[ti:Keep Ya Head Up]
[ar:2Pac(中英对照)]
[al:Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z]
[00:11.63]Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice 有人说莓子越黑，汁水越甜
[00:14.61]I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots 我说肤色越黑，根源越深厚
[00:17.17]I give a holler to my sisters on welfare 我向依靠救济生活的女性喊一声
[00:20.06]Tupac cares, if don’t nobody else care 2Pac在乎你们，而别人不在乎
[00:23.09]And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot 并且，我知道他们总是殴打你们
[00:25.68]When you come around the block brothas clown a lot 当你走在街头他们拿你开玩笑
[00:28.52]But please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up 但是千万别哭，擦干眼泪，别气馁
[00:31.56]Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up 原谅他们，但是不要遗忘。昂起你的头，女孩
[00:34.40]And when he tells you you ain’t nuttin don’t believe him 当他说你什么都不是，别信他
[00:37.79]And if he can’t learn to love you you should leave him 如果他做不到努力爱你，你应该离开他
[00:40.74]Cause sista you don’t need him 因为女孩，你并不需要他
[00:42.55]And I ain’t tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em 我可不是胡乱空谈，我只是说出自己怎么看待他们而已
[00:45.88]You know it makes me unhappy (what’s that) 你知道有件事让我很不爽
[00:47.81]When brothas make babies,and leave a young mother to be a pappy男性热衷于"造人运动”,然后扔下年轻的妈妈,让她去充当爸爸的角色
[00:51.96]And since we all came from a woman 既然我们都从女人那里来
[00:53.58]Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman 从一个女人那里得到我们的名字，从一个女人那里获得我们的人生
[00:57.03]I wonder why we take from our women 我想知道为什么我们要从女人手里掠夺呢
[00:59.29]Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? 为什么我们要强奸女人，是我们憎恨女人吗
[01:02.75]I think it’s time to kill for our women 我看现在就是为我们的女性战斗的时候
[01:04.88]Time to heal our women, be real to our women 是治愈我们的女性，真诚对待女性的时候了
[01:08.26]And if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies 否则我们将会有一代人，
[01:10.66]That will hate the ladies, that make the babies 憎恨着哺育幼儿的女性
[01:13.82]And since a man can’t make one 既然男人生不了孩子
[01:15.87]He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one 那他就没有资格去要求女人，要在什么时间什么地点生孩子
[01:19.36]So will the real men get up 真正的男人能不能站出来
[01:21.45]I know you’re fed up ladies, but keep your head up 我知道女士们你们已经受够了，但是请昂起你的头
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[01:24.37]Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier 宝贝昂起你的头
[01:31.11]ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
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[01:45.96]Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me 我记得Marvin Gaye（著名黑人歌手）曾经向我歌唱
[01:49.26]He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be 他让我感觉身为黑人很好
[01:52.10]And suddenly tha ghetto didn’t seem so tough 突然之间贫民窟好象也不那么糟糕了
[01:54.97]And though we had it rough, we always had enough 尽管我们过得很苦，我们一直（觉得）受够了
[01:57.78]I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules 我讨厌被束缚，我打破所有的规矩
[02:00.53]Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two 跟当地的帮派鬼混，抽着烟
[02:03.22]And I realize momma really paid the price 然后我意识到妈妈真的在为所有这些买单
[02:06.23]She nearly gave her life, to raise me right 她几乎付出了生命来养育我成人
[02:09.55]And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream 我能够拿来给她的全部就是我那不着边的美梦
[02:12.34]Of how I’d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen 描述着我如何拿着麦克风发飚，将会如何走上荧屏
[02:15.64]I’m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents 我试着用五十美分来赚取一美元
[02:18.42]It’s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent 要做个守法公民还能付得起房租可真难
[02:20.96]And in the end it seems I’m headin for tha pen 到最后，我好象正在走向纸笔
[02:23.16]I try and find my friends, but they’re blowin in the wind 我试着去找朋友，可他们自身难保
[02:26.31]Last night my buddy lost his whole family 昨天晚上，我的一个朋友失去了他的整个家庭
[02:28.47]It’s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity 要征服这疯狂，需要我内心的男子气概
[02:31.92]It seems tha rain’ll never let up 看上去那雨似乎从来不会停
[02:33.73]I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up 我努力昂着自己的头而又不被淋透
[02:37.35]You know it’s funny when it rains it pours 你知道，一下雨就是倾盆大雨。挺滑稽的
[02:39.77]They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor 他们有钱发动战争，却不能喂饱穷人
[02:43.01]Say there ain’t no hope for the youth and the truth is （他们）说年轻人没有希望，可事实上
[02:45.97]it ain’t no hope for tha future 那可不应该是给未来的希望
[02:48.67]And then they wonder why we crazy 他们想知道我们为什么疯狂
[02:50.70]I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby我责怪我的妈妈，都怪她把我的兄弟变成了一个生下来就有毒瘾的孩子
[02:54.43]We ain’t meant to survive, cause it’s a setup 我们本就不该幸存，这本来就是个圈套
[02:55.98]And even though you’re fed up 尽管你已经受够了这一切
[02:57.30]Huh, ya got to keep your head up 嘿，你必须昂起你的头
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[03:20.76]And uhh
[03:21.58]To all the ladies havin babies on they own 给所有独自养育着孩子的女士们
[03:23.93]I know it’s kinda rough and you’re feelin all alone 我知道那挺难，你们感觉自己孤立无援
[03:26.44]Daddy’s long gone and he left you by ya lonesome 孩子他爸早早地离弃你们，把你们留给寂寞
[03:30.33]Thank the Lord for my kids, even if somebody else want em 感谢主赐我以孩子，即使任何其他人都不想要他们
[03:33.56]Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sure 因为我觉得我们的日子能好起来，事实上，我很肯定
[03:36.10]And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more 而当你跌倒时，爬起来站直了，重新来过，争取更多
[03:39.11]Cause ain’t nuttin worse than when your son 没什么比你的儿子想要知道为什么他爸爸不再爱他更糟糕的了
[03:41.32]wants to kno why his daddy don’t love him no mo’
[03:44.26]You can’t complain you was dealt this 你无法抱怨，你已经身在其中
[03:46.53]hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless 没有男人来帮你，你觉得无助
[03:49.28]Because there’s too many things for you to deal with 有太多的事情需要你去应对
[03:51.98]Dying inside, but outside you’re looking fearless 内心在消亡，但你的外表看起来毫无畏惧
[03:54.82]While da tears, is rollin down your cheeks 当泪水顺着脸颊淌下
[03:57.60]Ya steady hopin things don’t all down this week 你热切地期望着这个星期的生活不要一片狼籍
[04:01.07]Cause if it did, you couldn’t take it, and don’t blame me 如果真的是那样，你将无法承受
[04:03.84]I was given this world I didn’t make it 别责怪我，这个世界被塞进我的手，我并不创造这个世界
[04:06.55]And now my son’s getten older and older and cold 现在我的儿子正在一天天长大，也越来越冷漠
[04:09.78]From havin the world on his shoulders 不情愿把整个世界承载在肩膀上
[04:12.28]While the rich kids is drivin Benz 当富家子弟开着奔驰车的时候
[04:14.53]I’m still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends 我依然在努力和自己仅剩的朋友苟且偷生
[04:17.73]And it’s crazy, it seems it’ll never let up, but 这真是疯狂，这一切仿佛永远不会结束，但是
[04:21.67]please... you got to keep your head up 真的，请昂起你的头
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- 专辑：Kiss tha Game Goodbye
- 歌手：Jadakiss
- 歌曲：Keep Ya Head Up