[Kendrick Lamar] [肯德里克 - 拉马尔]

I was sitting on the couch, reading yellow paper 我坐在沙发上，看书的黄纸

A letter in reply, seven days later 在回复的信，七天后

after I wrote him "stay strong, keep your faith in God" 之后，我给他写了“强留，让您对上帝的信仰”

what I told him, hoping that he's listening 我告诉他，希望他在听

Said that they tried to give him like a hundred years 说，他们试图给他像一个百年

What a coincidence, I was bumping some Plies 真巧，我撞到了一些层数

I can taste the salt from my tears 我可以从我的眼泪口味的盐

as the water had start to flood on my eyes 因为水已经开始充斥在我的眼睛

I know it gotta be hard being twenty-one 我知道这得是不好当21

Doing time in the pen and your gramp's old 做时间的笔和gramp的老

Your brother's getting older, and the streets is getting colder 你弟弟的年纪越来越大，街上越来越冷

and you're hoping that he's focussed to stay on the right road 而你希望他的重点停留在正确的道路上

Sleeping in a cell, it's been thirty weeks 睡在一个小区，它已经30周

Ain't received any mail, it's cold and the hole stinks 没有收到任何邮件，它的寒冷和孔臭

And you can't even blink without niggas testing your life 而且你甚至不能眨眼没有黑鬼测试你的生活

As I read every word that you write, I can only imagine 当我读了你写的每一个字，我只能想象

Jason Keaton, I can only imagine, yeah 贾森·基顿，我只能想象，是

   

[Chorus: Javonte] [合唱： Javonte ]

Life's about decisions man 生活中的有关决定的人

It's in your hand and you got it 它在你的手，你得到它

Just take control if you can 只是采取控制，如果你能

It's in your hand and you got it 它在你的手，你得到它

   

[Kendrick Lamar] [肯德里克 - 拉马尔]

Sitting on the couch, that was my Uncle Bobby 坐在沙发上，那是我鲍比叔叔

after he just got out, fifteen years to count 在他刚出来，十五年来算

Haven't seen the world in so long, haven't seen a girl in so long 还没有看到这个世界这么久，还没有见过一个女孩在这么长

and before the sun came up, he was gone 和前太阳升起来时，他已经走了

like a fiend off the best rock 就像一个恶魔了最佳摇滚

Trying to get his life together, or whatnot 试图让他的生活在一起，或者诸如此类的东西

Typed his name in the system and they couldn't find his identity 键入他的名字在系统中，他们找不到自己的身份

Got it straight, got a place, found some serenity 心动不如直，有一个地方，发现了一些平静

Found a job, found his mother gravesite, found a forty ounce 找到了一份工作，发现母亲墓地，发现了一个40盎司

Then he found God, then he bounced 然后，他发现了上帝，那么他弹

Then he found a new chick, two kids, wide hips 然后，他发现了一个新的小鸡，两个孩子，大的臀部

Found something in her we didn't see 她发现了一些我们没有看到

Found this spot in Pasadena and shacked with her, an investment 发现这点在帕萨迪纳和浮游她，投资

Then found guilty, somebody had yelled domestic 然后被判有罪，有人就大喊国内

Violence on my Uncle, was working with two strikes 暴力在我的叔叔，正与两好球

Only out a year, now facing life, I can only imagine 只出了一年，现在面临的生活，我只能想象

That's fucked up, I can only imagine, Uncle Bob 这是搞砸了，我只能想象， Bob大叔

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

[Kendrick Lamar] [肯德里克 - 拉马尔]

Sitting on the couch, thinking bout the ratio 坐在沙发上，不由自主的想比

of blacks in prison, it's compact in prison 在监狱里的黑人，这是紧凑在监狱里

when blacks packed with minorities, system grab more of these 当黑人挤满了少数民族，系统攫取更多的这些

eighteen-year-olds, eighteen-year sentence 18岁的孩子， 18年徒刑

with no parole, the state won't oversee 没有假释，国家不会负责

They make the term severe, a conspiracy 它们使长期严重的，有阴谋

That's what I call it, it's full of shit, a toilet can help quick 这就是我所说的，它是充满了狗屎，厕所可以帮助快速

The government help? No, just put us on death row 在政府的帮助？没有，只是把我们的死囚

Just give us some more guns, then give us some more coke 只要给我们一些更多的枪，然后给我们一些更多的焦炭

Then give us another chair, then give us some more rope 然后给我们另一把椅子，然后给我们一些绳子

Then hang it like right there, yeah, it's justice for all 然后把它挂像在那里，是的，这是正义的主持

But ninety-percent unfair, care? Nah 但是， 90 ％的不公平，在意吗？罗

Alcatraz was purchased by a white man for five grand 恶魔岛是由一名白人男子五隆重购买

with intentions to expand, more prisons 有意向扩大，更多的监狱

So these correctionals ain't for rehabilitation 因此，这些correctionals不是康复

They for grossing a bigger business, imagine 他们的卖座生意做大了，想象

We being used, imagine, the truth shall be told 我们正在使用的，试想，真理必被告知

   

[Chorus] [合唱]