Black man, born free 黑衣人，生而自由

At least that's the way it's supposed to be 至少，它应该是这样

The chains that binds him are hard to see 结合他的锁链都很难看到

Unless you take this walk with me 除非你把我这一走

   

Place where he lives got plenty of names 地方，他住了很多名字

Slums, ghetto and black belt 贫民窟，贫民窟和黑色腰带

They are one and the same 它们是同一个

And I call it Soulsville 我把它叫做Soulsville

   

Any kind of job is hard to find 任何类型的作业是很难找到

That means an increase in the welfare lines 这意味着增加福利的线

The crime rate is rising too 犯罪率也在上升

If you were hungry what would you do? 如果你饿了你会怎么办？

   

Rent is two months past due 租2个月逾期

On a building that's falling apart 在建筑物的分崩离析

Little boy needs a pair of shoes 小男孩需要一双鞋

This is only a part of Soulsville 这是Soulsville只有一部分

   

Some of the brothers got plenty of cash 有些兄弟有足够的现金

The tricks on the corner, gonna see to that 街角的招数，会看到该

Some like to smoke and some like to blow 有些人喜欢抽烟，有的喜欢吹

Some are even strung out on a fifty dollar Jones 有的甚至意乱情迷了五十美元的琼斯

   

Some are trying to ditch reality by getting so high 有些人试图通过获得如此之高沟现实

Only to find out you can never touch the sky 才发现，你永远无法触摸到天空

'Cause your roots are in Soulsville, oh, yeah 因为你的根在Soulsville ，哦，是啊

   

Every Sunday morning 每周日上午

I can hear the sisters sayin' 我能听到姐妹们说

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 哈利路亚，哈利路亚

Trust in the Lord to make a way, oh yeah 相信上帝做的方式，哦耶

   

I hope that He hears their prayers 我希望他听到他们的祈祷

'Cause deep in their souls they believe “原因深藏在他们的灵魂，他们认为

One day He'll put an end to all this misery 有一天，他会结束这一切苦难

That they have here in Soulsville 他们已经在这里Soulsville

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