Ghetto Woman - Janelle Monáe (加奈儿·梦奈)

Carry on Ghetto Woman

继续吧 贫民窟的女人

I see you working night to morning light yet no one cares

我看你日夜做工却无人关心

Carry on Ghetto Woman

继续吧 贫民窟的女人

Cause even though they laugh and

即使他们嘲笑

Talk about the clothes you wear

议论你的衣着

I wish they could just realize

我只盼他们能明白

That all you've ever needed was someone to free your mind

你所需要的只是随心所欲

Carry on Ghetto Woman

继续吧 贫民窟的女人

Cause even in your darkest hours I still see your light

在你最黯淡的日子 我依然看到你的光芒

And when you cry don't you know

你不知在你哭泣时

That I am crying with you

我同你一起哭泣

When people put you down yeah way down and you feel

当别人把你击倒 你觉得

Like you're alone

你孤立无援

Let love be your guide

让爱为你指路

You were built to last through any weather

你在任何处境中都屹立不倒

Oh Ghetto Woman hold on to your dreams

贫民窟的女人 坚持你的梦想

And all your great philosophies

和你所有的伟大哲理

You're the reason I believe in me for real

你是我相信自己的理由 真的

Carry on Ghetto Woman

继续吧 贫民窟的女人

When you doubt if you're a star

当你疑惑自己是否是主角

Just know we still believe

要知道我们依旧相信你

Carry on Ghetto Woman

继续吧 贫民窟的女人

Even when the news portrays you less than you could be

即便有时新闻上把你说的一文不值

I wish they could just realize

我希望他们能够明白

All you ever needed was someone to free your mind

你所需要的只是随心所欲

Carry on Ghetto Woman

继续吧 贫民窟的女人

You're the 7th wonder reigning over us at night

你是夜里统治我们的第七大奇迹

When you cry don't you know

当你哭泣时 你有所不知

We're right there crying with you

我们与你一同哭泣

People put you down yeah way down

人们打击你 深深地打击

And you feel like you're alone

你觉得孤立无援

Let love be your guide

让爱为你指路

You were built to last through any weather

你在任何时候都屹立不倒

Oh Ghetto Woman hold on to your dreams

贫民窟的女人 坚持你的梦想

And all your great philosophies

和你的所有伟大哲理

You're the reason I believe in me for real

你是我相信自己的理由 真的

Some say this ghetto land will

有人说这贫民窟的土地

Take you down and poison you

会击垮你 阻碍你

Some say she can do all the things a man can do

有人说 她能做得了一个男人做的事

Who said the ghetto's just a place

是谁说贫民窟只是个地方

Where queens dance naked on the moon

女王赤身裸体 在月亮上跳舞

We say a woman came to change

我们说 一个女人开始改变

The face of each and every room

每张脸 每个空间

When I was just a baby

当我还是个小孩

My momma dropped out of school

我妈妈从学校辍学

It was only second semester the baby due

第二个学期是预产期

The doctor said “December the first your due date”

因为那医生说 十二月是预产期

The daddy he was gone off to college he couldn't wait

爸爸要去上大学 他不能等

Only just a teen with dreams to be on TV

只有一个想上电视的少年

And living with a mom and

与妈妈同住

My grandma who used to feed me

我是由奶奶带大

We would move around in the city place to place

我们在城里搬来搬去

The landlord come for the rent face to face

一次又一次换租房子

Her eyes too heavy from working nights as a janitor

夜晚做警卫使她的眼睛越来越严重

She'd keep it to herself and nobody could understand her

她这样对自己 没人能理解

Even when she thought that she couldn't she carried on

即使有时她自己都觉得无法继续下去

She couldn't imagine both of her daughters here all alone

她无法想象 两个女儿都如此孤单

Before the tuxedos and black and white every day

从前穿礼服的黑人白人

Used to watch my momma

都盯着我妈妈

Get down on her knees and pray

跪在地下祈祷着

She's the reason that

她就是

I'm even writing this song

我写这首歌的理由

Ghetto Woman no it won't be long Now sing along

贫民窟的女人 不会太久 现在一起唱

Let it use you

让它利用你

Let it use you

让它利用你

When the love is strong

当爱强大时

It won't let you be alone

它不会让你孤单

Let it use you

让它利用你

Just let the spirit lead you

让那精神引领着你