Songwriters: EATON, GERALD / WARSAME, KEINAN / WEST, BRIAN
Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down
天啊，有没有个机会让你下凡
And open doors to hurtin' people like me
并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人
People like me, people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
People like me, people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
Is it fair to say that I am stressing out?
说我快被逼疯否公道
I'm stationed in Iraq and they won't let me out
我正驻扎在伊拉克，他们不让我出去
My homeys said I was stupid for even joining
我兄弟说我愚蠢透顶
My counsellor said that my decision was disappointing
我的律师说我的决定令人失望
How she had good slate for good state colleges
她对我上所好大学满怀希望
And with my good grades it wouldn't have been a problem
而以我的好成绩一切无碍
But they don't understand just the power of significance
但他们不明白事关重大
More than brilliance and certainly more than dividends
比荣誉当然也比金钱更重要
And if you ask me now, would I repeat it?
而如果你现在问我：我是否仍义无反顾
Would i fight in a war i don't believe in?
我是否会打一场前景不明的战争
Well the answer is if not me where the cancer is
那么回答是如果我并非症结所在
They been doing this before Jesus of Nazereth
他们在耶稣去拿撒勒前一向如此
And after all this time it is still deadly hazardous
而且此后仍危机四伏
And Bush isn't really being all that inaccurate
布什也不是全力纠错
When he says we're winning the war 'cause it's staggering
当他说：我们打赢了因为结果令人吃惊
But thats 'cause we're killing everybody that we see
但那是因为我们杀死眼前所有人
And most of us soldiers we can barely fall asleep
而我们多数斗士几乎无人入眠
And time and time again i'm feeling incompetent
而时光流转我感到不称职
'Cause my women back home, we're constantly arguing
因为女人们回家，我们争执不休
And I must be crazy cos all i'm obbsessing with
而我一定疯了，因为我全神贯注于
Is her MySpace and Facebook and who's commenting
她的个人空间和脸谱及谁在评价
I swear to God if she's cheatin' I'm doin' her ass in
我向上帝发誓如果她在骗我做蠢事
I can tell with one look and it came to me
我能说出一面之辞，我的心情
Sounding like something from a song hook, sayin'
闻若一段歌，唱道
Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down
天啊，有没有个机会让你下凡
And open doors to hurtin' people like me
并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人
People like me, people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
People like me, people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
Meet Sarah, the proud mother of young Sebastian
认识下萨拉，小塞巴斯蒂安的伟大母亲
Suburban professional went to college in Massalin
郊区的专家上过麦瑟琳的大学
In self pity she suddenly cried
在委屈中她突然哭喊
Would my life be important if I suddenly died?
“我若猝然长逝我的生命会重要些吗？”
Neighbours saying what a nice woman she was
邻居们说她是个多好的女人
Keeping mostly to herself ever since the divorce
自从离婚后一直本本分分
And with the compant downsizein and the fall and all
随着公司的破产及裁员的到来
She really shouldn't take it that personal at all
她真不该那么小气
It wasn't her boss who had his eyes on her thighs
并非她老板往她大腿上瞄
And got a rise from her risin' off the desk though
尽管由于被侵犯升了职
And despite rememberin sayin' no plenty of times
尽管她不停拒绝
It was still a damn surprise being let go
那仍是个噩耗：她被炒了
And now stuck with a mortgage she can't afford
现在还有还贷的沉重负担
And too educated to blame the corporate world
有太多话可以谴责企业界黑暗
She got on welfare and hated it case, work a power trippin'
她有失业救济但讨厌接受,做了个无业者
And generally being degraded
而通常激动
If nothing else she was treated sick
如果她被当作有病
And ineffective which is the worst thing
却总治不好才算最糟的
That she'd been left with
她所经历的
Damn, no magic from David Blaine
该死，没有大卫布雷恩的魔法
No painter to pain this pain
无法描绘这痛苦
No Morgan Freeman to narrorate the shame
没有摩根弗里曼讲述这羞耻
So she took refuge and prayer
所以她求助于祈祷
kinda like findin' God in the phone book
有点像在电话簿里找到了上帝的号码
And it came to her
而这感受
Sounding something like a song hook, sayin'
闻若一段歌，唱道
Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down
天啊，有没有个机会让你下凡
And open doors to hurtin' people like me
并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人
People like me, people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
People like me, people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
I guess, I told you about myself to a degree
我猜，我向诸位自我介绍过一次
Just by telling you about people like me
就通过介绍我这样的人
But people like me they speak politely
但像我一样的人，说话彬彬有礼
They don't start no beef or piece of white meat
他们不以无肉可吃介绍自己
Everybody gotta eat but everybody doesn't
每个人都想吃但没人动
which is why i want to tell you about my favourite cousin
这便是我为何要介绍我最好的表兄弟
He and I grew up where the sun shines
他和我在阳光照耀下成长
And we both partook with the gun crimes
我们都会分享对枪战的看法
And we both liked American rap rhymes
我们还都喜爱美国说唱的韵律
Even though we didn't understand one line
虽然我们一行也不懂
If you remember my line of notes in my last album
如果你还记得我在上一张专辑中所说
I talked about a close call with a grenade
我讲述了一颗千钧一发的手榴弹
I think we both must have been about seventh grade
我想我们都上过七年级
But dont panic we both survived without damage
但别慌我们都有过平静的童年
But we developed a bond like we survived the Titanic
但我们就像泰坦尼克号上的人一样被命运绑在一起
But when the country became frantic
但当故国发狂了
My mother tried to get us out, planned it
我母亲努力并计划把我们带离
To the last detail except the plan got derailed
但一个小细节让计划一度停滞
'Cause there wasn't enough money for the plain tickets
因为没有足够的钱买机票
How bitter when my mother had to chose who to take with her
我母亲不得不忍痛选择谁同她一道
So my cousin got left in the war and thats just hard to recall
所以我表弟留在战乱中，真是不堪回首
But now i take refuge and prayer
但我现在只能求助于祈祷
Kinda like finding God in the phone book it came to me
有点像在电话簿中找到了上帝的号码，这感受
Sounding something like a song hook, sayin'
闻若一段歌，唱道
Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down
天啊，有没有个机会让你下凡
And open doors to hurtin' people like me
并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人
People like me, people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
People like me, people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down
天啊，有没有个机会让你下凡
And open doors to hurtin' people like me
并敞开大门解救我这样被伤害的人
People like me, people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
People like me, people like me
我这样的人,我这样的人
- 专辑：Troubadour
- 歌手：K'Naan
- 歌曲：People Like Me