The Bigger Picture

Protests and growing national outcry continues over
越來越多的全國抗議性活動仍在繼續
(Section 8 just straight cooked this mother****er up)
Section 8製作
The death of George Floyd
George Floyd之死
Last night, people protesting in Minneapolis escalated
昨晚，明尼阿波利斯的抗議活動升級
As demonstrators were lashed by tear gas and rubber * *****s
示威者被催淚瓦斯和橡皮子彈擊中
The main message here, the main message here,
這就是主要概括，這就是主要概括
The main message here
這就是主要概括
Is that they want to see those officers involved
他們想看到警員受牽連
They want to see those officers arrested
他們想看到警察被逮捕
Officers arrested
警察被逮捕
(I can't breathe, I can't breathe)
（我不能呼吸，我不能呼吸）
Trade my 4x4 for a G63, ain't no more free Lil Steve
把四驅車賣了換G36，也不再喊著釋放Lil Steve
I gave 'em chance and chance and chance again,
我不停的給他們更多的機會
I even done told them please
甚至我還說了請
I find it crazy the police'll shoot you
這一切太瘋狂了，條子沒有任何理由就向你開槍
And know that you dead, but still tell you to freeze
即使知道結局，但他們依舊讓你站著別動
****ed up, I seen what I seen
我心如亂麻，因為眼見為實
I guess that mean hold him down if he say he can't breathe
即使他說他不能呼吸，那白皮條子急救拿膝蓋壓著他脖子
It's too many mothers that's grieving
太多母親傷心傷神
They killing us for no reason
他們肆意沙戮我們
Been going on for too long to get even
這一切已經持續得太久
Throw us in cages like dogs and hyenas
他們把我們像狗一樣扔進監獄
I went to court and they sent me to prison
我上了法庭，他們把我關了起來
My mama was crushed when they said I can't leave
當他們說我不能獲得自由時，我的母親淚如雨下
First I was drunk, then I sobered up quick
開始我沉浸在酒精的麻木中，接著我清醒過來
When I heard all that timethat they gave to Taleeb
當我知道他們給Taleeb的刑期之後.....
He got a life sentence plus
他被判無期徒刑
We just some products of our environment
我們只是當今社會的產物
How the **** they gon' blame us?
他們為什麼還要怪我們
You can't fight fire with fire
絕不能以火攻火
I know, but at least we can turn up the flames some
我清楚，但至少要在夜空中燃起一盞孔明燈
Every colored person ain't dumb and all whites not racist
每個人中的同仁思想境界並非那麼低而白人也不全是3K黨
I be judging by the mind and heart,
我只通過內在來判斷一個人
I ain't really into faces
而不是憑藉表面的膚色
****ed up, the way that we livin'
我們的生活已經被打亂
Is not getting better, you gotta know how to survive
一切變得越來越糟我們得活下去
Crazy, I had to tell all of my loved ones
一切都瘋了我要告訴我愛的那些人
To carry a gun when they going outside
當他們出門時要隨身攜帶防具
Stare in the mirror whenever you drive
開車的時候要隨時注意反光鏡
Overprotective, go crazy for mine
過度的保護，為了我的至親而瘋狂
You gotta pay attention to the signs
你一定要看好前方的指示
Seem like the blind following the blind
就像一位盲人在引導另一個盲人
Thinking 'bout everything that's going on
想著外面發生的一切
I boost security up at my home
家裡備著保鏢人數倍增
I'm with my kind if they right or they wrong
我不知道他們是對是錯
I call him now, he'll pick up the phone
我給他打了個電話，他接了
And it's five in the morning, he waking up on it
那是清晨五點，萬物已經甦醒
Tell 'em wherever I'm at, then they comin'
告訴他我所在的位置，條子已經來領
I see blue lights, I get scared and start runnin'
我看見了窗外的藍光，害怕得連忙跑路
That shit be crazy, they 'posed to protect us
這一切太瘋狂了，警察本該是保護我們的
Throw us in handcuffs and arrest us
但他們卻把我銬上並把我逮捕
While they go home at night, that shit messed up
接著他們又當無事發生，晚上照常回家
Knowing we needed help, they neglect us
他們知道我需要幫助，但卻選擇性忽視
Wondering who gon' make them respect us
思考著誰能讓那些白皮條子尊重我們
I can see in your eye that you fed up
我能從你眼中看出你的憤怒
*** * around, got my shot, I won't let up
在街上走著被我一槍命中，也不會罷休
They know that we a problem together
他知道當我們眾志成城時是個大麻煩
They know that we can storm any weather
他知道我們能度過任何難關衝破一切阻擋
It's bigger than black and white
這不只是膚色上的差距
It's a problem with the whole way of life
這關乎我們的生活方式
It can't change overnight
一晚上並不會改變什麼
But we gotta start somewhere
但我們至少得開始那場抗戰
Might as well gon' 'head start here
即使前途遙遠，路途艱險
We done had a hell of a year
度過了地獄般的一年
I'ma make it count while I'm here
當我走到終點時，我會回憶曾經
God is the only man I fear
上帝是我唯一所畏懼的人
**** it, I'm goin' on the front line
不管了，我要在沖在最前面
He gon' bust your ass if you come past that gun line
如果你走過了那條線，他們就會拿木倉制服你
You know when the storm go away, then the sun shine
當風暴褪去，陽光普照
You gotta put your head in the game when it's crunch time
關鍵時刻你必須全力以赴
I want all my sons to grow up to be monsters
我想讓我的兒子成長為野獸
I want all my daughters to show out in public
想讓我的女兒不懼流言蜚語
Seems like we losing our country
看來我們要失去自己的國家了
But we gotta stand up for something, so this what it comes to
但我們終究要站起來，這就是當今的現實
Every video I see on my conscience
我看的每一個視頻都在激起我的良心
I got power , now I gotta say somethin'
我現在有能力了，要為人民發生
Corrupted police been the problem where I'm from
腐敗的警察就是問題的根本所在
But I' d be lying if I said it was all of them
但我不會說所有警察都是這樣的
I ain't do this for the trend, I don't follow them
不是為了所謂的流量，名利已經不重要了
Altercations with the law, had a lot of them
我只是對法律提出質疑，問號數不勝數
People speaking for the people, I'm proud of them
我為發聲者感到驕傲
Stick together, we can get it up out of them
努力團結，人多的力量難以阻擋
I can't lie like I don't rap about killing and ****,
實話實說我寫在歌裡的事我確實幹過
But I'm telling my youngins to vote
但我告訴亞特蘭大的年輕人們
I did what I did
人要為自己的行為負責
'cause I didn't have no choice or no hope,
因為我當時別無選擇，沒有希望
I was forced to just jump in and go
受環境的的壓力我只能走向街頭
This bullshit is all that we know,
現在我們都一清二楚了
But it's time for a change
是時候做出改變了
Got time to be serious, no time for no games
該嚴肅起來了，這可不是玩遊戲
We ain't takin' no more, let us go from them chains
我們不再受屈辱，從那鎖鏈掙脫
God bless they souls, every one of them names
上帝保佑著我們的靈魂，人生來平等
It's bigger than black and white
這不僅僅只是膚色不同
It's a problem with the whole way of life
這是我們不同生活方式的的問題
It can't change overnight
一晚上並不能改變什麼
But we gotta start somewhere
但我們至少得開始這場抗爭
Might as well gon' 'head start here
即使前途遙遠路途艱險
We done had a hell of a year
度過了地獄般的一年
I'ma make it count while I'm here
當我走到終點時我會回顧曾經
God is the only man I fear
上帝是我唯一所畏懼的人
They trainin' officers to kill us ,
他們想要找條子把我們辦了
Then shootin' protestors with these rubber ******s
然後用橡皮子彈制服抗議者
They regular people, I know that they feel it
他們都是普通人，我知道他們也清楚
These scars too deep to heal us
這道傷疤已割得太深，難以治愈
What happened to COVID? Nobody remember
新冠時發生了什麼，沒有一個人記得
It ain't makin' sense, I'm just here to vent
這一切太不合理，我得用言語發洩
It happen to one of your people, it's different
這在每個人身上都可能發生
We get it, the system is wicked, just learn how to pick it
最後我們明白，這社會機製本身就不公平
Knowledge is power,
知識就是力量
I swear I'm a witness, I know that I'm gifted
我要做這社會的證人，我知道我有那個能力
I won't go too deep 'cause I'm scared they'll get me
我不會說的太多，因為我怕他們盯上我
Ain't scared to admit it, some shit I can't mention
不怕承認他們的罪行，但有些東西還是不能說
It's people who can, well, here's the chance
但我至少會盡力而為，這就是機會
I won't take the stand,
我不會統領這大旗
But I'll take a stand for what I believe
但我會為我的信仰而獻身
Must not be breathing the air that I breathe
呼吸新鮮空氣，不願空氣稀薄
You know that the way that I bleed, you can bleed
你也知道我也會流血，人人如此
I never been a fan of police
我從未成為警察的追捧者
But my neighborhood know I try to keep peace
但鄰居們都知道我渴望和平
So it's only right that I get in the streets
這是我在街上唯一一件正確的事
March for a reason, not just on GP
一切都是有原因的，並非一時興起
Our people died for us to be free
那些生卒的靈魂早已被解放
**** do you mean? This was a dream
這一切虛偽的就像是一場夢
Now we got the power that we need to have
現在我們有了反抗的能力
They don't want us with it and that's why they mad, yeah
他們不想讓我們好過，所以才憤怒
It's bigger than black and white
這不止是膚色不同的問題
It's a problem with the whole way of life
這是我們不同生活方式的問題
It can't change overnight
一晚上不能改變什麼
But we gotta start somewhere
但我們至少得開始那場抗爭
Might as well gon' 'head start here
即使前途遙遠路途艱險
We done had a hell of a year
度過了地獄般的一年
I'ma make it count while I'm here
當我到達終點時，我會回顧曾經
God is the only man I fear
上帝是我唯一所畏懼的人
It's bigger than black and white
這不只是簡單的黑與白
It's a problem with the whole way of life
這關乎我們的生活方式
It can't change overnight
一晚上並不能改變什麼
But we gotta start somewhere
但我們至少得開始那場抗爭
Might as well gon' 'head start here
即使前途遙遠路途艱險
We done had a hell of a year
度過了地獄般的一年
I' ma make it count while I'm here
當我到達終點我會回顧曾經
God is the only man I fear
上帝是唯一所懼