Living for the City - Tina Turner (蒂娜·特纳)

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Written by：S. Wonder

A boy is born in hard time Mississippi

一个男孩出生在水深火热的密西西比

Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty

四面高墙包围并不美丽

His parents give him love and affection

他的父母给了他爱和感情

To keep him strong moving in the right direction

让他坚强起来朝着正确的方向前进

Living just enough just enough for the city

在这座城市里尽情生活

His father works some days for fourteen hours

他的父亲一天工作十四个小时

And you can bet he barely makes a dollar

你可以打赌他几乎挣不到一分钱

His mother goes to scrub the floor for many

他的母亲为许多人擦洗地板

And you'd best she hardly makes a penny

你最好她几乎挣不到一分钱

Living just enough just enough for the city

在这座城市里尽情生活

His sister's black but she is sho nuff pretty

他的妹妹是黑人但她真的好漂亮

Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy

她的裙子很短但是上帝她的腿很结实

And to walk to school she's got to get up early

她得早起步行去上学

Her clothes are old but never never dirty

她的衣服很旧但从来不脏

Living just enough just enough for the city

在这座城市里尽情生活

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

她的兄弟很聪明他比很多人都聪明

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

他很有耐心但很快他就没有耐心了

To find a job is like a haystack needle

找工作就像大海里的针

Cause where he lives they don't use colored people

因为在他住的地方他们不使用有色人种

The living just enough just enough for the city

生龙活虎的生活刚刚好

Oh ah

Ah sh*t it yeah

Cause living just enough

因为活得刚刚好

Cause they ain't yet enough

因为他们还不够

Propable start you ain't get no start

说不定你根本就没有机会

Give that lode one rode can't get shut

给我一点好货我不能停下来

What is hole they'll hold you every know

什么是黑洞他们会紧紧抱着你大家都知道

One day somebody gonna come on

总有一天会有人来找我

Gonna take their children speel their hole

带着他们的孩子去他们的地盘

Oh yeah holy just you just know

天啊你知道吗

Some just even know

有些人甚至知道

They can living enough

他们可以好好生活

Living I may just probablily back

活着我可能会回来