Yesterday

One one one
Peace peace peace
Ay yeah we come in peace peace peace
我們走來帶著帶著帶著和平
From the west to the east
從西到東
North to the south
南到北
In the belly of the beast
藏在野獸的腹中
One one one one
Two two
Feels like
感覺就像
(It was only yesterday)
剛剛發生在昨天的事呢
That we sit and watch the sky turning heather grey
我們坐著看見天空變成石南灰色
Black and white watching money leading men astray
黑人和白人為了金錢做錯誤的選擇
Falling in and out of light as the heavens spray
像天堂迷霧般進出得曲折
We mix the whiskey with the lemonade
我們在威士忌裡混著檸檬氣泡
Tryna count the rap that left for
試著數清留下的說唱還有多少
Used to laugh when I said it made my belly ache
談起它時讓我胃疼曾經因此發笑
My belly ached everyday yo it never changed
胃疼的日常竟從未變過
I wasnt ready for the grave
還沒準備邁入墳墓失去該失去的
But I was ready to be paid
但我已準備好得到我應得的
Trust I know were never getting saved
認真的我知道救贖是我們永遠得不到的
Twenty four mixed race
二十四個混血兒
Living twelve years a slave
十二年的奴隸者
(It was only yesterday )
彷彿就發生在昨天
My grandfather getting knuckled by the pepper spray
我的祖父被胡椒噴霧（一種按壓式防身噴霧）弄得關節炎犯了
More fire brings the riot like a renegade
四處的星火捲來暴動像是叛亂
Seeing if setting fire to the rain as the letters fade
看那群人是否會在雨中放火讓信件褪色
No doubt I was raised out the south
無疑我是生長在南方
Tell your ex boyfriend to keep my name out his mouth
告訴你的前任讓我的名字時刻在嘴裡念叨
I been in and out to drag the pain out the house
我一直進出為了把痛苦脫出房間
Being brave something proud say my name Im about
勇敢些擁有某些驕傲說出我的名字關於我一切
There comes a time
每個人的生命中
In everyones life
都會面臨這個時刻
When you have to fall in love
當你不得不墜入愛河
Once or twice
一次或兩次
It never really feels like
這感覺可真不像是
(It was only yesterday)
（這不過就發生在昨天）
Back when I thought Id never touch the motherland
那時我還以為永遠不會再回到祖國
Because my skins a different colour to them other man
因為我的皮膚和其他人不同
But still theyre calling me the coloured man
不過他們仍說我是有色人種
So you can find me in the straight peanut butter jam
所以你能在純花生醬裡找到我
Sticky, make a finger snap like a rubber band
黏黏的讓手指像橡皮筋般啪啪作響
We expand like a grand in another hand
我們膨脹得像是手裡篡著千元鈔票
Melts like butter in the pan as the others ran
像是黃油融化在鍋裡與他人無異
Damn
But me I stuck around
但我依然掙扎著
No doubt pull the finger out
誠然伸出手指
Flabber in the ground
地面的浮雕
Down south know what Im about just another clown
南方的人都知道我只是個可笑的鄉巴佬
Red snout running in the mouth of another town
頂著紅色鼻子在另一個小鎮的入口奔跑
Drown
沉沒
Drown (It was only yesterday)
溺亡（這不過就發生在昨天）
When everyone was in the same place
當每個人都來到同一個地方
And we were stuck up in that same race
我們被困在同一場競爭
Same face listening to beats with the same taste
相似的臉聽著同樣口味的節拍
Waste
浪費
But now my beats come from LA
但現在我的拍子它來自洛杉磯
Californ-king of the streets kick it like Pele
加州街頭之王跟著貝利的步伐踢吧
You see that dip in the ground its bad soil
你看那浸入地下的是變質的油
Its LC and Madlib
是lc 和madlib
Its mad loyal
是瘋狂的loyal
There comes a time
每個人的生命中
In everyones life
都會面臨這個時刻
(Its mad loyal)
（是瘋狂的loyal）
When you have to fall in love
當你不得不墜入愛河
Once or twice
一次或兩次
Cool