Cloud Nine - The Temptations Review

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Childhood part of my life

童年就是我生命的一部分

Wasn't very pretty

并不美丽

(Boom boom-boom boom)

砰砰砰

I was born and raised

我出生长大

In the slums of the city

在城市的贫民窟里

(Boom boom-boom boom)

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It was a one-room shack

那是一间只有一间房的小房子

That slept ten other children beside me

我身边躺着十个孩子

(Boom boom-boom boom)

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We hardly had enough food

我们几乎没有足够的食物

Or room to sleep

或是睡觉的地方

(Boom boom-boom boom)

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It was hard times

那段时光很艰难

I needed somethin' to ease my troubled mind

我需要一些东西来缓解我不安的心情

Ooh listen

听着

My father didn't know the meaning of work

我的父亲不知道工作的意义

(Boom boom-boom boom)

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He disrespected mama

他不尊重妈妈

And treated us like dirt

视我们如粪土

(Boom boom-boom boom)

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I left home seeking a job

我离开家去找工作

That I never did find

我从未发现

(Boom boom-boom boom)

砰砰砰

Depressed and down-hearted

意志消沉

And I took to cloud nine

我仿佛身处九霄云外

(Boom boom-boom boom)

砰砰砰

I'm doing fine

我过得很好

Up here on cloud nine

在九霄云外

Listen one more time

再听一次

I'm doing fine

我过得很好

Up here on cloud nine

在九霄云外

Folks down there tell me

那里的人告诉我

"Give yourself a chance son

给自己一个机会孩子

Don't let life pass you by"

不要让生命与你擦肩而过

(Woo woo woo-oo)

哦哦哦

But the world around you's a rat race

但你周围的世界就像老鼠赛跑

Where only the strongest survive

只有最强大的人才能存活

It's a dog-eat-dog world

这是一个弱肉强食的世界

And that ain't no lie

这不是骗人的

(Ain't no lie)

我没有骗人

It ain't even safe no more

一点都不安全

To walk the streets at night

夜晚漫步街头

I'm doing fine

我过得很好

On cloud nine

在九霄云外

Every body say yeah yeah say yeah yeah say yeah yeah

每个人都说