same ****complicated
You were looking down at them, they were looking down at you
你鄙視他們,他們鄙視你
You were starched and pressed, they were all disheveled
你整整齊齊,他們破破爛爛
They were holding hands, They were ragamuffins and they said
他們衣衫襤褸,手牽著手,他們說:
'I know were not fancy but were on the same level
我知道我們看上去不怎麼樣,但是你和我們其實一樣
Weve got plans, big plans! Were gonna change the world
我們有計劃,大計劃!我們要改變世界
All you care about is dollars, that doesnt make sense
你只在乎錢,沒有意義的金錢
All you do is hit snooze, watch the news, buy shoes, drink booze
你只會睡覺啊,看新聞啊,買鞋啊,喝酒啊
Make money feel spent and
賺錢的同時,精疲力竭
Day after day after day, its the same ****
日復一日復一日,都是一樣的狗屎
Day after day after day, its the same ****
日復一日復一日,都是一樣的狗屎
Day after day after day, its the same ****
日復一日復一日,都是一樣的狗屎
Day after day after day after day after day.'
日日日日日日日日日日日日日日
Then you look at them without batting an eye and say
你連眼睛都不眨一下,看著他們說:
'Hey little hippie, let your freak flag fly
嘿小嘻皮,揮起你的小破旗
Why dont you go smoke a bowl in your best tie-dye?
你咋不去穿著你最好的紮染T卹抽呢
Get a tattoo of a dancing bear holding a peace sign
快去紋個舉著V字手勢的跳舞的熊吧
You can talk the talk but when it comes to real change
隨便你們一直叨逼叨叨逼叨,但當真正的變革到來
Are you and all your little friends exactly the same?
你和你的哥們儿還會有一樣的想法麼
You sit around in potlucks, pointing fingers, placing blame
你們只會聚在一起,互相指責
Drinking kombucha and eating tempeh and
喝著康普茶,嚼著印尼豆豉
Day after day after day, its the same ****
日復一日復一日,都是一樣的狗屎
Day after day afterday, its the same ****
日復一日復一日,都是一樣的狗屎
Day after day after day, its the same ****
日復一日復一日,都是一樣的狗屎
Day after day after day after day after day.'
日日日日日日日日日日日日日日
If you are judging them while they are judging you
如果你在評判他們的時候,他們也在評判你
And you think that makes them assholes, maybe youre an asshole too
你覺得他們因此他們都是傻X,搞不好你自己也一樣
Do we argue with each other until we both turn blue or
我們真的需要互相爭執直到所有人都不爽
Find similarities in what we like and what we do?
或是可以在我們做的事情和喜歡的事情找找到一些共同點
Yeah, just because someone does not look like me
是的,只是因為有些人和我們不一樣
Doesnt mean they are a clone or a sheep
並不意味著他/她是一個克隆人或是一隻羊
Maybe they like their job and theyre living their dream
或許他們喜歡自己的工作,在實現自己的理想
And they love their friends and their family
他們也愛自己的朋友和家人
Yeah, some people thrive between nine and five
是的,有些人就是在朝九晚五的日子裡過得開心
And feel like theyre choking if their necks not tied
他們覺得不打領帶就覺得自己會噎到
And some people feel as if theyre gonna die if
褲縫不夠筆挺,鞋帶沒有記好
Their seams arent straight and their shoes not tied
就感覺自己會掛掉
Some people like business, some people like numbers
有些人就是愛做生意,有些人就是愛錢
Some people grow organic heirloom cucumbers
有些人在自家花園裡種有機小黃瓜
And only feel free with their hands in the dirt
只有穿著自己破爛的牛仔褲和最愛的T卹
In a pair of old jeans and their favorite t-shirt
只有雙手插在土壤裡,他們才感覺到自由
Some people feel enslaved when they have a boss
有些人只要有老闆就感覺自己被奴役
Some people without one feel totally lost
有些人沒有老闆的反而會覺得迷茫
To make this world work, it takes alldifferent kinds
社會的運轉,要靠各色各樣的人兒啊
We all have different tastes, different strengths, different minds
我們品味不同,力量不同,想法也不同
So it doesnt make sense to generalize
沒有意義去一概而論
And it doesnt make sense to judge with our eyes
也沒有意義去僅靠我們的雙眼去評判
We need more compassion, we need to be kind
我們需要更多的同情心,需要善意
If you open your heart, you might like what you find
如果你敞開心扉,你可能會喜歡你看到的東西
Cause there are some nice bus drivers, and theres some mean bus drivers
因為,有的公車司機很好,有的很壞
And theres some nice cops in Madison, Wisconsin
威斯康辛的麥迪遜也是有一些好條子的(Tony Robinson Shooting)
And theres some nice teachers, and theres some mean teachers
有些老師很好,有些很壞
Just because you got a mean teacher doesnt mean all teachers suck
只是因為你遇到了討厭的老師,不代表他們所有人都是這副樣兒
And no one is nice all the time, no one is mean all the time
沒有人可以一直很好,也沒有人會一直很壞
Think about what someones going through thats making them be mean to you
想想他們正在經歷什麼吧,想想他們為什麼對你不好
Like maybe their pet gerbil died and they are really sad inside
也許他們的倉鼠死掉了,內心十分難過
Or maybe they got in a fight with someone that they really liked
也許他們和自己喜歡的人剛剛吵了一架
Or maybe they are really shy, dont know how to socialize
再或者是他們很害羞,不想和你聊天
May just want to run and hide, not saying that its justified
可能只是向遠遠的躲起來,我不是說這些一定是對的
But if we learn to empathize, the resentments will vaporize
但是如果我們學著去同情,怨恨就會消失
Situations metamorphize before our very eyes
情況從你眼前開始改變
Then the need to stereotype will become outdated
當我們意識到每個人都是很複雜的時候
Whenwe realize that everyone is really complicated
就再也不需要有任何刻板的偏見
We are all so complicated
我們都是很複雜的
We are all so complicated
我們都是很複雜的
I am also complicated
我也很複雜的啊
I am also complicated
我也很複雜的
Im a black mom, a lactivist, a home-owning punk
我是個黑人媽媽,母乳喂養者,還是個有家住的朋克。
Its been over a decade since the last time I got drunk
上次喝醉還是十年前的事兒
I drive a mini-van, and Ive got junk in the trunk
我開一輛小貨車,裝了一車破爛兒
I think Danny DeVito is a total hunk
我覺得Danny DeVito真是一坨性感的美男子
I like revisiting the **** my therapist helps me remember
我喜歡回憶心理醫生幫助我想起來的那些破事兒
Being friends with someone for a long time, still not knowing their gender
我喜歡和一個人做了很久的朋友,卻還是不知道他/她的性別
I fight for equal rights, and I fight for inner peace
我為平等權利而奮鬥,為內心平靜而奮鬥
And I pray to the dead for the gratitude I need
我向死去的人祈禱我所需要的感恩
Ive got chickens in my backyard and a little garden plot
我的後院有幾隻雞和一個小花園
I really hate commercials but I got a slap-chop
我特討厭電視廣告,可還是買了slap-chop 切片器
Cause Im a sucker for a remix, let me tell you what
因為我對remix狗屁不通,讓我來告訴你為什麼
By the time that I am finished, you are gonna love these nuts
當我哼唧完的時候,你就會愛上這些胡話
Im a little bit pop culture, a lot bit DIY
我喜歡一些流行文化,十分喜歡DIY
I dont know the definition of TMI
我不知道I是個什麼意思(我也不知道)
I write poems about my period, post pictures of my log
我在詩裡寫我的例假,貼我日記的照片
If you dont like body functions, you shouldnt read my blog
如果你不喜歡談論身體,就別讀我的博客
My husbands a musician from the mountains in France
我丈夫是個音樂人,從法國的山區來
He wrote me a song, we did interpretive dance
他給我寫了一首歌,我們一起跳形意舞
Then he knocked me up, now we have the coolest kid
然後他搞大了我的肚子,現在我們有了世界上最酷的孩子
Yeah, hooking up with hims the smartest thing I ever did
是的,和他搞在一起是我做過的最聰明的事
And I feel like I can fly when Im on roller skates
當我穿上旱冰鞋,我感覺自己會飛
I get a little high when I eat dried dates
當我吃了乾棗,我覺得自己很High
I feel like Im unloading when Im loading up the car
當我往車上裝貨的時候,我感覺暢快淋漓
I feel like Im exploding when Im holding my guitar
當我拿起吉他的時候,我感覺自己要爆炸
I dont understand what numbers have to do with success
我不明白數字和成功有什麼關係
Or what sales have to do with happiness
或者說,sales (銷售量) 和幸福有什麼關係
Unless theyre the kind of sails that will carry me to sea
除非他們是某種sails (航行),能帶我漂向大海
Where my grandma and grandpa are waiting for me
在那裡有我的祖父祖母等待著我
I never thought Id make it to 25 , now Im 37 and Im glad that Im alive
我從沒想過自己可以活到25歲,現在我37歲了,我很開心自己還活著
If I ever need a tour bus, Im still gonna drive
如果我需要一輛觀光大巴,我會自己開車呢
Cause I looking out the windshield as the world goes by
因為我喜歡透過擋風玻璃,看著世界從身邊經過
Looking out the windshield as the world goes by
透過擋風玻璃,看著世界從身邊經過
Yeah, looking out the windshield as the world goes by
是的,透過擋風玻璃,看著世界從身邊經過
Now Im 37 and Im glad that Im alive
現在我37了,我很開心我還活著
And I like looking out the windshield as the world goes by
我喜歡透過擋風玻璃,看著世界從身邊經過