Living For The City

A boy is born in hard time mississippi

一个男孩艰难地出生在密西西比

Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty

被四面简陋的墙围着

His parents give him love and affection

他的父母给他爱和关心

To keep him strong moving in the right direction

让他坚强，走向正确的方向

Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha

在这城市生存下去就已足够，呃，哈

His father works some days for fourteen hours

他的爸爸有一段时间每天工作14个小时

And you can bet he barely makes a dollar

你可以打赌他有没有挣到钱

His mother goes to scrub the floors for many

他的妈妈帮有钱人擦地板

And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny

你最好相信她几乎没有挣到一便士

Living just enough just enough for the city yeah

只要能生存在这个城市就足够了，耶

His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty

他的姐姐回来了，已经长大

Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy

她的裙子很短，但是她的腿很健康

To walk to school she’s got to get up early

为了走到学校去她要早早起床

Her clothes are old but never are they dirty

她的衣服很旧但是永远是干净的

Living just enough just enough for the city um hum

只要能生存在这个城市就足够了，嗯，嗯

Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many

她的弟弟很聪明，比别的孩子都懂事

His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any

他很耐心，但是这无法长久

To find a job is like a haystack needle

找到一份工作就如大海捞针

Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people

因为他们生活的地方不看好黑人

Living just enough just enough for the city

只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

Living just enough For the city

只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty

他的头发很长，他的脚步很坚定

He spends his life walking the streets of new york city

他的一生都走在纽约市的街头

He’s almost dead from breathing in air pollution

空气污染让他几乎无法呼吸

He tried to vote but to him there’s no solution

他想要投票，但是没有解决的办法

Living just enough just enough for the city

只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

Yeah yeah yeah

耶耶耶

I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow

我希望你能听见我的声音里的悲伤

And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow

那会促使你过好明天

This place is cruel no where could be much colder

这个地方很残忍，没有比这个城市更冷的地方

If we don’t change the world will soon be over

如果我们不改变世界，马上就要结束了

Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city

活下去就足够了，不要再付出，只要活在这个城市就足够