Hope

I wish the way I was living could stop serving rocks
我希望我的生活不再坎坷
Knowing the cops is hot when I'm on the block and I
當我在街頭時也知道警察很狂熱而且
Wish my brother woulda made bail
我也希望我的兄弟早點保釋出來
So I won't have to travel 6 hours to see him in jail and I
那我也將不會花六個小時的奔波去監獄看他
Wish that my grandmother wasn't sick
我也希望我的祖母沒有生病
Or that we would just come up on
那樣我們就
Some stacks and hit a lick and I
可以在圍爐夜話
Wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer
我還希望我的家庭不再苦難
When the streets get the upper hand on us
當路人向我們伸出雙手
And we lose a brother and I
在我們失去兄弟時
Wish I could go deep in a zone
我可以深入黑暗
And lift the spirits of the world
托舉起整個世界的幸福
With the words with in this song and I
在這首歌中這個世界和我
Wish I could teach a soul to fly
都希望孕育出一個飛翔的靈魂
Take away the pain out cha hands
帶走我們的痛苦
And help you hold them high and I
希望帶著它們遠離
Wish my hommie Butch was still alive
希望家裡的布奇
And on the day of his death
在他死的那一天還活著
We had never took that ride and I
我們從沒兜那次風
Wish God could protect us from the wrong
我乞求上帝能在那次事故中保護我們
So that all the soldiers
能使所有被送到海外的士兵
That were sent over seas come home
都能回家
We will never break though
我們從未突圍
They devastate we shall motivate
它們泯滅我們所有的信仰
And we gotta pray all we got is faith
我們開始祈禱一種信念
Instead of thinking about who gonna die to day
讓我們不去想像哪一天死去
The Lord is gonna help you feel better
神靈會讓你感覺更舒服一點
So you ain't gotta cry today
所以，今天不必哭泣
Sit at the light so long
在星光下久坐
And then we gotta move straight forward
我們必須勇往直前
'Cuz we fight so strong
因為我們的戰鬥如此殘酷
So when right go wrong
所以當我們變得脆弱時
Just say a little prayer get ya money man
只需要向神主祈求一下
Life go on let's hope
生活就會給我們帶來希望
Though I'm hopeful yes I am hopeful for today
雖然我對生活對今天充滿希望
Take this music and use it let it take you away
但還是無法用這首歌將你解救出來
And be hopeful hopeful and He'll make a way
心中充滿希望它將為你引路
I know it ain't easy but that's okay 'cause we hopeful
我知道那並不容易但那都無所謂因為我們心中充滿希望
I wish that you could show some love
希望你可以展現出一點愛
Instead of hatin' so much
來代替這些憎恨
When you see some other people comin' up
當你看見有人走近你
I wish I could teach the world to sing
希望可以教會這個世界唱這首歌
Watch the music and have
看看這首歌
'Em trippin' of the joy I bring ****
有無可挑剔的玩笑是我帶來的胡扯閒話
I wish that we could hold hands
希望我們可以手拉著手
Listen instead of dissin' lessons from a grown man and I
傾聽我和一個年輕人而不是一堂素描課
Wish the families that lack but got love get some stacks
家人可以缺少但我們都會得到愛和溫暖
Brand new shack and a lack that's on dubs and I
銘記新居遺憾就是沒有小曲
Wish we could keep achieving wonders
希望我們可以繼續探求我們的好奇心
See the vision of the world through
看透著世間
The eyes of Stevie Wonder you feel me
史蒂夫的眼睛會知道你能感受到我
And I hope all the kids eat
願所有的孩子都能吃飽
And don't nobody in my family see six feet ya dig
不希望無人在家中看六英尺的土地
I hope them mothers stand strong
希望他們的媽媽健康強壯
You can make it whether
你能否達成
You wit' him or your man's gone and I
你毫無辦法或者你的丈夫已經離世
Wish I could give every celly some commissary
希望我可以給每一步手機一些供應
And the po po bring theheat on
那噗噗的聲音帶給她們一些火熱
Them priest like they did R Kelly and I
他們的神父像R Kelly那樣
Wish that DOC could scream again
DOC可以再次掀起波瀾
And bullets could reverse so Pac
子彈能夠倒退
And Biggie breath again ****
政治和權貴能夠再次復興

Then one day they could speak again
那一天他們可以再次發言
I wish that we only saw good news
我希望只會看到好消息
Every time we look at CNN
每次我們看CNN新聞
I wish that we could never get the blues
再也不會響起那憂傷的布魯斯音樂
Wish I could bring back the people that died at E2
能夠讓在第二次世界大戰中死去的人回來
I wish that we could walk a path stay doin' the right thing
可以在走路的時候一直做自己想做的事
Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game let's hope
希望在孩子們遊戲時的保護他們
Though I'm hopeful yes I am hopeful for today
雖然我對生活對今天充滿希望
Take this music and use it let it take you away
但還是無法用這首歌將你解救出來
And be hopeful hopeful and He'll make a way
心中充滿希望它將為你引路
I know it ain 't easy but that's okay 'cause we hopeful
我知道那並不容易但希望界不再如此都無所謂因為我們心中充滿希望
Wish the earth wasn't so apocalyptic
世界不再如此具有威脅
I try to spread my message to the world
我努力將我的信息傳遍世界
The best way I can give it
盡我所能
We can make it always so optimistic
我們能使它永遠如此陽光美好
If you don't listen gotta live my life the best way I can live it
如果你不去傾聽將必須掙扎在我所經歷過的最苦難的日子裡
I pray for justice when we go to court
但我們在法庭上時，我祈求正義降臨
Wish it was all good so the country never even went to war
希望不要講這樣美好的國家推向戰爭
Why can't we kick it and just get em on
為什麼我們不能將這樣的事拒之門外
And in the famous words of Mr King
正如國王所說
'Why can't we all just get along'
為什麼我們不能在一起
Or we can find a better way to shop and please and I
或者我們可以找到一個更好的方法去購物
Hope we find a better way to cop a keys and I
或者找到一個更好的方式去打開枷鎖
Wish everybody would just stop and freeze
所有人都冰釋前嫌
And ask way are we fulfillin' these downfalls and prophecies
問一問我們為什麼會滿足於這些沒落的語言
You can be wrong if it's you doubting
如果這正是你的疑問，那麼你錯了
With the faith of a mustard seed you can move mountains
心中有信念，力大可移山
And only the heavenly father and ease the hurt
只有那神父能減輕傷痛
Just let it go and keep prayin' on
讓我們繼續前行祈禱
Your knees in church and let's hope
屈膝於教堂一起盼望
Though I'm hopeful yes I am hopeful for today
雖然我對生活對今天充滿希望
Take this music and use it let it take you away
但還是無法用這首歌將你解救出來
And be hopeful hopeful and He'll make a way
心中充滿希望它將為你引路
I know it ain't easy but that's okay
我知道那並不容易但希望界不再如此都無所謂因為我們心中充滿希望
Though I'm hopeful yes I am hopeful for today
雖然我對生活對今天充滿希望
Take this music and use it let it take you away
但還是無法用這首歌將你解救出來
And be hopeful hopeful and He'll make a way
心中充滿希望它將為你引路
I know it ain't easy but that's okay 'cause we hopeful
我知道那並不容易但希望界不再如此都無所謂因為我們心中充滿希望