Hanging Tree

Who's that man I see
眼前的那個人是誰呢
Underneath the hanging tree?
那個站在絞死樹下的人是誰呢?
He looks just like me, so tell me, am I really free?
他看起來與我是那樣的相似,我真的自由了嗎?
Coulda been my mother crying for my brother
本該是母親為我的兄弟嚎啕哭泣
And everybody, everybody, everybody's praying for peace
每一個人,每一個人,每一個人啊,都在為和平而禱告
But who's gonna protect us from the police?
但是在警察眼皮下,誰能夠保護我們,誰能呢?
Keep these chains off me
讓我掙脫枷鎖吧
Cause I don't wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree
因為我真的不想成絞死樹下另一顆深埋的種子(不想成為下一個被種族問題殘害的生命)
Pray for me
為我禱告吧
Lord, don't let me be another seed underneath the hanging tree
上帝啊,別讓我成為絞死樹下另一顆深埋的種子啊
Brands on our bodies (the color of fruit)
身體上燙滿恥辱的烙印(種族歧視),(果實的顏色)
Color of purple fruit (Shoo-doot)
紫色的水果(拓展:《The Color Purple》一部張揚黑人女權主義的代表作,美國電影史上第一部黑人題材電影，導演斯皮爾伯格)
Power of the purple (black power, black power)
紫色的力量(這裡紫色力量就相當於黑色力量,種族的力量)
Spent on the side and 'don't give a damn about you'
一邊去吧,我壓根就不在乎你
I, I ask sometimes
我,有時我會問
Am I just living to die? (Living to die)
我是為死而生麼?(為死而生麼!)
Cause the way they do my kind
他們對待我的那些方式
I just wanna cry
讓我想要尖叫哭喊
Chains off me
讓我掙脫束縛吧
I don't wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree
我真的不想成絞死樹下另一顆深埋的種子
Pray for me
為我祈禱吧
Lord, don't let me be another seed underneath the hanging tree
上帝啊,別讓我成為絞死樹下另一顆深埋的種子啊
Take these chains off me, free me
解開我的枷鎖吧,釋放我,讓我自由
I don' t wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree
我真的不想成絞死樹下另一顆深埋的種子
Take these chains off me, free me
解開我的枷鎖吧,釋放我,讓我自由
Lord don'twanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree
上帝啊,別讓我成為絞死樹下另一顆深埋的種子啊
Take these chains off me
解開我的枷鎖吧