[00:00:00] Caged Bird - J. Cole (J. 科尔)/Omen [00:00:04] 腾讯享有本翻译作品的著作权 [00:00:04] Yeah caged bird [00:00:11] 笼中小鸟 [00:00:11] Something like a caged bird [00:00:17] 有些事就像是一只笼中的小鸟 [00:00:17] Caged bird [00:00:20] 笼中小鸟 [00:00:20] Yeah look [00:00:23] 看看 [00:00:23] You ain't a man till you stop chasing your friends my ni**a [00:00:26] 你算不上男人 除非你不再盲目从众 兄弟 [00:00:26] Think for yourself make your own plans my ni**a [00:00:29] 为自己好好想一想 做个规划吧 兄弟 [00:00:29] I'll be lying if I said I ain't understand my ni**a [00:00:32] 如果我说我不懂 那只能是我在撒谎 兄弟 [00:00:32] Cause who you gon' follow when the leaders all get swallowed [00:00:34] 因为你打算追随的领头人 [00:00:34] By reefer clouds and bottles [00:00:36] 却沉浸在**与酒精里 [00:00:36] In and out of county jail [00:00:38] 在县里监狱进进出出 [00:00:38] This is hell see the young black males in packed cells [00:00:40] 看看那些年轻人 热血沸腾 [00:00:40] With they heads down [00:00:42] 低垂着头 [00:00:42] And they fists clenched tight [00:00:43] 拳头握紧 [00:00:43] Thinking I could bust a hole through this wall [00:00:45] 心想着 我能把这面墙砸出个大洞 [00:00:45] And b**ch I just might [00:00:46] 而我只是这样想 [00:00:46] It's just like the caged bird I sing a song [00:00:48] 这就像笼中小鸟 我哼起歌儿 [00:00:48] Hoping they open up these bars and send a ni**a home [00:00:51] 希望有人打开这些夜店大门 让这些人回家 [00:00:51] I cry when I'm alone [00:00:52] 当我独自一人 我放声嘶吼 [00:00:52] I'm wondering why would God send me here [00:00:54] 我想知道上帝为何安排我出生在此处 [00:00:54] Knowing that they hate us [00:00:55] 明知他们厌恶我们 [00:00:55] Knowing that they make us feel like we evil so we kill our people [00:00:59] 明知他们让我们觉得自己如恶魔,于是我们相互残杀 [00:00:59] Without a second thought in every lesson taught by OGs [00:01:02] 无需多想,那念头已扎根于课堂的每节课程里 [00:01:02] We full of real ni**a wisdom so we proceed [00:01:04] 我们满怀真正的黑人智慧 于是我们抬头奋进 [00:01:04] Like real niggas who been stripped of our humanity [00:01:07] 但事实上黑人却已被剥夺人权 [00:01:07] I see the judge's eyes I know that he ain't understanding me [00:01:10] 我看着法官大的双眼 我明白他不懂我 [00:01:10] A caged bird yeah a caged bird [00:01:14] 笼中小鸟 笼中的小鸟 [00:01:14] Let this little caged bird sing caged bird [00:01:18] 让这笼中小鸟放声歌唱 [00:01:18] Yeah caged bird [00:01:21] 笼中小鸟 [00:01:21] Freedom's just an illusion that's my conclusion [00:01:23] 自由统统都是假象 这就是我的结论 [00:01:23] And if it ain't then how my niggas keep on losin' theirs [00:01:26] 若非如此 那为何我的兄弟们接二连三地失去自由 [00:01:26] This goes out to childhood friends that's doin' years [00:01:29] 这都发生在我从小到大的朋友身上 这现象已经持续多年 [00:01:29] Prison tats on they backs like souvenirs [00:01:32] 他们背上的牢房纹身是永不磨灭的印记 [00:01:32] We wish that you was here [00:01:33] 我们多希望你在这里 [00:01:33] A mother's tear spilled on this page [00:01:35] 妈妈的泪水狠狠地滴落在信上 [00:01:35] A brother's tear spilled on this page [00:01:37] 哥哥的泪水狠狠地滴落在信上 [00:01:37] How many days left [00:01:38] 还要多久时日 [00:01:38] And can you find peace when you released [00:01:41] 当你得到释放你能否找到一丝祥和? [00:01:41] Still filled up wit' rage [00:01:42] 依然怒火中烧 [00:01:42] Back on the streets just to peep that you still in the cage [00:01:45] 回到大街上 瞥一眼 发现自己仍在牢笼中 [00:01:45] Well it's the oratory vet [00:01:46] 常常在奥拉托利会祈祷 [00:01:46] Turned down king slash poet laureate [00:01:49] 推翻王权剥削桂冠诗人制度 [00:01:49] Used to paint a picture with a story of neglect [00:01:52] 过去常常作一幅关于不被人忠实的画作 [00:01:52] I could've been a shorty drinking 40s on the steps [00:01:55] 我可以坐在台阶上品饮烈酒 [00:01:55] With a shorty on my lap [00:01:57] 我的女人坐在我的腿上 [00:01:57] With a shorty on the way coming shortly to protect [00:01:59] 带着我的女人走在路上遇见一个需要保护的孩子 [00:01:59] I could've been a dealer in the party with the X [00:02:02] 曾经我可以在派对上贩卖迷幻药 赚大钱 [00:02:02] But I'm hardly in the mix and I partially confess [00:02:05] 但我需要承认一点,人无完人 [00:02:05] I definitely got a couple parts in me that I regret [00:02:08] 遗憾的是我也有双重性格 [00:02:08] Is the cup half-empty or is it half-full [00:02:11] 要积极应对 还是消极以对 [00:02:11] I fill mine up with Hennessy then get back to him [00:02:14] 我斟满酒杯,又一饮而尽 [00:02:14] I'm just a jazz musician trapped in a rap form [00:02:17] 我只是一个以说唱方式存在着的爵士音乐家 [00:02:17] You think you standing for something you on a trap door [00:02:20] 你自以为你能改变些什么 但事实上一点用都没有 [00:02:20] Well it's the Mr Introspective [00:02:22] 好吧 自我反省下 [00:02:22] I'm a dreamers dream a sort of an inception [00:02:25] 我只是盗梦空间里的造梦人 [00:02:25] I never fiend for the scene but I dreamed of the things [00:02:28] 我从未沉迷其中 但我的确梦想那样的国度 [00:02:28] That a Mercedes brings like slow sex with fast women [00:02:31] 豪车美女共度欢爱 [00:02:31] Drinking cognac I'm past grinning [00:02:34] 喝上几杯白兰地 我不再咧嘴大笑 [00:02:34] A sexy dress fat a** in it [00:02:36] 性感裙子里的肥美翘臀 [00:02:36] But still hit it till I'm half-winded [00:02:38] 不停地撞击直至我上气接不上下气 [00:02:38] Cause niggas tell me I'm the sh*t [00:02:40] 有人对我说 我一文不值 [00:02:40] Well I be hitting all these dimes [00:02:41] 那好 我将一鸣惊人 [00:02:41] See I'm caged by the visions of the blind [00:02:44] 我受困于笼中 视野受阻 [00:02:44] I started as a king [00:02:45] 我以帝王的姿态出发 [00:02:45] Turned to a slave [00:02:46] 转身却变为奴隶 [00:02:46] Put us in our chains [00:02:48] 我们困于枷锁 [00:02:48] We was forced to entertain [00:02:49] 我们被迫取乐 [00:02:49] Thinking bout the present day I'm living off the stage [00:02:52] 回想过去我在闪耀舞台上的光辉岁月 [00:02:52] Wonder if a ni**a ever get up out this cage [00:02:55] 想知道有没有一个黑人曾站起 摆脱牢笼 [00:02:55] As I sing [00:02:56] 当我唱着 [00:02:56] A caged bird yeah a caged bird [00:03:00] 笼中小鸟 笼中的小鸟 [00:03:00] Let this little caged bird sing caged bird [00:03:04] 让这笼中小鸟放声歌唱 [00:03:04] Yeah caged bird [00:03:06] 笼中小鸟 [00:03:06] Freedom's just an illusion that's my conclusion [00:03:09] 自由统统都是假象 这就是我的结论 [00:03:09] And if it ain't then how my niggas keep on losin' theirs [00:03:12] 若非如此 那为何我的兄弟们接二连三地失去自由 [00:03:12] This goes out to childhood friends that's doin' years [00:03:15] 这都发生在我从小到大的朋友身上 这现象已经持续多年 [00:03:15] Prison tats on they backs like souvenirs [00:03:17] 他们背上的牢房纹身是永不磨灭的印记 [00:03:17] We wish that you was here [00:03:19] 我们多希望你在这里 [00:03:19] A mother's tear spilled on this page [00:03:21] 妈妈的泪水狠狠地滴落在信上 [00:03:21] A brother's tear spilled on this page [00:03:22] 哥哥的泪水狠狠地滴落在信上 [00:03:22] How many days left [00:03:23] 还要多久时日 [00:03:23] And can you find peace when you released