2011年1月4日

流行音樂教導了我們什麼?


Where Is The Love?
愛在哪裡?


What's wrong with the world, mama?
世界怎麼了,媽媽
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
人們活著彷彿沒有媽媽
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
我想全世界都對戲劇著魔了
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
只對帶給人傷害的事物有興趣

Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
在海外,對,我們試著終結恐怖主義
But we still got terrorists here livin'
但我們自己這裡卻還住著恐怖份子
In the USA, the big CIA
在美國,在偉大的中情局
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
在Bloods、Crips這些幫派和三K黨裡

But if you only have love for your own race
如果你的愛只限於你所屬的族群
Then you only leave space to discriminate
你不過只是留下讓歧視發展的空間
And to discriminate only generates hate
而歧視只會產生仇恨
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
你的恨意接著就會滋長成盛怒,對
Madness is what you demonstrate
發狂就是你所展現的樣子
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
而這就是憤怒運作的機制

Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
嘿,你一定要有愛才能改正這一切
Take control of your mind and meditate
掌管自己的心並且深思
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all
讓你的靈魂被愛引導而行動,你們每個都是

People killin', people dyin'
有人殺人,有人死了
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
孩子受傷了而你聽見了他們的哭聲
Can you practice what you preach
你能否實踐你所宣講的
And would you turn the other cheek
你會把另一邊的臉頰轉過來嗎

Father, Father, Father help us
天父,天父,天父請幫幫我們
Send some guidance from above
從天上給我們指引
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
因為人們令我不斷想問
Where is the love (Love)
愛在哪裡
Where is the love (The love)
愛在哪裡
Where is the love (The love)
愛在哪裡
Where is the love
愛在哪裡
The love, the love
愛呢?愛呢?

It just ain't the same, always unchanged
有件事總是一樣,一直沒變
New days are strange, is the world insane
這時代很奇怪,是不是全世界都瘋了
If love and peace is so strong
如果愛與和平那麼強韌
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
為何仍有找無歸宿的愛的碎片

Nations droppin' bombs
國與國互丟炸彈
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
化學毒氣塞滿了孩童的肺
With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
年輕人在痛苦中死於非命
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone
問問你自己是否真的沒有愛了
So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
我也會問我自己到底出了什麼問題

In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in
這個世界的人不斷地妥協屈服
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of the dividends
做錯誤的決定,只在乎分紅營利
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
彼此毫無尊重,否認兄弟情誼


A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover
一場戰爭開打了但理由卻不可告人
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
真相被密封,被刻意地掩蓋
If you never know truth then you never know love
如果你不知道事實就不可能正確地愛
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
愛在哪裡,你們說?(我不知道)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
真相在哪裡,你們說?(我不知道)
Where's the love, y'all
愛在哪裡


People killin', people dyin'
有人殺人,有人死了
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
孩子受傷了而你聽見了他們的哭聲
Can you practice what you preach
你能否實踐你所宣講的
And would you turn the other cheek
你會把另一邊的臉頰轉過來嗎

Father, Father, Father help us
天父,天父,天父請幫幫我們
Send some guidance from above
從天上給我們指引
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
因為人們令我不斷想問
Where is the love (Love)
愛在哪裡

Where is the love (The love)
愛在哪裡
Where is the love (The love)
愛在哪裡
Where is the love (The love)
愛在哪裡
Where is the love (The love)
愛在哪裡
Where is the love, the love, the love?
愛在哪裡,愛呢?愛呢?

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
我感覺世界的重量壓在我肩頭
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
長愈大,發現人們愈冷漠
Most of us only care about money makin'
我們多數人都只想著賺錢
Selfishness got us followin' our wrong direction
自私讓我們自己誤入歧途


Wrong information always shown by the media
錯誤的訊息不停在媒體上傳播
Negative images is the main criteria
負面的圖像就是取捨的標準
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
比病菌更快速地汙染了年輕人的心思
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
小孩都想學電影裡看到的壞榜樣

Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
嘿,人性的價值觀怎麼了
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
平等的公平性怎麼了
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
我們不分享愛卻散播憤恨
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
欠缺理解,相互隔離地生活著
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
那就是為何有時我感到不舒服
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
那就是為何有時我感到難過
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
難怪我有時會感到不舒服
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
一定要讓我的信仰活著直到愛被找著

Now ask yourself
現在問你自己
Where is the love?
愛在哪裡?
Where is the love?
愛在哪裡?
Where is the love?
愛在哪裡?
Where is the love?
愛在哪裡?


Father, Father, Father help us
天父,天父,天父請幫幫我們
Send some guidance from above
從天上給我們指引
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
因為人們令我不斷想問
Where is the love?
愛在哪裡?

Sing with me y'all:
你們和我一起唱:
One world, one world (We only got)
一個世界,一個世界(我們只有)
One world, one world (That's all we got)
一個世界,一個世界(那就是我們所有)
One world, one world
一個世界,一個世界
And something's wrong with it (Yeah)
現在它出了問題(是的)
Something's wrong with it (Yeah)
它出了問題(是的)
Something's wrong with the wo-wo-world, yeah
世界真的出了問題,對
We only got
我們只有
(One world, one world)
(一個世界,一個世界)
That's all we got
那就是我們所有
(One world, one world) 
(一個世界,一個世界)

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