Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth - Genius/GZA // The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth 这是离世之前的基本声明 The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth 这是离世之前的基本声明 The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth 这是离世之前的基本声明 Life is a test many quest the universe 生命就是一场测验 很多人在探索着宇宙 And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt 通过研究 我是喜忧都有 The first shall be last and the last shall be first 因果轮回 生生不息 却都化为乌有 The basic instructions before leaving Earth 这是离世之前的基本声明 Life is a test many quest the universe 生命就是一场测验 很多人在探索着宇宙 And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt 通过研究 我是喜忧都有 The first shall be last and the last shall be first 因果轮回 生生不息 却都化为乌有 The basic instructions before leaving Earth 这是离世之前的基本声明 Knowledge this wisdom this goes back when I was twelve 这样的智慧要追溯到我十二岁的时候 I loved doing right but I was trapped in hell 那时的我喜欢真理 却一无所有 Had mad ideas sad eyes and tears 有着疯狂的想法 悲伤的眼睛日日泪流 Years of fears but yo my foes couldn't bear 多年的恐惧之后 我的敌人再也不能忍受 I searched for the truth since my youth 我也在年轻的时候寻到自由 And went to church since birth but it wasn't worth the loot 出生之后就去的教堂 却并不值得再去驻足 That I was payin' plus the prayin' 我在那里玩耍嬉闹 I didn't like staying cuz of busybodies and dizzy hotties 却不喜欢停留 因为那些好事的人和那些令人眩晕的女人 That the preacher had souped up with lies 就连牧师都以谎话为生 Had me cooped up lookin' at loot butt and thighs 把我关起来就像他的战利品 Durin' the service he swallowed up the poor 他工作期间 欺侮穷困的人 And after they heard this they wallowed on the floor 他们听说之后在地板上打滚 But I ignored and explored my history that was untold 我却忽略了这件事 积极探索着我那不为人知的身世 And watched mysteries unfold 想知道未曾呈现的奥秘 And dropped a jewel like Solomon but never followed men 掉落一串珠宝 就像所罗门 但是事情并没有预期发展 Cause if you do your brain is more hollow than 因为这样做你的大脑就会一片空白 Space oblivion or the abyss 甚于遗失的空间和深渊 With no trace of trivia left with the hiss 不会被琐事烦扰 Does it pay to be deaf dumb and blind 对聋哑失明的人也管用吗 From a slave we was kept from the mind 从一个我们控制了思想的奴隶身上 And from the caves he crept from behind 从他缓慢爬行的洞穴里面 And what he gave was the sect of the swine 他所展示的就是卑贱的种族 When the Bible it condemned the pig 圣经在谴责猪的时候 I don't mean to pull your hems or flip your wigs 我不是要掀起你的裙边 揭掉你的假发 But we used to wear a turban but now we're in the urban 我们过去常常戴头巾 我们现在却是在城镇里 No more wearing beanies and dress like a genie 不用再穿腥臭的衣服 也不用打扮得像妖怪 No hocus-pocus cause I focus on the facts 不用再欺骗隐瞒 因为我更注重真相 And put it on the tracks and brought it through the wax 让一切步入正规 I speak on Jacob it might take up some time 以雅各布的名义讲话 会有一定的震慑 And too much knowledge it might break up the ryhme 太多的智慧会打破常规 I did it anyway just to wake up the mind 我这样做只是为了唤醒 Of those who kiss stones or prays on the carpet 这些亲吻石头 在地摊上祈祷的人的思维 Those who sit home or sell books by the market 那些在家或集市上卖书为生的人 Need to chill and get their mind revived 需要冷静下来 好让思维苏醒 For years religion did nothing but divide 多年信奉宗教 什么用都没有 The basic instructions before leaving Earth 这是离世之前的基本声明 Life is a test many quest the universe 生命就是一场测验 很多人在探索着宇宙 And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt 通过研究 我是喜忧都有 The first shall be last and the last shall be first 因果轮回 生生不息 却化为乌有 The basic instructions before leaving Earth 这是离世之前的基本声明 Life is a test many quest the universe 生命就是一场测验 很多人在探索着宇宙 And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt 通过研究 我是喜忧都有 The first shall be last and the last shall be first 因果轮回 生生不息 却化为乌有 The basic instructions before leaving Earth 这是离世之前的基本声明 I strolled through the books of Job to unfold 我漫步在约伯书里发现 And open Bibles instead of hoping on revivals 一本打开的圣经 而不是想要苏醒的期望 Calling on His name and screaming hallelujah 呼喊他的名字 哈利路亚 When he hardly knew ya—that's how the devil's fooled ya 当他几乎不知道自己都做了什么 See look into my eyes brethren—that's the lies of a Reverend 来 看着我的眼睛 那只是教士的谎话 Why should you die to go to heaven 你死后为什么要去天堂 The Earth is already in space the Bible I embrace 地球已经在空中 而我信奉的圣经 A difficult task I had to take 却是一件棘手的艰难任务 I studied till my eyes was swollen and only arose when 直到眼睛肿胀还在学习 我只会停下来 I found out that we were the chosen 当发现我们是被选定的人的时候 I deal with the truth and build with the youth 我相信真理 以青年为基 And teach my son as he kneels on the stoop 在我儿子很小的时候就开始教他 Son life is a pool of sin corrupted with foolish men 生命就是一场旅行 见到的未必就是真的 And women with wicked minds who build picket signs 拥有邪恶灵魂的妇女上街游行示威 To legalize abortion the evil eye distortion 为了使流产合法化 恶毒的眼睛扭曲变了形 I quiz Son with my wisdom 我用智慧对儿子做了调查 Before I converted I was perverted and knowledge was asserted 在我改变信仰之前 我是不正常的 知识学说也是这样 The study of wisdom I perferred it 我偏爱智慧的研究 The understanding it gave me mental freedom 那些理解给了我精神上的自由 I even learned Caucasians were really the Tribe of Edam 我甚至知道了白种人真的是伊丹的宗族 The white image of Christ is really Cesare Borgia 基督教的白色肖像真的是Cesare Borgia And uhh the second son of Pope Alexander VI of Rome 罗马Pope Alexander VI的第二个儿子 And once the picture was shown 一旦这些照片公布于人世间 That's how the devils tricked my dome 这就是恶魔们如何欺骗了我 I prophesied to save a man but no one gave a damn 我传教去拯救人类 却苦告无门 For my nation—the seed of Abraham 我的民族 就是亚伯拉罕的故乡 Blessed with the tongue of Hebrew 在希伯来人的感化下慢慢绽放 Now we're strung on needles and some are plungin' evils 现在的我们却依赖针管 有些甚至着魔发疯 So study and be wise in these days of darkness 所以在这暗无天日的世界里学习并保持清醒 Peace to my nephew Marcus 对我的侄子Marcus来说再好不过 The basic instructions before leaving Earth 这是离世之前的基本声明 Life is a test many quest the universe 生命就是一场测验 很多人在探索着宇宙 And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt 通过研究 我是喜忧都有 The first shall be last and the last shall be first 因果轮回 生生不息 却化为乌有 The basic instructions before leaving Earth 这是离世之前的基本声明 Life is a test many quest the universe 生命就是一场测验 很多人在探索着宇宙 And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt 通过研究 我是喜忧都有 The first shall be last and the last shall be first