When I was a little boy 当我还是一个小男孩

Living in the last century 生活在上个世纪

I thought about living in the future 我想到了生活在未来

Then it occurred to me 然后我想到

I turned around, the future was now 我转过身去，未来是现在

The future was all around me 未来的一切都在我身边

Nothing like I had imagined 一点也不像我想象

It was totally confounding 这完全是混淆

Hey-ohhh 嘿，哦~~

   

21st century life 21世纪的生活

I got swept away 我被卷走

I got 21,000 things that I got to do today 我得到了21,000的事情，我今天要做的

21st century life 21世纪的生活

Well what can I say? 好吧我能说什么？

The new world's got me feeling so dirty 新的世界让我感觉这么脏

Think I need to get down and play 想我需要坐下来打

   

Well now I turned on the TV just in time enough to hear what the Pope said, Pope said 现在好了，我只是在足够的时间来听教皇说的话打开了电视，教宗说，

And just a few tiny words later 而就在几个很小的字后

Somebody wants the man dead, oh 有人想那个男人死了，呵呵

Well what about famine and disease 以及怎么样饥荒和疾病

Well they said its too bad (oops) 那么他们说的太糟糕了（哎呀）

Because I'm never alone 因为我从来没有孤独

Its not just a phone 它不只是一个电话

Its a stereo 它的立体声

Hey-ohhh 嘿，哦~~

   

21st century life 21世纪的生活

I got swept away 我被卷走

I got 21,000 things that I got to do today 我得到了21,000的事情，我今天要做的

21st century life 21世纪的生活

What can I say? 我能说什么？

The new world's got me feeling so dirty 新的世界让我感觉这么脏

Think I need to get down and play 想我需要坐下来打

   

Now I'm not a little boy 现在，我不是一个小男孩

I'm in the 21st century 我在21世纪

Well you might think we've come a really long way, but theres still no equality 那么你可能会想，我们已经走过了很长的路，但那里有还是没有平等

Mmm hey hey 嗯嘿

I watched the news on my computer screen 我看到这个消息我的电脑屏幕上

Talkin' 'bout buying my weed out of a vending machine 说话布特买我淘汰一台自动售货机的

You tell me I'm free 你告诉我，我免费

Well how can that be 以及怎么可能

When you're always watching me on the CCTV? 当你一直看着我上了央视？

   

21st century life 21世纪的生活

I got swept away 我被卷走

I got 21,000 things that I got to do today 我得到了21,000的事情，我今天要做的

21st century life 21世纪的生活

What can I say? 我能说什么？

The new world's got me feeling so dirty 新的世界让我感觉这么脏

Think I need to get down and play 想我需要坐下来打