface of the lookin' glass 反射很少见到对面查找玻璃表面

Walkin' the street, wonderin' who they be lookin' past 沃尔“在街上，迷惘谁，他们可以看着过往

Lookin' gassed with them imported designer shades on 看着毒气与他们进口的设计师对色彩

Stars shine bright, but the light -- rarely stays on 星光闪耀明亮，但光 - 很少停留在

Same song, just remixed, different arrangement 同一首歌，只是混音，不同的安排

Put you on a yacht but they won't call it a slave ship 把你的游艇，但他们不会把它叫做奴隶船

Strangeness, you don't control this, you barely hold this 奇诡，你不用管，你勉强守住这

Screamin' brand new, when they just sanitized the old shit 尖叫全新的，当他们刚刚消毒的老狗屎

Suppose it's, just another clever Jedi mind trick 假设它的，只是一个聪明的头脑绝地招

That they been runnin' across stars through all the time with 他们一直在天边星星各地通过所有的时间

I find it's distressin', there's never no in-between 我觉得这是distressin “ ，有永远不会在中间

We either niggaz or Kings 我们不是兄弟们或国王

We either bitches or Queens 我们无论是母狗或女王

The deadly ritual seems immersed, in the perverse 致命的仪式似乎沉浸在倒行逆施

Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts 满短的注意力，总之脾气，和短裙

Long barrel automatics released in short bursts 发表在短时间长身管自动化

The length of black life is treated with short worth 黑色生命的长度与短值得治疗

Get yours first, them other niggaz secondary 得到你的第一次，他们的其他兄弟们的二次

That type of illin' that be fillin' up the cemetery 这种类型的illin的“那可FILLIN 了墓地

This life is temporary but the soul is eternal 这样的生活是暂时的，但灵魂是永恒的

Separate the real from the lie, let me learn you 独立于谎言的真实，让我学会了你

Not strong, only aggressive, cause the power ain't directed 不强，只有积极的，造成电源并非针对

That's why, we are subjected to the will of the oppressive 这就是为什么，我们受到压迫的意志

Not free, we only licensed 不是免费的，我们只授权

Not live, we just excitin' 不住，我们只是excitin “

Cause the captors.. own the masters.. to what we writin' 导致绑架者..自己的主人。要我们以创作“

Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained 没有同情心，只是客气，我们训练有素

Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage, it's just a game 我们真诚的排练阶段，它只是一个游戏

Not good, but well behaved cause the ca-me-ra survey 不是很好，但很乖事业的CA -ME -RA调查

most of the things that we think, do, or say 大部分我们认为，这样做，或者说东西

We chasin' after death just to call ourselves brave 我们追赶死后只称自己勇敢

But everyday, next man meet with the grave 但每天，下一个男人满足坟墓

I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy 我给一个该死的，如果任何人都记得我的遗产

I'm tryin' to live life in the sight of God's memory 我试着以鲜活的生命在上帝的记忆视线

Like that y'all 像你们都

   

[Mos Def] [莫斯戴夫]

A lot of people don't understand the true criteria of things 很多人不理解事物的真正标准

Can't just accept the appearance 不能只接受外观

Have to get the true essence 要获得真正的精髓

   

[Talib Kweli] [利布Kweli ]

They ain't lookin' around 他们是不是看着的身边

   

[M.D.] Not strong [医学博士]不强

[T.K.] Only aggressive [ T.K. ]只有积极的

[M.D.] Not free [医学博士]不免费

[T.K.] We only licensed [ T.K. ]我们只授权

[M.D.] Not compassionate, only polite [医学博士]不值得同情，只是礼貌

[T.K.] Now who the nicest? [ T.K. ]现在谁是最好的？

[M.D.] Not good but well behaved [医学博士]不很好，但是听话

[T.K.] Chasin' after death [ T.K. ]斯科特死后

so we can call ourselves brave? 所以我们可以称自己勇敢吗？

[M.D.] Still livin' like mental slaves [医学博士]仍然活着的话像心理奴隶

[both] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [全部]躲到就像小偷从生活中的晚

Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice 绿洲马金幻觉“你看两次

[both] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [全部]躲到就像小偷从生活中的晚

Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice 绿洲马金幻觉“你看两次

[both] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [全部]躲到就像小偷从生活中的晚

Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice 绿洲马金幻觉“你看两次

[both] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [全部]躲到就像小偷从生活中的晚

Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice 绿洲马金幻觉“你看两次

   

[Mos Def (singing)] [莫斯戴夫（唱） ]

Stop hidin', stop hidin', stop hidin' yo' face 停止躲到，停止躲到 ，停止躲到哟的脸

Stop hidin', stop hidin', 'cause ain't no hidin' place 停止躲到，停止躲到，原因是不是没有头上的棒球帽“的地方