Oh I have ambitions dreams
我有自己的抱负和梦想
But dreams don't come cheap
奈何梦想的代价高昂
I saw a demon on my shoulder it's lookin' like patriarchy
我看见肩上有个来自父权社会的恶魔压制我 无恶不作
Like scrubbin' blood off the ceiling and bleachin' another carpet
他擦干抹净天花板上的血迹,漂白又一条地毯
How my house get haunted
我的房子怎么就闹起鬼来
Why Toyin body don't embody all the life she wanted
为什么Toyin的身体就不能去展露她所梦寐的人生
A baby just nineteen
才十九岁的小可怜(Toyin曾在推特上详细讲述了自己遭施害者侵犯的经历后,失踪了一星期被发现身亡)
I know I dream all black
我清楚自己梦想一个黑人的世界
I seen her everything immortalizin' tweets all caps
我见到了她永恒不朽的模样 那些推特大写标明
They say they found her dead
他们说发现她已经死了
One girl missin' another one go missin'
一个又一个的女孩销声匿迹
One girl missin' another
一个一个香消玉殒
But n***as in the back quiet as a church mouse
但那些躲在背后的黑人弟兄们静得像教堂里老鼠 一声不吱
Basement studio when duty calls to get the verse out
等意识到职责召唤才来跑地下录音室写首歌礼貌性发声
I guess the ego hurt now
我想是你现在自尊被伤到
It's time to go to work wow look at him go
是该干活儿咯 看看他怎么整
He really 'bout to write about me when the world is in smokes
他怎么总是要抓着我写,特别是在世界充满硝烟的时候
When it's people in trees
比起 树上死了人(指南加州最近发生的几起疑似黑人吊树自杀事件)
When George was beggin' for his mother saying he couldn't breathe
弗洛伊德喊着妈妈在求救,说他快没法呼吸(弗洛伊德遭白人警察暴力执法跪压脖颈窒息死亡事件)
You thought to write about me
你就这么想拿我当素材写
One girl missin' another one go missin'
一个又一个的女孩销声匿迹
One girl missin' another one
一个一个香消玉殒
Yo but little did I know all my readin' would be a bother
哟,我都不晓得原来读过的那些书能给自己添麻烦
It's trans women bein' murdered and this is all he can offer
发生变性女人被谋害这种事,他还是想来针对我
And this is all y'all receive
也是你们收到的意思
Distracting you from the convo with organizers
分散你们对重点的注意力
They talkin' abolishin' the police
他们说要废除警察
And this the new world order
来建立新世界秩序
We democratizin' Amazon we burn down borders
我们来民主化这片亚马逊野蛮丛林,烧毁结界(双关/Amazon指代电商亚马逊象征资本剥削 Borders 太晚进入电子书市场倒闭破产的全国性零售书店)
This the new vanguard this the new vanguard
这是新的先锋队,这是新的先锋队
I'm the new vanguard
我来冲锋打头阵