Another Doxa in the Thought - 23/08/2024（“Kendrick Lamar - DUCKWORTH.”歌詞翻譯）

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It was always me versus the world

以前總是認為，是我和世界為敵

Until I found it's me versus me

結果發現，其實是我和自己作對

Why, why, why, why?

為什麼、為什麼呢？

Why, why, why, why?

為什麼、為什麼呢？

(Just remember, what happens on Earth stays on Earth!)

（請記住！塵世所發生之事就讓它只能留存於塵世！）

(We gon' put it in reverse)

（讓我們倒回來放！）*¹

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Darling, I told you many times

親愛的，我告訴你很多次了

And I am telling you once again

但我還是要跟你說一遍

Just to remind you, sweetheart

只是想提醒你呀，甜心

That my—

就我——

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Oh, Lamar

噢，拉瑪

Hail Mary and marijuana, times is hard

萬福聖母瑪利亞和大麻能伴我度過苦日子

Pray with the hooligans, shadows all in the dark

在那群流氓惡棍之中祈禱，黑夜中全是威脅

Fellowship with demons and relatives, I'm a star

同惡魔與敵人為伍，此時我猶如明星

Life is one funny ma'fucker

人生真他媽是個風趣的傢伙*²

A true comedian, you gotta love him, you gotta trust him

是個真正的喜劇演員，你不得不愛他、相信他

I might be buggin', infomercials and no sleep

我可能很煩人，成天只看電視到徹夜不眠、

Introverted by my thoughts; children, listen, it gets deep

想法保守內向，可孩子們，聽好了，接下來要說的事情很玄妙——

See, once upon a time inside the Nickerson Garden projects

很久很久以前，在尼克森花園社區中

The object was to process and digest poverty's dialect

該項目本意是要收容、消化，讓貧民有得住

Adaptation inevitable: gun violence, crack spot

可也不得不適應槍枝暴力與毒品交易

Federal policies raid buildings and drug professionals

附件聯邦警察隨時突襲檢查、當地專業毒梟也會來那套

Anthony was the oldest of seven

安東尼是家中七個小孩中最年長的

Well-respected, calm and collected

受人敬重、冷靜且有自制力

Laughin' and jokin' made life easier; hard times, mama on crack

談笑風生能讓生活好過一些，可就在這節骨眼，他媽媽染上毒癮

A four-year-old tellin' his nanny he needed her

原本他仍是要黏在奶奶身邊撒嬌的四歲小孩

His family history: pimpin' and bangin'

可他的家族歷史充斥特種行業

He was meant to be dangerous, clocked him a grip and start slangin'

所以他注定成為危險人物，用非法手段餬口

Fifteen, scrapin' up his jeans with quarter pieces

15歲，牛仔褲就塞滿了古柯鹼要賣

Even got some head from a smoker last weekend

甚至上週還有顧客幫他服務一下

Dodged a policeman, workin' for his big homie

要避開條子、為大佬工作

Small-time hustler, graduated to a brick on him

從街頭兼職的小弟一路幹到批發毒磚的大哥

Ten-thousand dollars out of a project housing, that's on the daily

從社區中的販毒據點日賺萬元只是小事

Seen his first mill' twenty years old, had a couple of babies

20歲就賺第一桶金，還生了一堆小孩

Had a couple of shooters, caught a murder case

身旁跟著幾個殺手、被捲入一場謀殺案

Fingerprints on the gun they assumin', but witnesses couldn't prove it

法庭認為槍上的指紋就是他的，但目擊者無法證明

That was back when he turned his back and they killed his cousin

這起案件源自於他的背叛，還派人殺他的表親

He beat the case and went back to hustlin'

他勝訴後，回街頭繼續幹活

Bird-shufflin', Anthony rang

安東尼一伙繼續賣古柯鹼

The first in the projects with the two-tone Mustang, that 5.0 thing

他開著社區第一台雙色野馬5.0跑車

They say 5-0 came, circlin' parking lots and parking spots

招搖到警察都來關心，常常在停車場旁巡邏*³

And hoppin' out while harrassin' the corner blocks

還會停下車纏著街上的販毒夥計們不放

Crooked cops told Anthony he should kick it

一些腐敗的警察要安東尼做他們的線人

He brushed 'em off and walked back to the Kentucky Fried Chicken

但他敷衍他們走，然後邁步走向肯德基

See, at this chicken spot, there was a light-skinned nigga that talked a lot

看，就是這家，那邊有個膚色偏淺的話嘮黑人

With a curly top and a gap in his teeth, he worked the window

留一頭捲毛、門牙有一道縫，在得來速窗口工作

His name was Ducky, he came from the streets, The Robert Taylor Homes

他的名字叫“阿達”，他來自街頭，勞勃-泰勒住宅區

Southside Projects, Chiraq, the Terror Dome

位於芝加哥南面的社會住宅，駭人的幫派據點*⁴

Drove to California with a woman on him and five-hundred dollars

其後和他妻子帶家當500塊開車到加州

They had a son, hopin' that he'd see college

他們有個兒子，望他有朝一日上大學

Hustlin' on the side with a nine-to-five to freak it

朝九晚五為生活忙碌打拼，哪怕真的快抓狂

Cadillac Seville, he'd ride his son around on weekends

每個週末還會開凱迪拉克載他兒子去兜風

Three-piece special with his name on the shirt pocket

至於平日阿達都穿制服，買著三塊雞特餐

'Cross the street from the projects, Anthony planned to rob it

可在對面街道，安東尼正策劃搶這家肯德基

Stuck up the place before, back in '84

早在1984年，這裡就被歹徒光顧過

That's when affiliation was really at gears of war

那時在街頭，幫派暴力隨處可見

So many relatives tellin' us, sellin' us devilish works, killin' us, crime

所以許多幫派成員說服、慫恿我們從事惡行、推入火坑

Intelligent, felonious prevalent proposition with 9's

無論是聰明的、犯罪的都一個樣地持槍自保

Ducky was well-aware

阿達相當清楚

They robbed the manager and shot a customer last year

安東尼他們去年就搶了一家，還對顧客開槍

He figured he'd get on these niggas' good sides

而他試圖喚起那幫匪徒良善的一面

Free chicken every time Anthony posted in line, two extra biscuits

每次安東尼光顧時就送一隻免費炸雞、以及多送兩塊餅

Anthony liked him and then let him slide, they didn't kill him

安東尼還滿欣賞阿達，饒他一命，沒有大開殺戒

In fact, it look like they're the last to survive, pay attention

事實上，他們倆可能是那幾場搶案中最後的生還者，請注意

That one decision changed both of they lives, one curse at a time

那一次決定就改變了他們的命運，而詛咒在此時

Reverse the manifest and good karma, and I'll tell you why

反轉、而事情也往好的方向走，我這就來告訴你：

You take two strangers and put 'em in random predicaments

你將兩位素昧平生的人丟入隨機一場困境

Give 'em a soul, so they can make their own choices and live with it

為他們注入靈魂，讓他們選擇自己的人生道路

Twenty years later, them same strangers, you make 'em meet again

20年後，讓同樣的兩人再次相見

Inside recording studios where they reapin' their benefits

結果他倆在錄音室裡賺進大把鈔票

Then you start remindin' them about that chicken incident

你還記得剛剛說的肯德基事件嗎？

Whoever thought the greatest rapper would be from coincidence?

誰能想到最偉大的饒舌歌手起源於那場巧合？

Because if Anthony killed Ducky, Top Dawg could be servin' life

因為如果安東尼殺了阿達，我老闆會被判無期徒刑

While I grew up without a father and die in a gunfight

而我會成為沒老爸的小孩，隨時都會死在街頭槍戰

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［倒放DAMN.］

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So, I was takin' a walk the other day

某天我走在路上……

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*¹：倒回來放是本專輯給出的重要提示。

*²：之前流出的版本不是“人生”（Life），而是上帝（GOD.）

*³：5-0是警察的意思。

*⁴：Chiraq，該詞將Chicago（芝加哥）與iraq（伊拉克）融起來，比喻芝加哥有如戰區一般危險。的確也是充斥幫派犯罪的地方，Kendrick的父親——“阿達”——曾是那邊的幫派份子，後來金盆洗手，舉家遷到加州工作。491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWONw9uuKnY

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　　當初聽完非常震驚、頭皮發麻，真的假的？免費炸雞+兩塊餅救了你的命？Kendrick Lamar！你少唬爛人，怎麼可能那麼巧？不過呢，究竟是真是假、是實是虛根本不重要。只要閱聽人在該故事中找到意義，那這首歌也就存在它的價值。不得不佩服Kendrick Lamar的說故事能力，歌詞永遠有最鮮活的街頭奇聞。491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVadtRb8FuB

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　　故事很簡單。就是Kendrick的老闆安東尼（註：他倆2020年之後就不是僱傭關係了），江湖上人稱“Top Dawg”的前半生；以及Kendrick的父親，肯德基員工“阿達”的奇遇。最後又收束在一起，重新構築Kendrick Lamar的主視角：父親能不能做出判斷、老闆會不會痛下殺手，這些都還不是（尚未出世、年幼）主角能夠選擇的，無論是哪一方，盡量去選擇“良善”的選項，就像歌詞所言，詛咒［DAMN.］頓時逆轉成好的果報，通往救贖之路。491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejyBGBuuGU

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　　只不過，在這個美好的故事結局之際，突然槍聲響起、戛然而止呢？這就是整張專輯的奧妙之處——“讓我們倒過來放”——把歌曲順序全都倒過來，我們就會看到另一個不同的故事與結局。491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmEOAdWkD4

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　　照順序的路線走，Kendrick從質疑、困惑，以善行修正罪孽，到最後順從上天的旨意，成為他想成為的饒舌歌手；反之，倒著從DUCKWORTH.開始放，若在另一條平行世界線，安東尼就此射殺阿達，沒有父親保護、沒有老闆提攜，Kendrick很可能就此走上修羅之道：以情慾（LUST.）取代愛情（LOVE.）、以傲慢（PRIDE.）取代謙虛（HUMBLE.）等等……而在最後BLOOD.中失去性命。491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgktumbKwP5

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　　還記得第一首那位目盲的老婦人嗎？我一直想到一句英文成句：「我見過上帝，她是黑人（I met god, she's black）。」也許她（祂）一直尋找的東西，就是在倒放世界中、誤入歹途的Kendrick Lamar，而以她之手收拾他。491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHUPvFO7z2

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　　所以，由我們聽者決定路線進而影響這會是什麼樣的一個故事，就是這張專輯的秘密。491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdpoTn1DsB

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　　DAMN.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQRZV23JWC

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　　全14首，總算翻完，這就是成神的感覺吧！491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtDHk5rtTR

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