歌词

Who's that man I see

眼前的那个人是谁呢

Underneath the hanging tree?

那个站在绞死树下的人是谁呢?

He looks just like me, so tell me, am I really free?

他看起来与我是那样的相似,我真的自由了吗?

Coulda been my mother crying for my brother

本该是母亲为我的兄弟嚎啕哭泣

And everybody, everybody, everybody's praying for peace

每一个人,每一个人,每一个人啊,都在为和平而祷告

But who's gonna protect us from the police?

但是在警察眼皮下,谁能够保护我们,谁能呢?

Keep these chains off me

让我挣脱枷锁吧

Cause I don't wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree

因为我真的不想成绞死树下另一颗深埋的种子(不想成为下一个被种族问题残害的生命)

Pray for me

为我祷告吧

Lord, don't let me be another seed underneath the hanging tree

上帝啊,别让我成为绞死树下另一颗深埋的种子啊

Brands on our bodies (the color of fruit)

身体上烫满耻辱的烙印(种族歧视),(果实的颜色)

Color of purple fruit (Shoo-doot)

紫色的水果(拓展:《The Color Purple》一部张扬黑人女权主义的代表作,美国电影史上第一部黑人题材电影，导演斯皮尔伯格)

Power of the purple (black power, black power)

紫色的力量(这里紫色力量就相当于黑色力量,种族的力量)

Spent on the side and "don't give a damn about you"

一边去吧,我压根就不在乎你

I, I ask sometimes

我,有时我会问

Am I just living to die? (Living to die)

我是为死而生么?(为死而生么!)

Cause the way they do my kind

他们对待我的那些方式

I just wanna cry

让我想要尖叫哭喊

Chains off me

让我挣脱束缚吧

I don't wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree

我真的不想成绞死树下另一颗深埋的种子

Pray for me

为我祈祷吧

Lord, don't let me be another seed underneath the hanging tree

上帝啊,别让我成为绞死树下另一颗深埋的种子啊

Take these chains off me, free me

解开我的枷锁吧,释放我,让我自由

I don't wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree

我真的不想成绞死树下另一颗深埋的种子

Take these chains off me, free me

解开我的枷锁吧,释放我,让我自由

Lord don't wanna be another seed underneath the hanging tree

上帝啊,别让我成为绞死树下另一颗深埋的种子啊

Take these chains off me

解开我的枷锁吧

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• Elijah Blake