Here I am after so many years 我在这里过了这么多年

Hounded by hatred and trapped by fear 仇恨追捕和被困的恐惧

I'm in a box, I've got no place to go 我在一个盒子里，我没有地方可去

If I follow my mind, I know I'll slaughter my own 如果我按照我的想法，我知道我会宰自己

   

Help me, I'm the prisoner won't you hear my plea? 帮帮我吧，我不会听到我的请求囚犯？

I need somebody, yeah, to listen to me 我需要有人，是啊，听我的

I beg you, brothers and sisters 我求求你，兄弟姐妹

I'm counting on you, yeah 我指望你，耶

   

Black babies in the womb are shackled and bound 在妈妈肚子里的黑色婴儿束缚和约束

Chained by the caveman who keeps beauty down 通过谁保持美丽下来穴居人链

Smacked on the ass when they're squalling and wet 砸上时，他们骂街和屁股湿

Heir to a spineless man who never forgets 继承人一个软弱的人谁永远不会忘记

   

Never forgets that he's a prisoner, can't you hear my plea? 从来没有忘记自己是一个囚犯，你能不能听到我的请求？

'Cause I need somebody, Lord knows, to listen to me 因为我需要一个人，上帝知道，听我的

I'm a stranger to my son 我是一个陌生人给我儿子

Who wonders why his daddy runs, yeah 谁不明白为什么他的爸爸运行，是

   

On my way to work in the morning 我的方式在早晨上班

When I don't give a damn 如果我不给一个该死的

Can't nobody, can't nobody 不能没有人，没有人能

Can't nobody, can't nobody see just who in hell I am? 不能没有人，没有人能看到究竟是谁在地狱我是谁？

   

Hemmed in by a suit, yes, all choked up in a tie 由西装裹足不前，是的，所有的领带哽咽起来

Ain't no wonder some times near morning I hear my woman cry 不难怪早上附近有些时候，我听到我的女人流泪

She knows her man is a prisoner, won't you hear my plea? 她知道她的男人是一个囚犯，你不听我的请求？

Yeah, 'cause I need somebody to listen to me 是啊，因为我需要有人听我的

   

My woman, she don't say but she hates 我的女人，她不说，但她讨厌

To see her man chained this way, yeah 看到她的男人链这样，耶

Help me, I'm the prisoner 帮帮我吧，我是囚犯

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm the prisoner 是啊，是啊，是啊，是啊，我是囚犯