My Shot (Explicit)

I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
Hey yo I'm just like my country
嘿哟我就像我的国家一样
I'm young scrappy and hungry
我年少无知意气风发
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
我不会浪费机会
I'ma get a scholarship to King's College
我要拿到国王学院的奖学金
I probably shouldn't brag but dang I amaze and astonish
我可能不该吹嘘但我真的很惊讶
The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish
问题是我很聪明但我不够聪明
I gotta holler just to be heard
我大声呐喊只想让别人听到我的声音
With every word I drop knowledge
我说的每一句话都让人捉摸不透
I'm a diamond in the rough a shiny piece of coal
我是未经雕琢的钻石光芒万丈
Tryna reach my goal my power of speech unimpeachable
想要达成我的目标我的话语权无懈可击
Only nineteen but my mind is older
只有十九岁但我的思想成熟了
These New York City streets get colder I shoulder
纽约街头愈发寒冷我肩负重任
Every burden every disadvantage
每个负担每个劣势
I have learned to manage I don't have a gun to brandish
我学会了控制自己我没有枪可以炫耀
I walk these streets famished
我走在街头饥肠辘辘
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
我们的计划是让星星之火熊熊燃烧
But d**n it's getting dark
但是天啊越来越黑
So let me spell out my name
所以让我拼出我的名字
I am the A L E X A N D E R
我就是爱的化身
We are meant to be
我们是命中注定
A colony that runs independently
一个独立运行的群体
Meanwhile Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly
与此同时英国却无休无止地纠缠着我们
Essentially they tax us relentlessly
实际上他们无情地向我们征税
Then King George turns around runs a spendin' spree
乔治王转身开始疯狂挥霍
He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free
他永远不会解放他的后代
So there will be a revolution in this century
本世纪将会发生一场革命
Enter me he says in parentheses
进入我的世界他在括号里说
Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me
当你的历史书上提到我时不要惊讶
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
如果能给我们自由我愿献出生命
Eventually you'll see my ascendancy
最终你会看到我的优势
And I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会浪费机会
I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
Hey yo I'm just like my country
嘿哟我就像我的国家一样
I'm young scrappy and hungry
我年少无知意气风发
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
我不会浪费机会
I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
Hey yo I'm just like my country
嘿哟我就像我的国家一样
I'm young scrappy and hungry
我年少无知意气风发
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
我不会浪费机会
It's time to take a shot
是时候放手一搏了
I dream of life without a monarchy
我梦想着没有君主专制的生活
The unrest in France will lead to anarchy
法国的动乱将导致无政府状态
Anarchy how you say how you oh anarchy
混乱不堪你怎么说你混乱不堪
When I fight I make the other side panicky
当我战斗时我让对手惊慌失措
With my shot
用我的枪
Yo I'm a tailor's apprentice
我是个裁缝学徒
And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis
我让你们这些蠢货代替父母
I'm joining the rebellion 'cause I know it's my chance
我加入反叛的行列因为我知道这是我的机会
To socially advance instead of sewin' some pants woo
提升社会地位而不是做街头生意
I'm gonna take a shot
我要喝一杯
And but we'll never be truly free
但我们永远不会得到真正的自由
Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me
直到被捆绑的人拥有你我一样的权利
You and I
你和我
Do or die
孤注一掷
Wait 'til I sally in on a stallion
等我骑着种马横冲直撞
With the first black battalion
带着第一个黑人营
Have another shot
再喝一杯
Geniuses lower your voices
天才请你压低声音
You keep out of trouble and you double your choices
你远离麻烦选择加倍
I'm with you but the situation is fraught
我和你在一起但情况令人担忧
You've got to be carefully taught
你必须被悉心教导
If you talk you're gonna get shot
如果你告密你会被枪毙的
Burr check what we got
看看我们有什么
Mister Lafayette hard rock like Lancelot
拉法叶先生尽情摇摆就像兰斯洛特
I think your pants look hot
我觉得你的裤子好性感
Laurens I like you a lot
Laurens我很喜欢你
Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot
让我们策划一场比锅还黑的阴谋
What are the odds the gods
多么难得的机会
Would put us all in one spot
会把我们放在同一个地方
Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom like it or not
不管你喜欢不喜欢我做的事情
A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists
一群革命的废奴主义者
Give me a position show me where the ammunition is
给我一个位置告诉我弹药在哪里
Oh am I talkin' too loud
我是不是说得太大声了
Sometimes I get over excited shoot off at the mouth
有时候我激动得忘乎所以胡言乱语
I never had a group of friends before
我从来没有一群朋友
I promise that I'll make y'all proud
我保证我会让你们感到骄傲
Let's get this guy in front of a crowd
让我们把这家伙带到众人面前
I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
Hey yo I'm just like my country
嘿哟我就像我的国家一样
I'm young scrappy and hungry
我年少无知意气风发
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
我不会浪费机会
I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
Hey yo I'm just like my country
嘿哟我就像我的国家一样
I'm young scrappy and hungry
我年少无知意气风发
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
我不会浪费机会
Everybody sing
大家一起唱
Whoa whoa whoa
Ayy whoa woo whoa
Should let 'em hear ya yeah
应该让他们听到你的声音
Let's go
我们走
Whoa whoa whoa
I said shout it to the rooftops
我说大声喊到屋顶
Whoa whoa whoa
Said to the rooftops
对着屋顶说
Whoa whoa whoa
A come on yeah
来吧
Come on let's go
来吧我们走
Rise up
振作起来
When you're living on your knees you rise up
当你卑躬屈膝地活着你会振作起来
Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up
告诉你的兄弟他必须振作起来
Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up
告诉你的姐姐她必须振作起来
When are these colonies gonna rise up whoa whoa
这些殖民地何时才会崛起
When are these colonies gonna rise up whoa
这些殖民地何时才会崛起
When are these colonies gonna rise up whoa
这些殖民地何时才会崛起
When are these colonies gonna rise up
这些殖民地何时才会崛起
Rise up
振作起来
I imagine death so much
我想象着死亡
It feels more like a memory
感觉更像是一段回忆
When's it gonna get me
什么时候才会让我
In my sleep seven feet ahead of me
我在睡梦中离我七英尺远
If I see it comin'
如果我知道会发生什么
Do I run or do I let it be
我该逃跑还是顺其自然
Is it like a beat without a melody
是否就像没有旋律的音乐
See I never thought I'd live past twenty
我从未想过我能活过二十岁
Where I come from some get half as many
在我的家乡有些人只有我的一半多
Ask anybody why we livin' fast
问问别人为什么我们过着浮华的生活
And we laugh reach for a flask
我们哈哈大笑拿起酒瓶
We have to make this moment last that's plenty
我们要让这一刻变成永恒这就足够了
Scratch that this is not a moment it's the movement
记住这不是一个瞬间而是一场运动
Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went
饥饿难耐的兄弟们都去了哪里
Foes oppose us we take an honest stand
敌人与我们作对我们会坚定不移
We roll like Moses claimin' our promised land
我们像摩西一样招摇过市宣扬我们的乐土
And if we win our independence
如果我们赢得独立
Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants
这是不是我们子孙后代自由的保证
Or will the blood we shed begin
还是说我们会不会流血
An endless cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants
无休止地循环复仇和死亡没有被告
I know the action in the street is excitin'
我知道街头的事情让人兴奋
But Jesus between all the bleedin' 'n' fightin'
但是耶稣在鲜血淋漓的战斗中
I've been readin' 'n' writin'
我一直在阅读写作
We need to handle our financial situation
我们需要处理好我们的财务状况
Are we a nation of states what's the state of our nation
我们是一个由州组成的国家吗我们国家的现状如何
I'm past patiently waitin' I'm passionately mashin' every expectation
我已经不再耐心等待我满怀激情地满足所有期待
Every action's an act of creation
每一个行动都是创造
I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow
我笑着面对伤亡和悲伤
For the first time I'm thinkin' past tomorrow
这是我第一次想起明天
And I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会浪费机会
I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
Hey yo I'm just like my country
嘿哟我就像我的国家一样
I'm young scrappy and hungry
我年少无知意气风发
And I'm not throwin' away my shot
我不会浪费机会
We're gonna rise up time to take a shot
我们会站起来喝一杯
I am not throwin' away my shot
我不会放弃机会
We're gonna rise up
我们会扶摇直上
Rise up time to take a shot
是时候振作起来喝一杯了
Rise up rise up
扶摇直上
It's time to take a shot
是时候放手一搏了
Rise up it's time to take a shot
站起来是时候放手一搏了
Rise up take a shot shot shot
站起来喝一杯
It's time to take a shot time to take a shot
是时候放手一搏了
And I am not throwin' away my
我不会抛弃我的
Not throwin' away my shot
我不会浪费机会