歌手 Akua Naru the world is listening

Flashback, '88
1988那一年
Copped my first tape
第一盘磁带刚到手
Third Grade
小学才读了三年
Young girl banking Roxanne Shante
喜欢搜集Roxanne Shante的唱片
Around my way
想尽了办法
Called McKay
还跟McKay打了电话
Disarray
那时人们的生活还是乱七八糟
Langston's a dark hues get bruised
兰斯顿诗里的女孩深色皮肤上满是淤青(典故:兰斯顿·休斯的诗作Song For A Dark Girl)
Stored away, hey
她的同胞们成批地被买卖
Caught in cage
被当成物件,关进笼子
Fought in the maze, gave up
黑人在泥淖中挣扎,也曾经放弃
And now I got dreams of being live on stage
而现在我却胆敢梦想登台露面
What
是又怎样
Turn up the volume, me and my cousin
音量调大,我跟着堂兄
Doing the wop
一起跳街舞
Dreaming about the Salt-N-Pepa haircut
那时很想剪Salt-N-Pepa那样的发型
Speakers bump like the rock pumps
音响里是震天的鼓点
The rhythm of my next double-dutch jump
伴着节奏在一旁跳绳
What you want? At once
你想要的是什么?
...and we love the
曾经我也和Pecola Breedlove(Toni Morrison小说The Bluest Eye中的主角,一个一心想要一双白人那样的蓝眼睛的黑人女孩)一样
We dreamed of ourselves
自顾自地胡思乱想
Knew when Latifah showed us what a queen was
直到Queen Latifah告诉我们什么才是榜样
Went from invisible to seen on the Smooth tip
从一开始的默默无闻到跟着Sweet Tee的节奏开始说唱(致敬80年代女rapper Sweet Tee的作品On the Smooth Tip)
Sweet Tee, to follow Monie in the Middle on the scene
再跟着Monie的脚步向前,站到舞台中间(致敬Monie Love的作品Monie In The Middle)
So then saw myself, I'll drop mics when I'm over
直到那时我才找到了自我,表演完会嗨到丢麦
Pick up a pen and like Antoinette
拿起笔来,写出的句子像Antoinette的那样
"Lights Out, Party's Over"
“把灯关了,都别玩儿了(致敬女MC Antoinette的作品Lights Out, Party's Over)
This is for Latifah, for Lyte, for Shante
这首歌写给Latifah(Queen Latifah),Lyte(MC Lyte)和Shante(Roxanne Shante)
Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Heather B, for Jean Grae
写给Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill,Heather B和Jean Grae
E-V-E, Nikki D, Salt-N-Pepa, even me
写给E-V-E,Nikki D,Salt-N-Pepa还有我
Apani B, for Missy, for Kim, and Foxy
写给Apani B,Missy(Missy Elliot),Kim(Lil Kim),Foxy(Foxy Brown)
This is for, Rah Digga, Rage, Left Eye, for Yo-Yo
还写给Rah Digga,Rage(The Lady of Rage),Left Eye和Yo-Yo
Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat, for Jane Doe
写给Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat和 Jane Doe
Rage, Mystic, BO$$, Sparky D
写给Mysitic,BO$$,Sparky D
For those never seen
写给那些陌生人
On the search for female emcees
寻找女性MC的人
The microphone fiends
拿着麦的恶魔也可以是女人(引自Eric B & Rakim的作品Microphone Fiends)
Stomped in the '90s
时间到了九十年代
After school you could find me
放学之后总能在后院儿看见我
In the backyard begging for a beat box, rhyming
求着别人给我个beat
U-N-I-T-Y and Heather B Blues
跟着U-N-I-T-Y(Queen Latifah的代表作)和Heather B的蓝调练习
Claim the news of the death of Phyllis Hymen
得知了 Phyllis Hymen(美国女歌手演员,95年逝世)去世的消息
I rap to keep from crying
要说几段verse才能喘过气不哭出声来
Taking Mine, now I'm the Bo$$
最后终于出人头地,说话有了分量
Recipe for a show
演出也开始得心应手
They say no girls in the cipher, so I rock solo
但他们说干这行女的不行,所以我向来单打独斗
Then on the Blackstreet, Ill Na Na get me home, though
在居住的黑人社区里(Blackstreet也是一个黑人r&b乐队),Ill Na Na(Foxy Brown的首张专辑)伴我成长
I rap along to every song
每一首歌我都跟着唱
And ain't no playing with my Yo-Yo
都没给玩儿留出时间(致敬Yo-Yo的代表作You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo)
Check, how I hit every note, though
瞧瞧这音我唱的准不准
Even sung along with patois
连牙买加黑话都学得有模有样
Like in the joint she did with Patra
Yo-Yo和Patra合作的那首
I'm on a Romantic Call...
“我在甜蜜蜜地打给他”
(Talkin' to my baby Down ah mi yard)
(“给我的小情人打电话,就在我家”)
Blank page calling, a ...[??]
(这句听不清,翻不出来......sorry)
The crowd yes ya'llin'
台下的人大声喝彩
Nonchalantly in the trees at five o'clock in the morning
早晨五点起来淡然地卷叶子
Sported he Kim hardcore wig, then came Lauryn
听着Lil Kim的硬货,接着是Lauryn的歌
She showed me the beauty and the natural cut
是她让我明白什么是美,让我爱上了natural cut(Lauryn Hill的标志发型)
Amplify my Rage, growing out my afro puffs
让我能够保持愤怒,剪掉了之前的afro puffs(afro puffs也是一种黑人发型,同时也是The Lady Of Rage的代表作)
This is for Latifah, for Lyte, for Shante
这首歌写给Latifah(Queen Latifah),Lyte(MC Lyte)和Shante(Roxanne Shante)
Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Heather B, for Jean Grae
写给Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill,Heather B和Jean Grae
E-V-E, Nikki D, Salt-N-Pepa, even me
写给E-V-E,Nikki D,Salt-N-Pepa还有我
Apani B, for Missy, for Kim, and Foxy
写给Apani B,Missy(Missy Elliot),Kim(Lil Kim),Foxy( Foxy Brown)
This is for, Rah Digga, Rage, Left Eye, for Yo-Yo
还写给Rah Digga,Rage(The Lady of Rage),Left Eye和Yo-Yo
Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat, for Jane Doe
写给Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat和 Jane Doe
Rage, Mystic, BO$$, Sparky D
写给Mysitic,BO$$,Sparky D
For those never seen
写给那些陌生人
On the search for female emcees
寻找女性MC的人
The microphone fiends
拿着麦的恶魔也可以是女人
New millennium, came of age
2000年后,年岁渐长
While things stayed the same
但身边的事物都还是原样
Media forms changed
传媒的形式已经变了
New name, from What-What? to Jean Grae
新的名字出现,从那谁谁到 Jean Grae
We bootlegged, the bootleg
私底下该录磁带的还是录磁带
Put away cassette and VHS tapes in vinyl crates
和磁带、录影带放在一起的还有黑胶唱片
Fast forward album release dates
按发行时间顺序播放快进
Hip-hopalizing what we buy or objectify
到了现在,Hip-Hop被物化
In these days
成了商品被摆上橱窗
Tell me what's the plight of a female MC's fate?
跟我说,什么叫女MC命途多舛生活艰辛?
Or what's the worth of a woman's story to a DJ?
一个女人成为DJ的故事又有什么意思?
Downloading everyone and now my heroes seemingly gone
人们下载的歌谁的都有,但我的偶像似乎已经沉寂
Search and found Lauryn Hill Unplugged
找了半天才找到Lauryn Hill的不插电版唱片
Guess I lost one
之前有过,好像丢了
Some come and go
万事云烟,来来去去
Self-labeled ***** and ho
有些人管自己叫叫鸡
A heretic of discourse
吐出来的话根本没法听进去
I turn off the radio
我把电台关掉
I can't relate, nor can I hate
我和这些音乐完全没有共鸣,但也不能说讨厌
For the ways we negotiate
因为本就异路殊途
The ***ist spaces we navigate
我们仍在艰难地对抗性别歧视
I stay reppin'
我仍旧在人群中扛着大旗
Vaunted by the crest of hip hop's crescent
但新一代的Hip-Hop浪潮却为虎作伥
It seems...
似乎(下句是Lauryn Hill名言:Fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need)
"Fantasy's what people want reality to be"
“幻想里的人人都想要,而现实的一切才是我们需要面对的”
This is for Latifah, for Lyte, for Shante
这首歌写给Latifah(Queen Latifah),Lyte(MC Lyte)和Shante(Roxanne Shante)
Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Heather B, for Jean Grae
写给Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill,Heather B和Jean Grae
E-V-E, Nikki D, Salt-N-Pepa, even me
写给E-V-E,Nikki D,Salt-N-Pepa还有我
Apani B, for Missy, for Kim, and Foxy
写给Apani B,Missy(Missy Elliot),Kim(Lil Kim),Foxy( Foxy Brown)
This is for, Rah Digga, Rage, Left Eye, for Yo-Yo
还写给Rah Digga,Rage(The Lady of Rage),Left Eye和Yo-Yo
Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat, for Jane Doe
写给Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat和 Jane Doe
Rage, Mystic, BO$$, Sparky D
写给Mysitic,BO$$,Sparky D
For those never seen
写给那些陌生人
On the search for female emcees
寻找女性MC的人
The microphone fiends
拿着麦的恶魔也可以是女人
The world is listening
世界在聆听
The world is listening
世界在聆听
The world is listening
世界在聆听

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