[00:02.06]Living For The City
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[00:11.87]A boy is born in hard time mississippi
[00:16.58]一个男孩在艰难的岁月里出生在mississippi
[00:16.58]Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
[00:21.53]被四面丑陋的墙围着
[00:21.53]His parents give him love and affection
[00:25.70]他的父母给他爱和关心
[00:25.70]To keep him strong moving in the right direction
[00:30.51]让他坚强 走向正确的方向
[00:30.51]Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha
[00:41.02]在这城市生存下去就已足够
[00:41.02]His father works some days for fourteen hours
[00:45.83]他的爸爸有一段时间每天工作14个小时
[00:45.83]And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
[00:50.70]你可以打赌他几乎没有挣到钱
[00:50.70]His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
[00:55.14]他的妈妈帮有钱人擦地板
[00:55.14]And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
[00:59.54]你最好相信她几乎没有挣到一便士
[00:59.54]Living just enough just enough for the city yeah
[01:27.14]只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
[01:27.14]His sister's black but she is sho'nuff pretty
[01:31.98]他的姐姐回来了 已经长大
[01:31.98]Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy
[01:36.89]她的裙子很短 但是她的腿很强健
[01:36.89]To walk to school she's got to get up early
[01:41.69]为了走到学校 她要早早起床
[01:41.69]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
[01:45.77]她的衣服很旧但是永远是干净的
[01:45.77]Living just enough just enough for the city um hum
[01:56.69]只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
[01:56.69]Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
[02:01.26]她的弟弟很聪明 比别的孩子都懂事
[02:01.26]His patience's long but soon he won't have any
[02:06.21]他很耐心 但是这无法长久
[02:06.21]To find a job is like a haystack needle
[02:10.80]找到一份工作就如大海捞针
[02:10.80]Cause where he lives they don't use colored people
[02:15.17]因为他们生活的地方不看好黑人
[02:15.17]Living just enough just enough for the city
[02:52.22]只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
[02:52.22]Living just enough For the city
[05:17.97]只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
[05:17.97]His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty
[05:22.74]他的头发很长 他的脚步很坚定
[05:22.74]He spends his life walking the streets of new york city
[05:27.48]他的一生都走在纽约市的街头
[05:27.48]He's almost dead from breathing in air pollution
[05:32.28]空气污染让他几乎无法呼吸
[05:32.28]He tried to vote but to him there's no solution
[05:36.17]他想要投票 但是没有解决的办法
[05:36.17]Living just enough just enough for the city
[05:43.93]只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
[05:43.93]Yeah yeah yeah
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[05:46.88]I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
[05:51.35]我希望你能听见我的声音里的悲伤
[05:51.35]And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
[05:56.16]那会促使你过好明天
[05:56.16]This place is cruel no where could be much colder
[06:00.88]这个地方很残忍 没有比这个城市更冷的地方
[06:00.88]If we don't change the world will soon be over
[06:04.82]如果我们不改变世界 马上就要结束了
[06:04.82]Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city
[06:09.08]活下去就足够了 不要再付出 只要活在这个城市就足够