听歌学英语：Believe-Meek Mill / Justin Timberlake

 You know I still believe, still believe in you andme

 

你知道我仍然相信相信你我

 

'Causeevery night Ito sleep, go to sleep

 

因为每晚我入睡时

 

I cansee it like a movie in my dreams

 

梦里都能播着你我的电影

 

Put my face in the dirt on the ground

 

哪怕我扑街了

 

Still I race, I'ma take back the crown, yes

 

我也仍要奋争要把王冠夺回

 

You can break my body

 

士可杀

 

But you can't lock the soul of a man down

 

不可辱

 

Follow your dreams not your addictions¹

 

追逐你的梦想别被惰性阻挠

 

How we gon' follow our dreams locked in a prison?

 

囚牢里怎能追逐梦想？

 

They tried to swollow me whole, God be my witness

 

他们试图将我完全击垮老天作证

 

Deprive me outta my dreams but I'm relentless²

 

剥夺我追梦的权利但我不曾放弃

 

I'm with the money ain't never want attention

 

我只求利不求名

 

So I don't pay attention to comments and all the mentions

 

所以我不在乎世人对我的评论

 

'Cause they ain't see my vision

 

因为他们不能与我感同身受

 

I was washin' dishes, turn my rags into riches

 

我靠洗盘子让自己奔小康

 

Glad when it was Christmas

 

圣诞节那天很高兴

 

We ain't even barely at your presence but we was gifted

 

我们不仅是站在你面前我们也是潜力无限

 

In a school of failure, we present, perfect attendence

 

在失败的课堂里我们从不缺席获益匪浅

 

Welfare, baby, we workin' with what they give us

 

宝贝我们努力工作以从他们手里得到福利

 

Made me some commas, judge still gave me a sentence

 

逗号再多句子也有完结的那天

 

No period, city girls don't get scared

 

没有阻挠城里女孩不会害怕

 

When this really real, when your bank account

 

当一切成真你的银行账号

 

Twenty mill' on your house up on the hill and your fam

 

支出两千万在山上建了房子和农场

 

And the dry way you walk out

 

铺了出山的路

 

And see the grill³ thing, thank God

 

看看那烧烤天地感谢老天

 

You believe, make sure you pray when you kneel

 

你若相信下跪时就一定要祈祷

 

You know I still believe, still believe in you and me

 

你知道我仍然相信相信你我

 

'Cause every night I to sleep, go to sleep

 

因为每晚我入睡时

 

I can see it like a movie in my dreams

 

梦里都能播着你我的电影

 

Put my face in the dirt on the ground

 

哪怕我扑街了

 

Still I race, I'ma take back the crown, yes

 

我也仍要奋争要把王冠夺回

 

You can break my body

 

士可杀

 

But you can't lock the soul of a man down

 

不可辱

 

Yeah, uh

 

My bank account, it was on super-zero

 

我的银行账户曾经一个子也没有

 

Ain't never panic, I'm a superhero, uh

 

但我从不畏惧我是超级英雄

 

Target my goals and I'ma shoot the arrow

 

瞄准目标我箭在弦上

 

When God turned the heat up on me, he said "You Di Nero"

 

当上帝终于助我一力他说我看好你

 

Play your part, got some brains like the scarecrow

 

做好你自己像稻草人一样耍点心机

 

Let's play it smart, 'cause we cain't playin' checkers

 

聪明一点我们不是在玩跳棋

 

This is chess, play your pawns⁴

 

这是象棋善用一兵一卒

 

Sit back like a King, when they move, make your mark

 

将帅坐稳后排若要动他们必须慎重

 

And never ever let your competition take your heart

 

永远别让你的对手弄明白你在想什么

 

Say I believe in myself

 

说我相信自己

 

When everybody stop believin', never leave on yourself

 

当所有人都不再相信你也不要放弃

 

They had my back against the wall, I had to lean on myself

 

我已无路可退必须昂首向前

 

Almost made me put my dreams on the shelf, I'm trippin'

 

也曾差点将梦想搁置跌倒了爬不起来

 

The laws of attraction, you just think I'm rappin'

 

那是引力定律不是我在胡诌

 

I'm just puttin' out the energy so I can grab it

 

我只是在蛰伏着伺机而动

 

Everything that's in my memory I imagine

 

我记忆中幻想的一切

 

It's finally here, hundred million in a year

 

终于实现一年挣了一个亿

 

You know I still believe, still believe in you and me

 

你知道我仍然相信相信你我

 

'Cause every night I to sleep, go to sleep

 

因为每晚我入睡时

 

I can see it like a movie in my dreams

 

梦里都能播着你我的电影

 

Put my face in the dirt on the ground

 

哪怕我扑街了

 

Still I race, I'ma take back the crown, yes

 

我也仍要奋争要把王冠夺回

 

You can break my body

 

士可杀

 

But you can't lock the soul of a man down

 

不可辱

 

As I lay (As I lay) me down to sleep (Down to sleep)

 

当我躺下入睡

 

Pray the Lord (Pray), my soul to keep (My soul to keep)

 

我向上帝祈祷不忘初心

 

Fallen ones (Fallen ones), rest in peace (R.I.P)

 

陨落的人们安息

 

Please God, watch over me

 

上帝啊照顾一下我吧

 

As I lay (As I lay) me down to sleep (Down to sleep)

 

当我躺下入睡

 

Pray the Lord (Pray), my soul to keep (My soul to keep)

 

我向上帝祈祷不忘初心

 

Fallen ones (Fallen ones), rest in peace (R.I.P)

 

陨落的人们安息

 

Please God, watch over me

 

上帝啊照顾一下我吧

 

     

 

You know I still believe, still believe in you andme

 

你知道我仍然相信相信你我

 

believe in信赖； 信仰

 

例句：

 

I believe in seasoning⁵ food before putting it on the table.

 

我认为在把食物端上餐桌前应该先调味。

 

I believe in the maxim⁶ "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

 

我相信这样一条箴言：“不破不修”。

 

Don't tell me you still believe in all that stuff?

 

别告诉我你仍旧相信那些东西。

 

 

I'm with the money ain't never want attention

 

我只求利不求名

 

ain't，它原本是美国南部一帮文盲、粗人（但非原住民）说的话，现在趋于普遍，并且已经收入到了各类词典当中。最开始它是am not的缩写，最初写作amn't，后由于发音连读问题（省去前一个辅音m，只发后一个辅音n），以讹传讹地变成了ain't，显然，这是由一个be动词am和一个否定词not组成的，所以原则上只适用于任何am not的缩写情况。

 

在英国，ain't一般只用工人阶级，比如那些说伦敦方言，通常被认为是不正当的。中产阶级和上流社会，与19世纪的英国，乐意使用在熟悉的演讲和中上层阶级的教育。

 

很少被发现在正式写作中，它经常被使用在更多的非正式书面文字，例如流行歌曲的歌词

 

So I don't pay attention to comments and all the mentions

 

所以我不在乎世人对我的评论

 

'Cause they ain't see my vision

 

因为他们不能与我感同身受

 

I was washin' dishes, turn my rags into riches

 

我靠洗盘子让自己奔小康

 

Turn into（使）变成； 译成； 成为；

 

例句：

 

It could well turn into some kind of a media circus.

 

这很可能会演变成媒体的一场闹剧。

 

The fighting is threatening to turn into full-scale war.

 

这场战斗有可能会演变为全面的战争。

 

We think he'll turn into a top-class player.

 

我们认为他会成为一流的选手。

 

1 addictions   

瘾( addiction的名词复数 )； 吸毒成瘾； 沉溺； 癖好

参考例句：

• He has removed the stigma of drug addictions. 他已经洗去吸毒的污点了。
• Intelligent people are good at using reason to control excessive addictions. 智慧的人善于用理性来控制过度的嗜欲。

2 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

3 grill   

n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问

参考例句：

• Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
• I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。

4 pawns   

n.（国际象棋中的）兵( pawn的名词复数 )；卒；被人利用的人；小卒v.典当，抵押( pawn的第三人称单数 )；以（某事物）担保

参考例句：

• The hostages are being used as political pawns. 人质正被用作政治卒子。
• The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium. 这个联盟担心他们会成为超级大国共管的牺牲品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 seasoning   

n.调味；调味料；增添趣味之物

参考例句：

• Salt is the most common seasoning.盐是最常用的调味品。
• This sauce uses mushroom as its seasoning.这酱油用蘑菇作调料。

6 maxim   

n.格言，箴言

参考例句：

• Please lay the maxim to your heart.请把此格言记在心里。
• "Waste not,want not" is her favourite maxim.“不浪费则不匮乏”是她喜爱的格言。