[Talib Kweli] [利布Kweli ]

Yeah, this is a ghetto prayer 是啊，这是一个贫民窟祈祷

Prayin for all of those who ain't got it 祈祷为所有那些谁没有得到它

We gotta get it there, we gotta get it yeah 我们得给它那里，我们得给它没错

Yeah the people starvin for somethin new, we starvin for it 是的人starvin的新事端，我们starvin吧

(My tummy hurts, I couldn't eat) （我肚子疼，我不能吃）

Mmmm, mmm, mmm 嗯，嗯，嗯

(Did you have fun at school today Trey?) （你有兴趣的学校今天三分球？ ）

   

My little man go to bed so hungry 我的小男人上床太饿了

Get up, go to school with his nose runny, come home with his nose bloody 起床，上学用鼻子流鼻涕，回家用鼻子血淋淋

His sister laughin, he like "What's so funny~?" 他的妹妹嘲笑，他喜欢“有什么好笑的〜 ？ ”

'Til she drowned out by the sounds of hunger pains in his tummy 直到她在他的肚子淹没了饥饿的痛苦的声音

Nuttin in the freezer, nuttin in the fridge 板栗在冰箱，板栗放在冰箱里

Couple of 40 ounces but nuttin for the kids 情侣40盎司但板栗为孩子们

Little man know to eat to live but he don't wanna leave the crib 小个子知道吃饭是为了活着，但他不想离开婴儿床

The kid who punched him in his face house right down the street from his 谁拳打在他脸上的房子降权从街头小子他

He went anyway, more scared to face his moms 他还是去了，更害怕面对他的妈妈

She'll beat him soon as she flip out, seein his face scarred 她会打他只要她转出， seein脸上伤痕累累

Walkin past the dopefiends with they smoke to the place of God 走着过去dopefiends与他们吸烟神的地方

Hopes and dreams pourin out the holes in they face and arms 希望和梦想pourin了洞，他们脸上和胳膊上

Little man in the face of harm if he don't eat 小个子的伤害面前，如果他不吃

He need energy so when he go to school he can compete 他需要能量，所以当他去上学，他可以竞争

And keep up, all he got is bodegas 并跟上，他所得到的是酒窖

But hey he only got enough a for quarter water and a Now or Later 但是，嘿，他只得到了够了四分之一的水和现在或以后

Anyway, grandma say Jesus'll be here any day 无论如何，姥姥说Jesusll在这里的任何一天

Good - cause with nuttin to eat it's gettin hard to pray... pray... 好 - 事业板栗吃它刚开很难祈祷...祈祷...

   

[Chorus: repeat 4X] [合唱：重复4倍]

In order to receive, then we need to give 为了接收，那么我们需要给

We gotta feed the kids, they gotta eat to live 我们要喂孩子，他们总得吃饭是为了活着

   

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My rhymes got nutritional value 我的童谣了营养价值

I get it how I live, it's critical when the conditions allow you 我得到它，我如何生活，它在条件允许的关键

Do you don't trust the critics who doubt you 难道你不相信谁怀疑你的批评

Try to write shit about you, but they can't make a living without you 尝试写在乎你，但没有你，他们无法谋生

Go hungry, you gotta watch what the media feed ya 走饿了，你得看什么样的介质输送雅

And don't be a poisoned animal eater either 而不要成为一个中毒的动物要么吃

It's harder than it sound, cause nowadays, put that swine in everything 它的难度比它的声音，引起时下，把那猪的一切

The white sugar so addictive it's pure 'caine 白糖很容易上瘾，这是纯粹的“坚

They got, pork in the toothpaste, soda in the Sunny D 他们得到了，猪肉中的牙膏，苏打水在阳光ð

Jello brand gelatin is laced with the lecatin 果冻品牌的明胶本身蕴含着lecatin

In Africa they starvin, over here the food hurt you 在非洲，他们starvin ，在这里的食物伤害你

Cows goin mad and the chickens crunk with bird flu 奶牛布莱恩疯狂的鸡旷课禽流感

It's too ill how the food kill it's like blue steel 这是病得多么的食物杀死它像蓝钢

Lies never set you free, but the truth will 谎言永远不会让你重获自由，但事实会

The truth still matter the proof is in the batter or the pudding 真相还是重要的证据是在面糊或布丁

You can tell we eatin good, we gettin fatter 你可以告诉我们eatin好，我们刚开胖

   

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