Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

'We have to stop thinking that we must have military solutions
我們一定要停止這種
To the problems we face in the world'
世界上所有問題都必須用武力解決的想法
Yeah
嗯
'The solutions that we need are...'
我們需要的解決方法是...
Picking up where we left off
重拾我們遺失的過去
'...dealing of sickness, disease, and hunger
醫療、溫飽
Now that's fundamental
現在是最基本需要解決的問題
If you want to end terrorism, you have to stop being terrorists
如果想終止恐怖主義，就不得不阻止恐怖分子
Which is what war is'
而那便是戰爭的形成
They told you World War II was a people's war
人們告訴你第二次世界大戰是人民的戰爭
Logic should have told them it was Imperialist war
情理卻應該表明這是一場帝國主義的戰爭
18 million served in the armed forces
一千八百萬人民服務於武裝部隊
10 million more overseas – that's enormous
一千多萬人口流失到海外——這個數字是龐大的
25 million workers paid for war bonds
兩千五百萬勞動者因為戰爭的鐐銬而付出代價
All of the while people question why the war's on
全世界處於戰爭的人民都在質疑這場戰爭的意義
There was an undercurrent of reluctance
有諸多的不快暗流湧動著
There were under-publicized signs of resistance
有一些宣傳反抗的標語
******' s Germany was unspeakable evil
希特勒的德國有著無法形容的罪惡
But let's discuss real quick what we did to people
但是讓我們簡短而確實的討論一下人們都做了些什麼
We opposed the Haitian revolution
我們反對海地革命
We turned Guam, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii into institutions
我們把關島、波多黎各、夏威夷變成了戰爭的基地
Pretended to help Cuba win freedom from Spain
我們號稱是為了幫助古巴脫離西班牙的殖民統治
This country's built on the blood of other people's pain
但是這個國家是建立在人們的痛苦和鮮血上的
Blacks is looking at anti-Semitism in Germany
德國的黑人就這樣忍受著“反猶太”
And saw the situation here was mirroring it perfectly
這裡的情況更是看起來是完美的反映了這個現象
We appeased ****** all throughout the 30s
三十年代我們一直在反抗希特勒
Only years later we pretended we was worried
僅僅一年之後，我們又假裝我們很焦慮
Roosevelt was hesitant to be gritty
羅斯福猶豫著想要下定決心
And caused a resolution to be buried in committee
於是解決辦法就是掩藏在了眾議院
The main interest was never to stop fascism
根本的利益是阻擋不了法西斯的
But advancing Imperialist interests of that prism
卻是推進了帝國主義對棱鏡門的興趣
Roosevelt ain't care about oppression of the Jews
羅斯福不關心猶太民族所忍受的痛苦
The power was the priority, I'm telling you the truth
優先權便是權力，我是在講事實
****** not the reason that we entered the land
希特勒並不是我們到瞭如此境地（唯一）的原因
Roosevelt was mad that we got hit by Japan
羅斯福因為日本偷襲珍珠港事件（1941.12.7）而暴跳如雷
Historians will tell you he provoked that ***t
歷史學家會告訴你是他引起了了此事（二戰）
He told lies in attempts to sugar coat that ***t
他為了掩蓋事實而撒慌
In '45 troops were jammed onto the Queen Mary
因為瑪麗女皇號（二戰前英國的一艘皇家遊輪）45軍隊受阻
The blacks were stowed down in the depths of the same ferry
黑人民族的尊嚴被放到很低
See there's a parallel you have to understand
有一個相同的事你需要理解
That they wanted them to fight but wouldn't treat them like a man
那就是他們被迫去參加戰爭，卻並沒有被當作一個人一樣看待
Industrial mobilization had a few divided
工業動員有一些分裂
The economic royalists denounced and derided
經濟上的保皇派公開指責和嘲笑
The irony of victory was heavily a price
對勝利的反諷有重要的價值
The war ended, 3 million men was in strike
戰爭結束後，三百萬人失業
There's no peace in a world of capitalism
資本主義的世界裡沒有和平
**** eugenics economic rationalism
納粹有優生學經濟理性理論
The lesson was that war solved problems of control
教訓就是戰爭可以解決管理權的爭奪問題
Regardless if it causes any problems for the soul
卻無視這一切為人類靈魂所造成的創傷
The black revolt in the 50s came as a surprise
黑人在五十年代如雨後春筍般開始奮起反抗
It shouldn't have after we took so many of their lives
卻不應該是在我們迫害了他們如此多生命之後
You can't erase the memory of an oppressed people
你不能消除被壓迫人民的記憶
Reparation doesn't make it any less evil
賠償也並不會使我們犯下的罪行減輕
Some black folks joined the Communist party
一些黑人加入到了共產黨中
Richard Wright spoke of disillusionment with the body
理查德·萊特（黑人作家，1908-1960）談到那些靈魂的幻滅
The party was accused of exploiting black people
共產黨被指控剝削黑人
Angelo Herndon felt everything was equal
安吉洛·赫恩登（據說因為煽動1919年間的工人運動而坐牢五年）認為一切都是公平的
He was arrested they convicted for insurrection
他因為煽動工人運動而被判為有罪
How the **** it's insurrection I call it dissension
被稱作的叛亂可我卻認為只是糾紛
Gave him 5 years when all he wanted was protection
五年的法律戰爭，他想要的只是保護政策
There was other black men that made the same connection
還有一個黑人也犯了同樣的案（辦了同樣的事）
Benjamin Davis defended Herndon as a savior
本傑明·戴維斯如救世主般為了保衛赫恩登而戰鬥
Then Paul Robeson; he only magnified the danger
還有保羅·羅伯遜；只有他擴大了危機
Harry Truman had to deal with the militant mood
哈里·杜魯門（第33任美國總統）不得不去平息這些激進的情緒
But how the **** that gonna work when he a racist too?
但是當他自己也是個種族主義者的時候，這一切又能怎麼樣
In '54 they said they ended segregation
在54年的時候，據說要終止種族隔離
10 years later no changes
但是十年過去了，依舊沒有什麼改觀
Revolt was always minutes away about to bust
暴亂的勢力總是如洪水般一觸即發
Rosa Parks refused the black section of the bus
羅薩·帕克斯拒絕在公交上為白人讓座（該事件促使美國1956年出台關於禁止種族歧視的法律《聯邦民權法案》）
The freedom riders were spreading across the nation
黑人民權運動（1955-1968年）的消息馬上在整個國家都傳開
They went to jail for marching and fighting discri****tion
一些人因為反抗歧視的遊行示威和鬥爭活動而進了監獄
FBI stood by, Justice Department stood by
聯邦調查局和司法局的人們都在待命
While civil rights workers were beaten, they just stood by
可當維護公民權利的人們被打敗，他們依舊在原地待命
3 civil rights workers , 2 black and 1 white
三個民權運動的工人中，有兩個是黑人，一個是白人
Arrested in Philadelphia, Mississippi one night
一夜之間逮捕了好多在費城和密西西比的民權運動的參與者
They were released, beaten with chains and shot to death
然後他們又被釋放，被鎖鏈抽打、被槍殺死亡
There were arrests made but it was not confessed
確實有逮捕發生，可並沒有公開
The national government remained silent
中央政府依舊保持沉默
The president wouldn't defend blacks against violence
總統也依舊沒有為保護黑人免受暴力而做出點什麼
Civil rights laws were passed but they were fraud
民權法被頒布，可形同虛設
Equality was enforced poorly or was ignored
平等被強制執行，也被忽視
Martin Luther King's speech floored whoever heard it
馬丁·路德金的演講讓所有聽到它的人都為之震撼
5 years later he was targeted and murdered
但僅僅五年之後，他就被盯上並被謀殺
In '65 the Watts Riots burned into the streets
65年爆發了沃茨騷亂
The black man would no longer turn the other cheek
黑人同志們不再忍受屈辱了
The Black Panther Party scared Nixon
黑豹黨的出現讓尼克松總統感到擔心
But that did nothing to change his position
但這對尼克鬆的地位卻絲毫沒有造成影響
A new black consciousness was born and still alive
一股新的黑人勢力漸漸形成並依舊存在
And that came from the will to survive
這一切都是源於人們的意志力才得以倖存
This is the part where I would talk about Vietnam
這一部分我將敘說一下越南戰爭
But me and Rugged Man wealready made a song
我和R.A已經開始創作一首歌曲
By the 70s distrust had spread across the nation
七十年代一種不安定在全國上下蔓延
Basic discontent political alienation
最主要是關於政治隔離的不滿
55,000 died in the war of moral shame
五萬五千人在道德之戰中喪生
And then Watergate was added to the hall of pain
而水門事件則更使整個國家陷入悲痛
The Watergate burglaries was rather complicated
水門事件是相當複雜的
But in the end mostly all of them exonerated
但最終他們的大多還是免於罪責
Nixon had CIA a G. Gordon Liddy
尼克鬆有中央情報局的特工G·戈登·里迪
Lie about the Democratic National Committee
想要瞞過民主黨全國委員會
But eventually they all flipped on him
但最後他還是東窗事發
And told the Senate that they had a lot of ***t on him
參議院對尼克松都有諸多的不滿
After that it was a swift and a sudden fall
在這之後，他便迅速的衰退
Nixon resigned before they could impeach the ball
在尼克松還未被彈劾之前他便辭去職務
They got rid of Nixon but they kept the system
參議院遺棄了尼克松，可國家的構建還在
His foreign policy still remains in position
他的外交政策依舊被保留
Corporate interests still remained in position
國家的集體利益依舊需要保留
His closest advisors remain in position
他最親近的幕僚也被保留
Vietnam recession and unrest
越南戰爭使國內處於蕭條和動盪
All adds up to a mother******* mess
所有的一切都處於混亂
After Watergate and Vietnam
在水門事件和越南戰爭之後
There was a deep economic insecurity in this world of ours
我們整個世界有很強的爆發經濟危機的潛在性
Environmental deterioration took its toll
環境的惡化造成了巨大的損失
A cultural violence upon the families took its toll
建立在家庭上的文化暴力造成了巨大的損失
Problems couldn't be solved without bold changes
如果沒有大膽的改革，這些問題是解決不了的
But no major party candidates proposed changes
但是沒有任何一個主要政黨的候選人倡導改革（改變）
American political tradition held fast
美國的政治傳統讓一切發生的很快
Urban communities turning into hell fast
城市社區很迅速淪為人間地獄
Black folks are bitterly disappointed with Carter
黑人們對霍華德·卡特（美國第39任總統）感到非常失望
Opposed federal aid the poor people didn't bother
窮苦百姓們反對聯邦援助，可是並沒有什麼效果
Reagan got elected and he built a military up
羅納德·威爾遜·裡根當選了總統並建立了軍隊
A trillion dollars later
花了數以萬億計的錢之後
And this mother****** dummy up
他也沒什麼可作為的了
He cut benefits for the poor to get the money up
他切斷窮人的利益卻將之收進自己的口袋
Social security, disability went belly up
社會保障和傷殘保障趨於破產
Unemployment grew in the Reagan years
在裡根就職年間，失業率不斷地上漲
30 million people unemployed in the Reagan years
將近有三千萬的勞動力人口沒有工作
Welfare became an o**ect of attack
社會福利竟然成為攻擊的對象
Especially if you was latino or you was black
尤其是拉丁美洲人和黑人
I'm just scratching the surface of what was wrong
我只是隨便談談問題所在和我看到的現象
We'll pick the conversation up in the next song
在下一首歌中我們將繼續這個話題
To be continued...
還沒有結束
You can 't be neutral on a moving train
行駛的火車是不能掛空檔的（Vinnie Paz的另一首歌）
I told y'all before
我已經告訴過你
You can't believe everything that your teacher tell you
你不能過於相信老師教過你的每一件事
Who is your teacher?
你的老師是誰？
Your teacher just learned what they was taught
老師只是知道他們被教過的事
How do you know what they was taught was correct?
你怎麼能知道他們教的知識是不是正確真實的呢
Ykna mean?
你知道我的意思嗎？
Dig into the real history of this country
去挖掘（調查）這個國家真實的歷史吧
And the fact that it was built on blood
事實是我們的一切都是建立在血和淚上的
We gonna go around for a third time
我們將會在真相上再三遊走
But for now I'm just blessing y'all with this one
現在我為你們祈禱
A continuation of the first
接下來還未完待續
You can't be neutral on a moving train
行駛的火車是不能掛空檔的
Pazienza
帕齊·恩扎
Howard Zinn thank you for teaching the people
霍華德·津恩謝謝你讓人類了解了這些（得到了教訓）
Rest in Peace
安息祝好！ （霍華德·津恩1922-2010，美國左翼歷史學家，Vinnie的這首歌是得益於津恩的創作《A People's History of the United States》）
It's Pazienza baby
他是帕齊·恩扎