[Verse 1:] [诗歌1 ： ]

Carry on Ghetto Woman 进行贫民窟的女人

I see you working night to morning light yet no one cares 我看你晚上工作到天亮还无人问津

Carry on Ghetto Woman 进行贫民窟的女人

Cause even though they laugh and talk about the clothes you wear 导致即使他们笑，谈谈你穿的衣服

I wish they could just realize 我希望他们可以只实现

That all you’ve ever needed was someone to free your mind 所有你曾经需要的是有人来释放你的心

Carry on Ghetto Woman 进行贫民窟的女人

Cause even in your darkest hours I still see your light 因为即使在最黑暗的时刻我还是看到你的光芒

   

[Refrain:] [副歌： ]

And when you cry don’t you know that I am crying with you? 而当你哭泣你不知道，我哭了吗？

When people put you down, yeah way down and you feel 当人们把你放下的，是一路下跌，你觉得

like you’re alone 就像你孤单

Let love be your guide 让爱成为你的向导

You were built to last through any weather 你基业长青通过任何天气

Oh Ghetto Woman hold on to your dreams 哦贫民窟女子拥抱着你的梦

And all your great philosophies 和所有伟大的哲学

You’re the reason I believe in me, for real 你相信我，真正的原因

   

[Verse 2:] [诗2： ]

Carry on Ghetto Woman 进行贫民窟的女人

When you doubt if you’re a star, just know we still believe 当你怀疑你是个明星，只知道我们仍然相信

Carry on Ghetto Woman 进行贫民窟的女人

Even when the news portrays you less than you could be 甚至当记者描绘你不到你可能会

I wish they could just realize 我希望他们可以只实现

All you ever needed was someone to free your mind 所有你需要的是有人来释放你的心

Carry on Ghetto Woman 进行贫民窟的女人

You’re the 7th wonder reigning over us at night 你是第7个奇迹统治着我们在晚上

   

[Refrain:] [副歌： ]

When you cry, don’t you know we’re right there crying with you 当你哭泣，你不知道我们在那里有你哭

People put you down, yeah way down and you feel like you’re alone 人们把你放下的，是一路下跌，你觉得像你孤单

Let love be your guide 让爱成为你的向导

You were built to last through any weather 你基业长青通过任何天气

Oh Ghetto Woman hold on to your dreams and all your great philosophies 哦贫民窟女人留住你的梦想，你的所有伟大的哲学

You’re the reason I believe in me, for real 你相信我，真正的原因

   

[Bridge:] [桥： ]

Some say this ghetto land will take you down and poison you 有人说这个贫民区的土地将带你下来，你的毒药

Some say she can do all the things a man can do 有人说她可以做所有的事情一个人可以做

Who said the ghetto’s just a place where queens dance naked on the moon? 谁说过贫民窟的只是其中皇后裸体舞在月球上的地方吗？

We say a woman came to change the face of each and every room 我们说一个女人来改变每个房间的脸

   

[Verse 3 (Rap):] [诗歌3 （RAP ） ： ]

When I was just a baby my momma dropped out of school 当我还是个孩子我的妈妈辍学

It was only second semester the baby due 这是唯一的第二个学期，由于宝宝

The doctor said “December the first your due date” 医生说， “十二月的第一个到期日”

The daddy he was gone off to college he couldn’t wait 他迫不及待，他已经走了离开爸爸上大学

Only just a teen with dreams to be on TV 仅只是一个梦想是上电视的青少年

And living with a mom and my grandma who used to feed me 而生活在妈妈和奶奶谁用来喂我

We would move around in the city place to place 我们将在全市地方到另一个地方走动

The landlord come for the rent face to face 房东前来租面对面

Her eyes too heavy from working nights as a janitor 她的眼睛从晚上工作作为看门人过重

She’d keep it to herself and nobody could understand her 她会随时给自己，没有人能理解她

Even when she thought that she couldn’t she carried on 甚至当她以为她不能，她进行了

She couldn’t imagine both of her daughters here all alone 她无法想象她的两个女儿在这里独自一人

Before the tuxedos and black and white every day 在晚礼服和黑色相间的每一天前

Used to watch my momma get down on her knees and pray 经常看我的妈妈坐下，她的膝盖和祈祷

She’s the reason that I’m even writing this song 她说，我即使在写这首歌的原因

Ghetto Woman no it won’t be long. Now sing along 贫民窟的女人没有也不会很长。现在一起唱

   

[Chant:] [咏： ]

Let it use you 它让你使用

Let it use you 它让你使用

When the love is strong 当爱是坚强的

It won’t let you be alone 它不会让你孤单

Let it use you 它让你使用

Just let the spirit lead you 只是让精神引领你