Life In Marvelous Times - Mos Def.mp3

[00:02.257]Bright moments,
[00:03.957]Bright moments always come back vivid（生动的）.
[00:08.260]The 5th grade was epic（史诗）,citywide test pressure
[00:10.716]The pre-crack era（时代）!
[00:13.267]Mr.Schollmen,what a prick,attitude matched his wardrobe,uglier then sin（罪恶）.
[00:18.275]Now
[00:18.775]This is Bed-Stuy（入眠的城市）82'
[00:21.676]9th floor,3tiny rooms one view.
[00:23.727]Buck-town,Roosevelt house
[00:24.930]They green grass is green
[00:26.732]Our green grass is brown.
[00:29.334]Shots rang my phone wasn't Touch-Tone（按键式的）
[00:32.86]A heavy beef（抱怨）in the street
[00:33.988]ET had to flee
[00:34.940]Great heavens!Good grief （悲伤）!
[00:37.992]Hungry bellies,bright gold on they teeth!
[00:39.345]The windows on the Ave（欢迎）look like sad eyes
[00:42.848]They fix their sharp gaze on you when you pass by
[00:45.603]And if you dare to stand,you can see em cry
[00:48.103]You can watch 'em scowl（怒容）,
[00:50.455]Feel 'em prowl（图谋不轨）
[00:52.605]Wall and study every inch about you
[00:54.205]Fast math measuring what you amount to
[00:55.755]The laughter,the screams!
[00:58.356]The numeral,the song of Psalms（赞歌）
[01:01.406]The book of dreams!
[01:02.506]Ends don't meet where the arms can't reach Mean streets,
[01:04.806]Even when its free it ain't cheap.
[01:06.907]Ongoing saga（传说）,terminal diagnosis（诊断）,
[01:10.511]Basic survival requires super-heroics.
[01:11.511]No space in the budget for a cape（斗篷）
[01:16.369]It's when you gotta fly by night to save the day
[01:18.970]Crash landings routinely（惯常地）happen
[01:21.224]Some survive,others never rise from the ashes
[01:23.224]Watching asphalt（沥青）and observing the Sabbath（安息日）
[01:27.630]Creates an ecstatic（入迷的）and there you have it
[01:30.183]From teenage love,pray in tongues
[01:31.683]Strange fruit,batty（古怪的）boots and native drums（鼓）
[01:35.38]From hence I come
[01:36.239]So here we go
[01:37.842]Signs and wonders all along the road
[01:39.751]Some lies open,some lies close
[01:42.653]Some stretchers（担架）role with no lies at all.
[01:46.756]Some riders don't know what they riding for
[01:48.607]Hands on（传给下一代）the wheel and their mind is gone
[01:52.08]Wherever you ride,whatever your name,
[01:54.258]This raw （疼痛的）cold life is a beautiful thing
[01:57.58]And we are alive in amazing times
[01:58.558]Delicate （纤弱的）hearts,diabolical（残忍的）minds
[02:02.710]Revelations（启示）,hatred,love and war.
[02:04.661]And more and more and more and more
[02:08.113]And more of less than ever before
[02:10.513]It's just too much more for your mind to absorb
[02:12.915]It's scary like hell,but there's no doubt
[02:16.70]We can't be alive in no time but...now!
[02:19.974]It's just another shot to the heart,
[02:21.876]It's just a sure shot in the dark,
[02:26.32]It's just another place in the stars
[02:28.82]Wonders on every side,life in marvelous times
[02:40.291]Life in marvelous times
[02:54.653]Rock,everywhere
[02:57.204]All over the world,you can feel it
[03:04.906]All over world,feel it,
[03:10.515]Spirit rise everywhere
[03:13.814]It's just another shot to the heart,
[03:19.67]It's just a sure shot in the dark,
[03:21.473]It's just another place in the stars
[03:23.877]Wonders on every side,life
[03:30.935]in marvelous times
[03:35.736]Life in marvelous times