所属专辑:Number Ones
歌手: Stevie Wonder
时长: 03:41
Living For The City[00:00:01]
为这城市而活[00:00:10]
A boy is born in hard time mississippi[00:00:10]
一个男孩艰难地出生在密西西比[00:00:15]
Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty[00:00:15]
被四面简陋的墙围着[00:00:19]
His parents give him love and affection[00:00:19]
他的父母给他爱和关心[00:00:25]
To keep him strong moving in the right direction[00:00:25]
让他坚强,走向正确的方向[00:00:29]
Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha [00:00:29]
在这城市生存下去就已足够,呃,哈[00:00:40]
His father works some days for fourteen hours[00:00:40]
他的爸爸有一段时间每天工作14个小时[00:00:44]
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar[00:00:44]
你可以打赌他有没有挣到钱[00:00:49]
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many[00:00:49]
他的妈妈帮有钱人擦地板[00:00:54]
And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny[00:00:54]
你最好相信她几乎没有挣到一便士[00:00:58]
Living just enough just enough for the city yeah [00:00:58]
只要能生存在这个城市就足够了,耶[00:01:26]
His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty[00:01:26]
他的姐姐回来了,已经长大[00:01:31]
Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy[00:01:31]
她的裙子很短,但是她的腿很健康[00:01:35]
To walk to school she’s got to get up early[00:01:35]
为了走到学校去她要早早起床[00:01:40]
Her clothes are old but never are they dirty[00:01:40]
她的衣服很旧但是永远是干净的[00:01:44]
Living just enough just enough for the city um hum[00:01:44]
只要能生存在这个城市就足够了,嗯,嗯[00:01:55]
Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many[00:01:55]
她的弟弟很聪明,比别的孩子都懂事[00:02:00]
His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any[00:02:00]
他很耐心,但是这无法长久[00:02:05]
To find a job is like a haystack needle[00:02:05]
找到一份工作就如大海捞针[00:02:10]
Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people[00:02:10]
因为他们生活的地方不看好黑人[00:02:14]
Living just enough just enough for the city [00:02:14]
只要能生存在这个城市就足够了[00:02:51]
Living just enough For the city [00:02:51]
只要能生存在这个城市就足够了[00:02:56]
Living just enough just enough for the city [00:02:56]
只要能生存在这个城市就足够了[00:03:03]
Yeah yeah yeah [00:03:03]
耶耶耶[00:03:05]
Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city[00:03:05]
活下去就足够了,不要再付出,只要活在这个城市就足够[00:03:10]