People Like Me
Heaven,is there a chance that you could come down
天啊，有没有个机会让你下凡
And open doors to hurtin'people like me
并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人
People like me,people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
People like me,people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
Is it fair to say that I am stressing out?
说我快被逼疯否公道
I'm stationed in Iraq and they won't let me out
我正困在伊拉克，他们不放我出去
My homeys said I was stupid for even joining
我兄弟说我自始愚蠢透顶
My counselor said that my decision was disappointing
我的律师说我的决定令人失望
How she had good slate for good state colleges
她对我上所好大学满怀希望
And with my good grades it wouldn't have been a problem
而以我的好成绩一切无碍
But they don't understand just the power of significance
但他们不明白事关重大
More than brilliance and certainly more than dividends
比荣誉当然也比金钱更重要
And if you ask me now,would I repeat it?
而如果你现在问我：我是否仍义无反顾
Would I fight in a war I don't believe in?
我是否会打一场前景不明的战争
Well,the answer is if not me where the cancer is
那么回答是如果我并非症结所在
They been doing this before Jesus of Nazareth
他们在耶稣生在拿撒勒前一向如此
And after all this time it is still deadly hazardous
而且此后仍危机四伏
And Bush isn't really being all that inaccurate
布什也不是全部讲错
When he says,we're winning the war 'cause it's staggering
当他说：我们打赢了因为慢慢局势会好转
But thats 'cause we're killing everybody that we see
但那是因为我们在杀死眼前所有人
And most of us soldiers we can barely fall asleep
而我们多数兵士夜不能寐
And time and time again I'm feeling incompetent
而时光流转我感到不称职
'Cause my women back home,we're constantly arguing
因为家里女眷回家，我们争执不休
And I must be crazy 'cause all I'm obsessing with is
而我一定疯了，因为我全神贯注于
Her MySpace and face book and who's commenting
她的个人空间和脸谱及谁在评价
I swear to God if she's cheatin'I'm doin'her ass in
我向上帝发誓如果她在骗我做蠢事(这句求指教)
I can tell with one look and it came to me
我能说出一面之辞，我的心情
Sounding something like a song hook,sayin'
听起来好似一段副歌，唱道
Heaven,is there a chance that you could come down
天啊，有没有个机会让你下凡
And open doors to hurtin'people like me
并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人
People like me,people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
People like me,people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
Meet Sarah,the proud mother of young Sebastian
认识下萨拉，小塞巴斯蒂安的伟大母亲
Suburban professional went to college in Ashton
郊区的专家上过Massalin的大学
In self pity she suddenly cried
在委屈中她突然哭喊
Would my life be important if I suddenly died?
“我若猝然长逝我的生命会重要些吗？”
Neighbors saying what a nice women she was
邻居们说她为人多麽好
Keeping mostly to herself ever since the divorce
自从离婚后一直独守
And with the company down sizin'and the fall and all
随着公司的裁员与不景气的到来
She really shouldn't take it that personal at all
她真不该那么小气
It wasn't her boss who had his eyes on her thighs
并非她老板往她大腿上瞄
And got a rise from her risin'off the desk though
虽然，由于被侵犯升了职
And despite rememberin'sayin'no plenty of times
尽管她不停拒绝
It was still a damn surprise being let go
仍然遭到公司抛弃
And now stuck with a mortgage she can't afford
现在还有还不起的贷
And too educated to blame the corporate world
有太多话可以谴责企业界黑暗
She got on welfare and hated it,case work a power trippin'
她有失业救济但讨厌接受,做了个无业者
And generally being degraded
而通常激动
If nothing else she was treated sick
如果她久病
And ineffective which is the worst thing
却总治不好才算最糟的
That she'd been left with
在她的经历中
Damn,no magic from David Blane
该死，没有大卫布雷恩的魔术
No painter to pain this pain
无法描绘这痛苦
No Morgan Freeman to narrate the shame
没有摩根弗里曼讲述这羞耻
So she took refuge and prayer
所以她求助于祈祷
Kinda like findin'God in the phone book
有点像在电话簿里找到了上帝的号码
And it came to her
而这感受於她
Sounding something like a song hook,sayin'
听起来好似一段副歌，唱道
Heaven,is there a chance that you could come down
天啊，有没有个机会让你下凡
And open doors to hurtin'people like me
并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人
People like me,people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
People like me,people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
I guess,I told you about myself to a degree
我猜，我向诸位自我介绍过一次
Just by telling you about people like me
就通过介绍与我同境遇的人
But people like me they speak politely
但像我一样的人，说话彬彬有礼
They don't start no beef or piece of white meat
他们不以无肉可吃介绍自己
Everybody gotta eat but everybody doesn't
每个人都该吃但都不得
Which is why I want to tell you about my favorite cousin
这便是我为何要介绍我最有感情的表兄弟
He and I grew up where the sun shines
他和我在阳光照耀之地（东非）成长
And we both partook with the gun crimes
我们都扛过枪犯了罪
And we both liked American rap rhymes
我们还都喜爱美国说唱那些韵词
Even though we didn't understand one line
虽然我们一行也看不懂
If you remember my line of notes in my last album
如果你还记得我在上一张专辑中所说
I talked about a close call with a grenade
我讲述了带来千钧一发的手榴弹
I think we both must have been about seventh grade
我想我们都上过七年级
But don't panic we both survived without damage
但别慌我们都有过平静的童年
But we developed a bond like we survived the Titanic
但我们就像泰坦尼克号上的人一样被命运绑在一起
So when the country became frantic
但当故国(索马里)发了癫狂
My mother tried to get us out,planned it
我母亲努力要把我们带离，计划着
To the last detail except the plan got derailed
但一个小细节让计划一度停滞
'Cause there wasn't enough money for the plane tickets
因为没有足够的钱买机票
How bitter when my mother had to chose who to take with her
我母亲忍着多大的痛选择谁能一道走！
So my cousin got left in the war and that's just hard to recall
所以我表弟留在战乱中，真是不堪回首
But now I take refuge and prayer
但我现在只能求助于祈祷
Kinda like finding God in the phone book it came to me
有点像在电话簿中找到了上帝的号码，这感受
Sounding something like a song hook,sayin'
听起来好似一段副歌，唱道
Heaven,is there a chance that you could come down
天啊，有没有个机会让你下凡
And open doors to hurtin'people like me
并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人
People like me,people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
People like me,people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
Heaven,is there a chance that you could come down
天啊，有没有个机会让你下凡
And open doors to hurtin'people like me
并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人
People like me,people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
People like me,people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人