Living For The City

A boy is born in hard time mississippi
一個男孩在密西西比艱難的歲月裡誕生
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
被醜陋的高牆禁錮
His parents give him love and affection
他的父母給他愛和關懷
To keep him strong moving in the right direction
讓他在正確地方向上堅定不移
Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha
只是為了在城市里活下去
His father works some days for fourteen hours
他父親有時一天工作十四個小時
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
然而你可知道他幾乎一個子兒都掙不來
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
他的母親無數次清理人們的地板
And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
你可能不敢相信她依舊什麼都得不到
Living just enough just enough for the city yeah
僅僅能在這個城市裡生存下去
His sister's black but she is sho'nuff pretty
他的姐姐也是黑人但長得老俊了
Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy
她的裙子很短但腿實在好看
To walk to school she's got to get up early
為了去上學她每天早早起床
Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
衣著簡陋卻很乾淨
Living just enough just enough for the city um hum
僅僅是為了在這個城市裡生存而已
Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
她的弟弟很聰明但不像白人一樣有很多機會
His patience's long but soon he won't have any
他很有耐心但是很快耐心就被揮霍光了
To find a job is like a haystack needle
找到合適的工作實在是太難了
Cause where he lives they don't use colored people
不好意思在這座城市裡有色人種是被歧視的
Living just enough just enough for the city
僅僅是為了在這座城市活下來而已
Living just enough For the city
僅僅只是為了活下來而已
His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty
他的頭髮都變長了，腿腳如同被灌了鉛
He spends his life walking the streets of new york city
他好像在紐約的街道裡走過了一生
He's almost dead from breathing in air pollution
他快死了我們卻愛莫能助
He tried to vote but to him there's no solution
他參加投票卻無能為力
Living just enough just enough for the city
他僅僅是想在這裡生存下來而已啊
Yeah yeah yeah
可憐的人
I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
我希望自己多聽內心的聲音
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
這樣就能創造一個更好的明天
This place is cruel no where could be much colder
沒有什麼地方能比這裡更冷酷了
If we don't change the world will soon be over
如果我們不改變的話一切都將毀滅
Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city
他僅僅是為了在這裡生存下去