Another Doxa in the Thought - 20/08/2024（“Kendrick Lamar - XXX.”歌詞翻譯）

Kendrick Lamar - XXX.歌詞翻譯377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeYTd24uqL

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美國

God bless you if it's good to you

是個對你有好處、上帝便保佑你的地方

America, please take my hand

美國，請幫我一把

Can you help me underst—

您可不可以讓我瞭解——

New Kung Fu Kenny!

新功夫肯尼！

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Throw a steak off the ark to a pool full of sharks

將一片牛排從船上丟入滿是鯊魚的海裡

He'll take it

他會跳下去撿

Leave him in the wilderness with a sworn nemesis

讓他和一群死敵待在曠野*¹

He'll make it (He'll make it)

他會熬過來（他會熬過來）

Take the gratitude from him, I bet he'll show you somethin'

將他珍視的東西奪走，我敢說他會讓你見識一下他的厲害

Woah (Woah)

嘩（嘩）

I chip a nigga lil' bit of nothin'

我會把敵人打成豬頭

I chip a nigga lil' bit of nothin'

我會把敵人射成蜂窩

I chip a nigga lil' bit of nothin'

我會把敵人剁成肉醬

I chip a nigga, then throw the blower in his lap

我會直接請敵人吃我家開的慶記

Walk myself to the court like, "Bitch, I did that!," X-rated

然後大搖大擺的走進法庭，說：「操，就是老子幹的！」超限制級

Johnny don't wanna go to school no mo', no mo'

強尼不想再去學校了，不想再去了

Johnny said books ain't cool no mo' (No mo')

強尼說書中教的東西讓他再也提不起興趣

Johnny wanna be a rapper like his big cousin

強尼想像他大表哥一樣當饒舌歌手

Johnny caught a body yesterday out hustlin'

強尼昨天在街頭火併失手殺了人

God bless America, you know we all love him

天佑美國，您知道我們都愛他

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Yesterday I got a call like from my dog like 101

昨天我接到我兄弟向我求救的電話

Said they killed his only son because of insufficient funds

他說他唯一的兒子因為籌的錢不夠而被人殺*²

He was sobbin', he was mobbin', way belligerent and drunk

他在電話裡泣不成聲、心亂如麻、不停借酒澆愁

Talkin' out his head, philosophing on what the Lord had done

討價還價，埋怨老天到底對他做了什麼

He said, "K-Dot, can you pray for me?

他說：「K-Dot，你能為我祈禱嗎？

It's been a fucked-up day for me

今天真的幹他媽的糟透了

I know that you anointed, show me how to overcome."

我知道你是受天眷顧的人，告訴我，你如何克服痛苦。」

He was lookin' for some closure

他在尋找心靈寄託

Hopin' I could bring him closer

希望我能多關照

To the spiritual, my spirit do know better, but I told him

我也算過來人，是懂些什麼，可我還是這樣告訴他：

"I can't sugarcoat the answer for you, this is how I feel:

「我沒辦法用甜言蜜語安慰你，但這是我的感受：

If somebody kill my son, that mean somebody gettin' killed."

如果有人敢殺我兒子，也代表有人要被殺。」

Tell me what you do for love, loyalty, and passion of

告訴我，你會為了愛、忠誠與熱情

All the memories collected, moments you could never touch

以及那些你已無法再體會的幸福回憶能做到什麼程度

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I wait in front a nigga's spot and watch him hit his block

我會躲在敵人的據點前、等待時機來堵他

I catch a nigga leavin' service if that's all I got

哪怕他剛從教堂出來，我也會讓他見識街頭正義

I chip a nigga, then throw the blower in his lap

就直接請他吃吃我家開的慶記

Walk myself to the court like, "Bitch, I did that!"

然後大搖大擺的走進法庭，說：「操，就是老子幹的！」

Ain't no Black Power when your baby killed by a coward

當你的摯愛被其他懦夫殺掉時，根本不存在什麼黑人權益

I can't even keep the peace, don't you fuck with one of ours

我甚至沒辦法保持理性，你幹他媽就少來惹我們

It be murder in the street, it be bodies in the hour

凶殺案在街頭不斷上演，每小時就多一具屍體

Ghetto bird be on the street, paramedics on the dial

直升機在天空上盤旋，急救人員在大街小巷中奔走

Let somebody touch my mama

讓我知道有誰敢動我老媽

Touch my sister, touch my woman

動我姐妹、動我女人

Touch my daddy, touch my niece

動我老爹、動我姪女

Touch my nephew, touch my brother

動我外甥、動我弟兄

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You should chip a nigga, then throw the blower in his lap

就應該直接請他吃自家開的慶記，吃撐死他

Matter fact, I'm 'bout to speak at this convention

老實說，我要向世人傳授這道理

Call you back-

等等回撥——

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Alright, kids, we're gonna talk about gun control

好了，孩子們，今天我們要講槍枝管制的話題

(Pray for me) Damn!

（為我禱告吧）天呀！

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It's not a place

這裡並不是……

This country is to me a sound of drum and bass

這國家對我來說只是鼓與貝斯的聲調

You close your eyes to look around

你必須閉上眼睛才能好好看清

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Hail Mary, Jesus and Joseph

萬福聖母瑪利亞、聖子耶穌與聖若瑟

The great American flag

偉大的美國國旗

Is wrapped in drag with explosives

正被一堆爆裂物包裹起來

Compulsive disorder, sons and daughters

您的子民與後裔像是都得了強迫症

Barricaded blocks and borders

對立、分歧，前進的路上全是障礙

Look what you taught us!

看看您怎麼教我們的！

It's murder on my street, your street, back streets

謀殺重複上演在你我的街上、後街上

Wall Street, corporate offices

華爾街上，大公司、辦公室、

Banks, employees, and bosses with

銀行、員工與老闆都想著

Homicidal thoughts; Donald Trump's in office

怎麼吃人夠夠；川普上任了

We lost Barack and promised to never doubt him again

我們失去了歐巴馬，還承諾不會再對他做出質疑

But is America honest, or do we bask in sin?

可美國到底有沒有以誠待人、或仍沉浸於罪惡之中？

Pass the gin, I mix it with American blood

傳琴酒給我，我以美利堅思想特調一杯

Then bash him in, you Crippin' or you married to Blood?

然後痛斥他，「你是瘸幫的還是與血幫有聯繫？*³

I'll ask again-oops-accident

我再問一次……噢——我又不小心」

It's nasty when you set us up

美國政府，你算計我們的嘴臉真是醜惡

Then roll the dice, then bet us up

擲出骰子，將我們當成籌碼

You overnight the big rifles, then tell Fox to be scared of us

連夜分配步槍給條子，用福斯新聞妖魔化我們

Gang members or terrorists, et cetera, et cetera

把我們當成黑幫成員、或是恐怖份子等等……

America's reflections of me, that's what a mirror does

其實我只是美國的倒影，那就是鏡子的用途*⁴

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It's not a place

這裡並不是……

This country is to me a sound of drum and bass

這國家對我來說只是鼓與貝斯的聲調

You close your eyes to look ar-

你必須閉上眼睛才能好好——

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*¹：埋了聖經的梗，ark通常就是指方舟，也就是諾亞方舟；另一句的wilderness則是《馬太福音》中耶穌在曠野中受試煉，遇到撒旦（死敵）的事蹟。

*²：這裡的“資金不足”是暗示馬丁路德金恩的演講：「就有色公民而論，美國顯然沒有實踐她的諾言。美國沒有履行這項神聖的義務，只是給黑人開了一張空頭支票，支票上蓋著『資金不足』的戳子後便退了回來。但是我們不相信正義的銀行已經破產。我們不相信，在這個國家巨大的機會之庫裡已沒有足夠的儲備。因此今天我們要求將支票兌現－－這張支票將給予我們寶貴的自由和正義的保障。」

*³：瘸幫與血幫是美國加州兩大暴力幫派，經常在社區引起街頭火併，康普頓就是其中一處暴力犯罪活動最頻繁的地區，前幾張專輯《好孩子。瘋狂城市（good kid, m.A.A.d city）》就有講述Kendrick是在該環境長大的。

*⁴："a mirror"也可以被唸成“A-meri-”，直翻也指“這就是美國做的事”。

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「上帝為何讓我在自家中遭到排斥，成為外邦人呢？」377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi4OkaAZQe
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　　XXX到底是什麼？整首歌也沒有明講到底是什麼意思，不過，看到歌詞中不斷提起的意涵，XXX是一種“自我審查”，而正是代表三個字母—— USA。377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34UG5vKQ1f

　　前面三句用聖經典故類比年輕的非裔美國人會在社會上遇到的困境，接下來beat一轉，描述主角接到朋友的求救電話，可他提出的解決方案卻是：以暴制暴。377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WH3zfaYGr

　　但真心認為如此嗎？也只不過是Kendrick一貫風格的諷刺，最後還直接與孩子們討論槍枝管制問題。377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIviiJ8f6H7

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　　XXX.是世間紛擾、種族隔閡以及人心之間的藩籬，最後歌詞提醒道：「閉上眼睛才能環視周圍。」聽起來矛盾，卻是要主角好好往內心看——主角終於要承認這些事物帶給他的感受、還有面對他此生最大的敵人，即為——恐懼（FEAR.）。377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKKtNhyQaz

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