Many suggestions 许多建议

And documents written. 和文档编写。

Many directions 许多方向

For the end that was given. 对于被赋予的末端。

They gave us 他们给了我们

Pieces of silver and pieces of gold. 银片和金片。

Tell me, 告诉我，

Who'll pay reparations on my soul? 谁愿意支付我的灵魂赔偿？

   

Many fine speeches (oh yeah) 许多优秀的演说（噢）

From the White House desk (uh huh) 来自白宫的办公桌（嗯）

Written on the cue cards 写在提示卡

That were never really there. Yes, 这是从来没有真正存在。是的，

But the heat and the summer were there 但热量和夏季在那里

And the freezing winter's cold. Now 而寒冷的冬天的寒冷。现在

Tell me, 告诉我，

Who'll pay reparations on my soul? 谁愿意支付我的灵魂赔偿？

   

Call my brother a junkie 'cause he ain't got no job (no job, no job). 叫我哥哥迷，因为他没有得到任何工作（没有工作，没有工作） 。

Told my old man to leave me when times got hard (so hard). 告诉我老头子离开我时，时间变得困难（很难） 。

Told my mother she got to carry me all by herself. 告诉我妈妈，她一定要带着我所有自己。

And now that I want to be a man (be a man) who can depend on no one else (oh yeah). 而现在，我想成为一个男人（被男人）谁可以依靠旁若无人（噢） 。

What about the red man 怎么样的红人

Who met you at the coast? 谁见了你在海岸？

You never dig sharing; 你永远不挖共享;

Always had to have the most. 一直到最有。

And what about Mississippi, 又是怎么回事密西西比州，

The boundary of old? 旧的边界？

Tell me, 告诉我，

Who'll pay reparations on my soul? 谁愿意支付我的灵魂赔偿？

   

Call my brother a junkie 'cause he ain't got no job 叫我哥哥迷，因为他没有得到任何职位

Told my old man to leave me when times got hard (so hard). 告诉我老头子离开我时，时间变得困难（很难） 。

Told my mother she got to carry me all by herself. 告诉我妈妈，她一定要带着我所有自己。

Wanna be a man that can depend on no one else (oh yeah). 想成为一个男人，可以依靠旁若无人（噢） 。

What about the red man, 怎么样的红人，

Who met you at the coast? 谁见了你在海岸？

You never dig sharing; 你永远不挖共享;

Always had to have the most. 一直到最有。

And what about Mississippi, 又是怎么回事密西西比州，

The boundaries of old? 旧的界限？

Tell me, 告诉我，

Who'll pay reparations on my soul? 谁愿意支付我的灵魂赔偿？

   

Many fine speeches (oh yeah) 许多优秀的演说（噢）

From the White House desk (uh huh) 来自白宫的办公桌（嗯）

Written on the cue cards 写在提示卡

That were never really there. Yes, 这是从来没有真正存在。是的，

But the heat and the summer were there 但热量和夏季在那里

And the freezing winter's cold. 而寒冷的冬天的寒冷。

Tell me, 告诉我，

Who'll pay reparations on my soul? 谁愿意支付我的灵魂赔偿？

Who'll pay reparations, 谁愿意支付赔款，

‘Cause I don't dig segregation, but I 因为我不挖隔离，但我

can't get integration 无法获得积分

I got to take it to the United Nations, 我得把它带到联合国，

Someone to help me away from this nation. 有人帮我离开这个国家。

Tell me, 告诉我，

Who'll pay reparations on my soul? 谁愿意支付我的灵魂赔偿？