I was born to two immigrants 我生两个移民

Who knew why they were here 谁知道他们为什么在这里

They were happy to pay taxes 他们很高兴纳税

For the schools and roads 对于学校和道路

Happy to be here 高兴到这里来

They took it seriously 他们把它当回事

The second job of citizenry 公民的第二份工作

My mother went campaigning door to door 妈妈去竞选门到门

And holding to her hand was me 并抱着她的手是我

   

I was just a girl in a room full of women 我只是一个女孩在一个房间里充满女性

Licking stamps and laughing 舔邮票和笑

I remember the feeling of community brewing 我记得社会酝酿的感觉

Of democracy happening 民主的发生

   

But I suppose like anybody 不过，我想任何人都一样

I had to teach myself to see 我不得不教我看

All that stuff that got lost 所有这些东西，迷路了

On its way to church 在它的途中去教堂

All that stuff that got lost 所有这些东西，迷路了

On its way to school 其上学的路上

All that stuff that got lost 所有这些东西，迷路了

On its way to the house of my family 在它的途中我家的房子

All that stuff that was not lost on me 所有的东西，这不是对我失去了

   

Teach myself to see each of us 教我看我们每个人

Through the lens of forgiveness 通过宽恕的镜头

Like we're stuck with each other (god forbid!) 就像我们坚持相互（上帝保佑！ ）

Teach myself to smile and stop and talk 教我微笑，停下来聊

To a whole other color kid 为了完全是另外一个颜色的孩子

Teach myself to be new in an instant 教自己是新的在瞬间

Like the truth is accessible at any time 如同真理是在任何时候访问

Teach myself it's never really one or the other 教我这是从来没有真正一个或另一个

There's a paradox in every paradigm 有一个矛盾在每一个范例

   

I was just a girl in a room full of women 我只是一个女孩在一个房间里充满女性

Licking stamps and laughing 舔邮票和笑

I remember the feeling of community brewing 我记得社会酝酿的感觉

Of democracy happening 民主的发生