Luther Jackson Green lived in the apartment above me. 路德·杰克逊绿色生活在我上面的公寓。

We smoked cigarettes on the stairs, tell me stories that the white boys never hear. 我们抽烟的楼梯上，告诉我的故事说白了就是男孩从来没有听到。

Like when he found this sign, he moved North in 1949. 就像当他发现这种迹象，他搬到北于1949年。

On his 10th birthday daddy took him to town to the Jackie Robinson play. 在他10岁生日的爸爸带他到镇上的杰基·罗宾逊的发挥。

   

It was a picture perfect day, in the sunshine and the hate. 这是一个画面完美的一天，在阳光和仇恨。

He didn’t understand why all those people would say such awful things. 他不明白为什么那些人会说出这样可怕的事情。

His daddy said pay no attention to them, turnaround and watch the man play. 他的爸爸说不注意他们，转身，看着那人的发挥。

The one black man in the baseball field was better in every way. 一个黑人男子在棒球场是在各方面都好。

My daddy said if you wanna win in this world, you gotta beat 'em at their own game. 我爸爸说，如果你想赢得这个世界上，你得打败他们自己的游戏。

   

Luther Jackson Green went to law school in 1963. 路德·杰克逊绿了法学院于1963年。

In the summer between he worked in Alabama with Martin Luther King. 在夏季期间，他曾在阿拉巴马州与马丁·路德·金。

He met a girl on a summer night; he fell hard when they saw each other’s eyes. 他遇到了一个夏天的晚上，一个女孩;他倒很难当他们看到对方的眼睛。

There were people in town that really didn’t like that he was black and she was white. 还有人在城里真的不喜欢他是黑人，她是白人。

They found her in the ditch, a little outside of town; some stupid man was blastin about it, 他们发现她在沟里，一点点在城外;一些愚蠢的男子BLASTIN一下吧，

So Luther beat him down. He looked him in the eye, spit in his face and turned and walked away. 因此，路德把他打倒。他看着他的眼睛，吐唾沫在他脸上，转身走开了。

   

He knew he was better than all the hate! 他知道他比所有的恨好！

He knew he was bigger than all the pain! 他知道自己是大于一切的痛苦！

He knew that there’s a time to fight and a time to walk away! 他知道，有一个时间打和时间走开！

He knew until he changed the rules, ohh yeah they beat 'em at their own game. 他知道，直到他改变了规则，留在我身边啊，他们打败他们自己的游戏。

   

He never did lose that feeling inside. 他从来没有失去里面的感觉。

You could hear it in his voice; you could see it in his eyes. 你可以听到他的声音;你可以看到他的眼睛。

Luther moved out West to live, when his wife passed away. 路德搬出西居住，他的妻子去世了。

He lives right next door to his son, so he can watch his grandchild play. 他住在隔壁，他的儿子，让他可以看他的孙子玩。

   

Luther Jackson Green, watched election night with me. 路德杰克逊绿色，看着选举之夜我。

We put a black man in the White House, a thing he never thought he’d see. 我们把一个黑人男子在白宫的事，他从来没有想过他会看到的。

Even though he never cried, I could see tears in his eyes. 尽管他从来没有哭过，我看到泪水在他的眼里。

He had dreamed about this moment, every single day of his life. 他曾经梦想着这一刻，他的生命中的每一天。

Yeah Luther died that night in his sleep, but he lived long enough to see, 是啊路德当晚死在睡梦中，但他活足够长的时间来看，

America become the kind of place he always wanted it to be. 美国成为了地方，他总是希望它成为的那种。

He said you could never forget the day, that we beat 'em at their own game. 他说，你永远无法忘记的日子，是我们打败他们自己的游戏。

   

Yeah just like Jackie Robinson. (Just like Jackie Robinson!) 是啊就像杰克·鲁宾逊。 （就像杰克·鲁宾逊！ ）

Gotta be bigger than all the hate! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) 得大于所有的恨！ （就像杰克·鲁宾逊！ ）

Gotta be better than all the pain! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) 得是不是所有的痛苦更好！ （就像杰克·鲁宾逊！ ）

Gotta find a better way! (Just like Jackie Robinson!) 要找到一个更好的办法！ （就像杰克·鲁宾逊！ ）

Gotta beat 'em at their own game. (Just like Jackie Robinson!) 得打败他们自己的游戏。 （就像杰克·鲁宾逊！ ）

Gotta beat 'em at their own game. (Just like Jackie Robinson!) 得打败他们自己的游戏。 （就像杰克·鲁宾逊！ ）

Gotta beat 'em at their own game. (Just like Jackie Robinson!) 得打败他们自己的游戏。 （就像杰克·鲁宾逊！ ）

(Just like Jackie Robinson!) （就像杰克·鲁宾逊！ ）