Both Of Us - Madilyn Bailey
I wish I was strong enough to lift
我希望我足够坚强能够
not one but both of us
承担起我们两个
Someday I will be strong enough to
有一天我会足够坚强能够
lift not one but both of us
承担起我们两个
Uh, ever thought about losing it
每一次想到要失去
When your money's all gone and you lose your whip
当你失去了金钱和权利
You might lose your grip
你可能会失去控制权
when the landlord tell ya that you're due for rent
当房东说你要交房租了的时候
And the grass so green on the other side
草地那么绿
Make a nigga wanna run straight through the fence
让一个黑人想要穿过篱笆
Open up the fridge 'bout twenty times
打开冰箱二十次
But still can't find no food in it
但还是找不到食物
That's foolishness
那很可笑
And sometimes I wonder,
有时我很好奇,
why we care so much about the way we look.
为什么我们这么在乎外表
And the way we talk and the way we act
我们走路和表演的方式,
and the clothes we bought, how much that cost.
我们穿的衣服花了多少钱
Does it even really matter?
那真的重要吗
Cause if life is an up hill battle
如果人生是场战争
We all tryna climb with the same ol' ladder
我们都想爬上那个梯子
In the same boat, with the same ol' paddle
在同一条船上,用着同一支桨
Why so shallow? I'm just asking
我只是想问,为什么那么肤浅呢
What's the pattern to the madness
疯狂的模式是什么呢
Everybody ain't a number one draft pick
并不是每个人都是第一名
Most of us ain't Hollywood actors
我们之中的大多数也并不是好莱坞演员
But if it's all for one, and one for all
如果人人为我,我为人人
Then maybe one day, we all can ball
那么也许有一天,我们会团结在一起
Do it one time for the underdogs
支持不被看好的一方
Sincerely yours, from one of y'all
你们之中的一个是真诚的就好
I wish I was strong enough to lift
我希望我足够坚强能够承
not one but both of us
担起我们两个
Someday I will be strong enough to
有一天我会足够坚强能够
lift not one but both of us
承担起我们两个
I can feel your pain, I can feel your struggle
我能感受到你的痛苦,我能感受到你的努力
You just wanna live, but everything so low
你只是想要活着,但是所有的事情都进展缓慢
That you could drown in a puddle
你可能会陷在泥潭中
That's why I gotta hold us up, yeah hold us up
这就是我要承担起我们的原因
For all the times no one's ever spoke for us
一直以来,没有人为我们说话
To every single time that they play this song
每一次他们放这首歌
You can say that that's
你都可以说
what Bobby Ray wrote for us
这是Bobby Ray写给我们俩的
When the tides get too high
当潮汐上涨
And the sea up underneath get so deep
大海很深邃
And you feel like you're just another person
你感觉你就像变了一个人
Getting lost in the crowd,
迷失在人群中,
way up high in the nosebleeds
抬头以止住鼻血
Uh, because we've both been there, yeah, both of us
因为我们都在那儿
But we still stand tall with our shoulders up
但是我们仍然昂首挺立
And even though we always against the odds
尽管我们总是迎难而上
These are the things that've molded us
有些事情会塑造我们
And if life hadn't chosen us
如果人生没有选择我们
Sometimes I wonder where I would've wound up
有时我会好奇我还会在哪里
Cause if it was up to me,
如果由我负责,
I'd make a new blueprint
我会设计新的蓝图
Than build it from the ground up, hey
从头开始建造
But if it's all for one, and one for all
如果人人为我,我为人人
Then maybe one day, we all can ball
那么也许有一天,我们会团结在一起
Do it one time for the underdogs
支持不被看好的一方
Sincerely yours, from one of y'all
你们之中的一个是真诚的就好
I wish I was strong enough to lift
我希望我足够坚强能够
not one but both of us
承担起我们两个
Someday I will be strong enough to
有一天我会足够坚强能
lift not one but both of us
够承担起我们两个
Oh, oh....
哦哦....