Woman of the Ghetto (Live) - Marlena Shaw // (ging gi-gi-gi-gi-ging ) // (la-la-la-la-la-la-la ) // I was born raised in a ghetto 我在贫民窟出生 成长 I was born and raised in a ghetto 我在贫民窟出生 成长 I'm a woman of the ghetto 我是贫民窟的一个女人 Won't you listen won't you listen to me legislator 你没有听过吗 你没有听说过我吗 立法者 (ging gi-gi-gi-gi-ging ) // How do you raise your kids in a ghetto 在贫民窟你如何抚养你的孩子 How do you raise your kids in a ghetto 在贫民窟你如何抚养你的孩子 Do you feed one child and starve another 你会喂养一个然后把其他的人都饿死吗 Won't you tell me legislator 立法者 为什么不听我说 Enthralled through 我们完全被奴役了 I know that my eyes ain't blue 我知道我的眼睛不是蓝色的 But you see I'm a woman 但是你看见我是一个女人 Of the ghetto 在贫民窟里 I'm proud free 我很骄傲我很自由 Black that is me 黑人就是我 But I'm a woman of the ghetto 但是我只是贫民窟的一个女人 (ging gi-gi-gi-gi-ging ) // How does your heart feel late at night 在深更半夜你的心情如何 How does your heart feel late at night 在深更半夜你的心情如何 Does it beat with shame or does it beat with pride 你的心是伴随着耻辱而跳动的 还是伴随着骄傲而跳动的 I won't you tell me tell me legislator 我不会让你告诉我 告诉我 立法者 (na-na-na-na-na-na-na ) // Puts me in the mind of 把我记在心里 Come and cross the water in a boat 乘着船跨过河流 Chained tied together 被困在一起 They said "no no they're really not man and women 他们说 不要这样 他们真的不是男人 而是女人 Just chain 'em up tie 'em up chain 'em up tie 'em up 只是把她们束缚起来 Chain 'em up tie 'em up work work work" 束缚起来 工作吧 There's where the movement came from 那些运动是来自哪里 Say no no 说着不要 My children learned just the same as yours 我的孩子们和你的孩子们学的一样 As long as nobody tries to close the door 只要没有人试图关上门 They cry with pain when the knife cuts deep 当刀深深地扎进身体里 只是伴随着疼痛哭出声来 They even close their eyes when they wanna sleep 当他们想要睡觉的时候他们甚至是闭上他们的双眼 Now peace you say 现在你说安静了 Is all that you ask 这就是全部你说的 But self-respect is a separate task 但是自尊是不可分割的任务 You may be sitting up there 你也会熬夜 In your ivory tower 在你的象牙塔里 60 stories tall 60层高的楼里 I know that you may have checked out at least one ghetto 我以为你也许至少会检查一个贫民窟 But I wonder have you lived there at all 但是我想知道你是否能在那里生活 Places like Watts 像Watts一样的地方 Ah Holland tell me Holland 告诉我 Chicago ah tell me Chicago告诉我 Washington got some too Washington也是一样 I have been up on the mountains I 我一直都在山顶 And I'm free at last 最后我会自由 I say I'm free at last 我说最后我会自由 I've seen the children dying 我已经看见孩子们死去 And I've been one of the mothers who was crying 我是那些哭泣的人其中一个人的母亲 (ging gi-gi-gi-gi-ging ) // I am a woman 我是个女人 I am a woman 我是个女人 I am a woman yes I 我是个女人 是的 我是 I said that I am 我说我是 I mean that I am 我的意思是 I'm the woman I'm the woman I'm the woman of the ghetto 我是贫民窟的一个女人 Strong true 很坚强和真诚 A woman 一个女人 A woman 一个女人 You can walk through the streets of the ghetto at night 在晚上你可以走过贫民窟的街道 Whole lotta pretty some ugly sites 所有美丽的和丑陋的地方 Along comes the sleek limousine 沿路都是豪华轿车 Say "hey baby I got ten