You Grew Up

Let me take it back to my childhood
让我带你们回到我童年的时候
When Six Flags was still called Wildwood
那时六旗公园还叫原始森林
Where I had every race as a neighbor
我的邻居们由各色人种组成
We were all working class trying to make it out of our hood
我们都是工薪阶层家庭长大的孩子，想着有一天离开这儿
My best friend back then was a white kid
那时我最好的兄弟是个白人
We was tight he liked the same things I did
我俩关系铁得就像同一个人
Despite us being different colors, man
虽然我们的肤色不同
We were tight as Elmer's, and we called each other brothers
我俩关系铁得就像孪生兄弟
While I was trying to keep my Nikes clean
我总是把我的耐克擦得干干净净
He was trying to scuff his Chucks up
他总是邋邋遢遢地拖着脚走路
He was grunge, I was fresh we were young
小时候我爱干净，他是个邋遢鬼
And we cuss along to rap trying to sneaking into punk clubs
我们都爱说唱都喜欢朋克
But things changed when his pops got laid off
后来他爹失业之后一切都变了
He blamed my father for the loss of his job
他说他爸丢了工作都是我爸害的
He said immigrants robbed citizens jobs
他说美国人的工作都被移民抢走了
And I better never set foot again in his yard
他不让我再踏进他家半步
As we became adults in a cult called America, he got himself a job as an officer of law
我们在这个叫美国的漩涡里长大，他找了个法律部门的工作
My thoughts got blacker and his views got cracker
我以黑人的思维处世，他的精神世界也已崩裂
There was no way backwards, to the roots at heart
我们都无法回到最纯粹的起点
Many years apart, I recognized him in the news
几年过去了，我在新闻里看见了他
He shot a black man that was sitting in his car
他杀了一个黑人，被押进刑车
Near the same park where we used to shoot hoops
犯罪现场就在我们小时候常打篮球的那个公园附近
And all I could blame was the cause
一切罪恶的起源皆源于
You grew up
你成年之后
No you didn't change
却没能变成更好的人
You were made the same
你还是做了
As those before you came
之前那些人做过的错事
You grew up
你成年之后
All our growing pains
还是不明白，那些成长的痛苦
Were given like our names
就像是名字一样，只能承受
You just bought the blame
你却选择仇恨和抱怨
You grew up
你成年之后
No you didn't change
却没有变成更好的人
You were made the same
你还是做了
As those before you came
之前的人做过的错事
You grew up
你成年之后
All our growing pains
还是不明白，那些成长的痛
Were given like our names
就像是名字一样，只能承受
You just bought the blame
你却选择仇恨抱怨
You grew up
你成年了
You ever have a friend that became a fanatic
当朋友变成狂热分子是什么感觉
Most of you all haven't
你们大多数人没有这种经历
But if you ever did
如果你碰巧有
You'd understand the one thing they all have in common
你就会明白这些狂热者他们都有一个共同点
That somebody took advantage of their damage as a kid
在他们还小的时候有人利用了他们的不幸
I knew a guy who's folks were professors
我认识一个教授
Proof in the flesh that Allah was a blesser
他用自己的肉身证明真主阿拉的存在
Grew up in a mid-western town, where there weren't many brown people he could seek reflection
在中西部的小镇长大，那里并没有多少和他一样人种的人
?Got picked on in school during lectures
尽管成绩优异毕业
Graduated hating everybody in his class
却对于班上每个人都怀恨在心
Picked on because he prayed five to the east
他觉得能上大学是因为他天天向真主祷告
And he didn't eat meat that Allah said was bad
他不吃猪肉因为真主说这是不对的
One day a man approached him in a mosque
有天有个清真寺的人来到他身边
Changed his life when he asked him a question
问了他一个问题改变了他的一生
Do you ever feel your life was a loss
你是否觉得人生若有所失
And what if I could teach you that life is a weapon
如果我告诉你人生是你的武器呢
Attracted strong to the feeling of acceptance
孤僻的他被这个群体接受了
He was soon gone with delusions of a cause
于是他得出了一个错误的结论
People of the present had faces of the past, make it easier to blast them if he feel they did him wrong
每个人都有罪恶的过往，所以人若犯他他必犯人
You can raise a child in a house full of love
你可以用爱把孩子养大
But can't keep them safe in a world full of hate
却无法保证他在充满恨的世界里全身而退
So he blew up
所以他变本加厉
The only mistake that could hold all the blame
觉得犯一个错就能终结所有怨恨
You grew up
你成年了
No you didn't change
却没有变得更好
You were made the same
你还是犯下了
As those before you came
之前的人犯下的错事
You grew up
你成年了
All our growing pains
却不明白，成长的痛苦
Were given like our names
就像是名字一样，只能承受着
You just bought the blame
而你却选择仇恨抱怨
You grew up
你成年了
No you didn't change
却没有变得更好
You were made the same
你还是犯下了
As those before you came
之前的人犯下的错事
You grew up
你成年了
All our growing pains
却不明白，成长的痛苦
Were given like our names
就像是名字一样，只能承受着
You just bought the blame
而你却选择仇恨抱怨
You grew up
你成年了
My heart's a jug and when I was born it was filled with love
当我来到这个世界时，我的心是装满爱的壶子
It ranneth over, life ran me over till I spilled the blood
生活耗尽了我的爱，我的血从那里流了出来
I poured the cups and I left it up you to say enough
我把你们的杯子盛满我的血，临走时说了句，够了
Never ending, never quenching, I sealed it up
欲望总是无止尽的，所以我把我的心封起来
Tried to change my reality but settled for, real enough
我想改变这些现实，但是真的够了
Life is better when you're thinking lesser go on give it up
当你学会放手，不去多想也许人生会更容易一点
When I was younger I was so determined I would change it all Couldn't fly but wasn't chained to fall
我小时候总想改变这一切，就算是无法起飞至少也不会失足跌落
So where is it I put the blame and cause
所以我把我的仇恨放在哪儿了呢
Well, I grew up
也许，是我成年了