I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

Hey yo I'm just like my country

嘿哟我就像我的国家一样

I'm young scrappy and hungry

我年少无知意气风发

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

我不会浪费机会

I'ma get a scholarship to King's College

我要拿到国王学院的奖学金

I probably shouldn't brag but dang I amaze and astonish

我可能不该吹嘘但我真的很惊讶

The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish

问题是我很聪明但我不够聪明

I gotta holler just to be heard

我大声呐喊只想让别人听到我的声音

With every word I drop knowledge

我说的每一句话都让人捉摸不透

I'm a diamond in the rough a shiny piece of coal

我是未经雕琢的钻石光芒万丈

Tryna reach my goal my power of speech unimpeachable

想要达成我的目标我的话语权无懈可击

Only nineteen but my mind is older

只有十九岁但我的思想成熟了

These New York City streets get colder I shoulder

纽约街头愈发寒冷我肩负重任

Every burden every disadvantage

每个负担每个劣势

I have learned to manage I don't have a gun to brandish

我学会了控制自己我没有枪可以炫耀

I walk these streets famished

我走在街头饥肠辘辘

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame

我们的计划是让星星之火熊熊燃烧

But d**n it's getting dark

但是天啊越来越黑

So let me spell out my name

所以让我拼出我的名字

I am the A L E X A N D E R

我就是爱的化身

We are meant to be

我们是命中注定

A colony that runs independently

一个独立运行的群体

Meanwhile Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly

与此同时英国却无休无止地纠缠着我们

Essentially they tax us relentlessly

实际上他们无情地向我们征税

Then King George turns around runs a spendin' spree

乔治王转身开始疯狂挥霍

He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free

他永远不会解放他的后代

So there will be a revolution in this century

本世纪将会发生一场革命

Enter me he says in parentheses

进入我的世界他在括号里说

Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me

当你的历史书上提到我时不要惊讶

I will lay down my life if it sets us free

如果能给我们自由我愿献出生命

Eventually you'll see my ascendancy

最终你会看到我的优势

And I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会浪费机会

I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

Hey yo I'm just like my country

嘿哟我就像我的国家一样

I'm young scrappy and hungry

我年少无知意气风发

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

我不会浪费机会

I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

Hey yo I'm just like my country

嘿哟我就像我的国家一样

I'm young scrappy and hungry

我年少无知意气风发

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

我不会浪费机会

It's time to take a shot

是时候放手一搏了

I dream of life without a monarchy

我梦想着没有君主专制的生活

The unrest in France will lead to anarchy

法国的动乱将导致无政府状态

Anarchy how you say how you oh anarchy

混乱不堪你怎么说你混乱不堪

When I fight I make the other side panicky

当我战斗时我让对手惊慌失措

With my shot

用我的枪

Yo I'm a tailor's apprentice

我是个裁缝学徒

And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis

我让你们这些蠢货代替父母

I'm joining the rebellion 'cause I know it's my chance

我加入反叛的行列因为我知道这是我的机会

To socially advance instead of sewin' some pants woo

提升社会地位而不是做街头生意

I'm gonna take a shot

我要喝一杯

And but we'll never be truly free

但我们永远不会得到真正的自由

Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me

直到被捆绑的人拥有你我一样的权利

You and I

你和我

Do or die

孤注一掷

Wait 'til I sally in on a stallion

等我骑着种马横冲直撞

With the first black battalion

带着第一个黑人营

Have another shot

再喝一杯

Geniuses lower your voices

天才请你压低声音

You keep out of trouble and you double your choices

你远离麻烦选择加倍

I'm with you but the situation is fraught

我和你在一起但情况令人担忧

You've got to be carefully taught

你必须被悉心教导

If you talk you're gonna get shot

如果你告密你会被枪毙的

Burr check what we got

看看我们有什么

Mister Lafayette hard rock like Lancelot

拉法叶先生尽情摇摆就像兰斯洛特

I think your pants look hot

我觉得你的裤子好性感

Laurens I like you a lot

Laurens我很喜欢你

Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot

让我们策划一场比锅还黑的阴谋

What are the odds the gods

多么难得的机会

Would put us all in one spot

会把我们放在同一个地方

Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom like it or not

不管你喜欢不喜欢我做的事情

A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists

一群革命的废奴主义者

Give me a position show me where the ammunition is

给我一个位置告诉我弹药在哪里

Oh am I talkin' too loud

我是不是说得太大声了

Sometimes I get over excited shoot off at the mouth

有时候我激动得忘乎所以胡言乱语

I never had a group of friends before

我从来没有一群朋友

I promise that I'll make y'all proud

我保证我会让你们感到骄傲

Let's get this guy in front of a crowd

让我们把这家伙带到众人面前

I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

Hey yo I'm just like my country

嘿哟我就像我的国家一样

I'm young scrappy and hungry

我年少无知意气风发

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

我不会浪费机会

I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

Hey yo I'm just like my country

嘿哟我就像我的国家一样

I'm young scrappy and hungry

我年少无知意气风发

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

我不会浪费机会

Everybody sing

大家一起唱

Whoa whoa whoa

Ayy whoa woo whoa

Should let 'em hear ya yeah

应该让他们听到你的声音

Let's go

我们走

Whoa whoa whoa

I said shout it to the rooftops

我说大声喊到屋顶

Whoa whoa whoa

Said to the rooftops

对着屋顶说

Whoa whoa whoa

A come on yeah

来吧

Come on let's go

来吧我们走

Rise up

振作起来

When you're living on your knees you rise up

当你卑躬屈膝地活着你会振作起来

Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up

告诉你的兄弟他必须振作起来

Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up

告诉你的姐姐她必须振作起来

When are these colonies gonna rise up whoa whoa

这些殖民地何时才会崛起

When are these colonies gonna rise up whoa

这些殖民地何时才会崛起

When are these colonies gonna rise up whoa

这些殖民地何时才会崛起

When are these colonies gonna rise up

这些殖民地何时才会崛起

Rise up

振作起来

I imagine death so much

我想象着死亡

It feels more like a memory

感觉更像是一段回忆

When's it gonna get me

什么时候才会让我

In my sleep seven feet ahead of me

我在睡梦中离我七英尺远

If I see it comin'

如果我知道会发生什么

Do I run or do I let it be

我该逃跑还是顺其自然

Is it like a beat without a melody

是否就像没有旋律的音乐

See I never thought I'd live past twenty

我从未想过我能活过二十岁

Where I come from some get half as many

在我的家乡有些人只有我的一半多

Ask anybody why we livin' fast

问问别人为什么我们过着浮华的生活

And we laugh reach for a flask

我们哈哈大笑拿起酒瓶

We have to make this moment last that's plenty

我们要让这一刻变成永恒这就足够了

Scratch that this is not a moment it's the movement

记住这不是一个瞬间而是一场运动

Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went

饥饿难耐的兄弟们都去了哪里

Foes oppose us we take an honest stand

敌人与我们作对我们会坚定不移

We roll like Moses claimin' our promised land

我们像摩西一样招摇过市宣扬我们的乐土

And if we win our independence

如果我们赢得独立

Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants

这是不是我们子孙后代自由的保证

Or will the blood we shed begin

还是说我们会不会流血

An endless cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants

无休止地循环复仇和死亡没有被告

I know the action in the street is excitin'

我知道街头的事情让人兴奋

But Jesus between all the bleedin' 'n' fightin'

但是耶稣在鲜血淋漓的战斗中

I've been readin' 'n' writin'

我一直在阅读写作

We need to handle our financial situation

我们需要处理好我们的财务状况

Are we a nation of states what's the state of our nation

我们是一个由州组成的国家吗我们国家的现状如何

I'm past patiently waitin' I'm passionately mashin' every expectation

我已经不再耐心等待我满怀激情地满足所有期待

Every action's an act of creation

每一个行动都是创造

I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow

我笑着面对伤亡和悲伤

For the first time I'm thinkin' past tomorrow

这是我第一次想起明天

And I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会浪费机会

I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

Hey yo I'm just like my country

嘿哟我就像我的国家一样

I'm young scrappy and hungry

我年少无知意气风发

And I'm not throwin' away my shot

我不会浪费机会

We're gonna rise up time to take a shot

我们会站起来喝一杯

I am not throwin' away my shot

我不会放弃机会

We're gonna rise up

我们会扶摇直上

Rise up time to take a shot

是时候振作起来喝一杯了

Rise up rise up

扶摇直上

It's time to take a shot

是时候放手一搏了

Rise up it's time to take a shot

站起来是时候放手一搏了

Rise up take a shot shot shot

站起来喝一杯

It's time to take a shot time to take a shot

是时候放手一搏了

And I am not throwin' away my

我不会抛弃我的

Not throwin' away my shot

我不会浪费机会