So say one and so say all 所以说，一个，所以说所有的

Say what you gotta say 说什么你得说

Or don't say nothing at all 还是不说什么都没有

You been tossin' and turnin' through soft sticky nights 你被“搜查，并撇开通过软粘夜

While the Bronx below you fights to stay alive 而布朗克斯您在下面打架活路

   

So say one and so say all 所以说，一个，所以说所有的

Be what you gotta be 是你得是

Or don't be nothing at all 或不要什么都没有

   

Be gracious to your mother 赐恩给你妈

When you leave this neighbourhood 当你离开这个街区

The change is going to do her good 这种变化将会对她有好处

Next to me you look bad 在我旁边，你看起来很糟糕

'Cos there ain't no fresh air for my momma, my momma 因为没有任何新鲜的空气。我的妈妈，我的妈妈

   

But the drop is shear 但降剪

When you break away 当你打破

   

Take me away 带我走

It's just about time to hit the road 这只是时间上路

And say 说

You gotta believe in something 你必须相信某些东西

It's easy to see 这很容易看

My God is fading away 我的上帝是渐行渐远

So pick up your bible and pray for me 所以，拿起你的圣经，为我祈祷

   

We're all alone in the darkness 我们都是独自一人在黑暗中

But our eyes are wide open 但是，我们的眼睛是睁着

We don't see nothing 我们没有看到什么

And our hands are tied 而我们的双手被缚

To the railings of the Bowery 到包厘街的栏杆

And the humid city slickers 而潮湿的城市滑头

   

So say one and so say all 所以说，一个，所以说所有的

We had a lot to say 我们有很多的说

And we said it all 我们说这一切

   

The cost of living in dreams 生活在梦想的代价

Is rising like a crime wave 就像是一个犯罪浪潮崛起

The American way of dying 死亡的美国人的方式

   

And it gets you every time 它可以让你每次

And it looks like it's got to my momma 它看起来像它有我的妈妈

My momma 我的妈妈

May she rest in peace 愿她安息