Little girl in a big town born with a silver spoon 小女孩在一个大镇天生富贵

One parent black, one parent white 一位家长黑色，父母一方白

Made her way to a school 让她这样一所学校

With the children of the rainbow 随着彩虹的孩子

But inside her eyes she was color blind 不过，在她眼里，她是色盲

   

But then she met a black child 但后来，她遇到了一个黑人小孩

Who the people call a victim of a messed up system 谁的人叫搞砸制度的受害者

They both tried but they couldn't see eye to eye 他们都尝试过，但他们无法亲眼看见

He said, "Girl you gotta choose 他说：“女孩，你得选择

Which side you wanna stand on 这方面，你想站在

If you wanna stand with me 如果你想站在我

I wanna know, who do you think you really are?" 我想知道，你认为谁，你究竟是谁？ “

And she said 她说：

   

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"Tell me where do I stand “告诉我我在哪里站

When I stand on the color line? 当我站在彩线？

We're so quick to judge, nobody knows 我们是那么的武断，没有人知道

Tell me what I should be 告诉我，我应该是

When I stand on the color line? 当我站在彩线？

And I wonder who really knows" 我不知道谁真正知道“

   

Made her way into a college 让她进入一所大学

When the girl turned seventeen 当女孩变成17

So beautiful, so very wise 太美了，所以很明智

She had a vision of a family, 她有一个家庭的憧憬，

Home, and her own career 家，而她自己的职业生涯

She remained the apple of her parents eye 她依然是她的父母掌上明珠

   

Then she met a white child 然后，她遇到了一个白色子

Who said that he loved her 是谁说过，他爱她

Didn't care about culture 不关心文化

"You can be whatever you want today “你可以成为你想今天什么

But you know you gotta choose 但是，你知道你必须选择

Which side you wanna stand on 这方面，你想站在

If you wanna stand with me 如果你想站在我

I wanna know, who do you think you really are?" 我想知道，你认为谁，你究竟是谁？ “

And she said, 她说，

   

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A grown woman in a bed 一个成年女子在床上

At a local sanitarium 在当地一家疗养院

The nurse feeds her food and then combs her hair 护士喂她食物，然后梳理她的头发

In a place where her mind used to be she remembers 在她的脑海里曾经是一个地方，她记得

How her life was good when she used to care 怎么她的生活还是不错的，当她用关心

   

Then her mind flashed back 然后，她的脑海里闪了一下腰

To the night when both men asked her to marry 到了晚上，当两个男人向她求婚

But every offer comes along with a deal 但每次报价走来一个交易

They both said, "You gotta choose 他们均表示， “你必须选择

Which side you wanna stand on 这方面，你想站在

If you wanna stand with me 如果你想站在我

How do you know, 你怎么知道，

How do you know who you really are?" 你怎么知道你到底是谁？ “

And she said, 她说，

   

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