Like A Boy

• By: Ciara

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

C-I-A-R-A

C-I-A-R-A

Pull up your pants (just like 'em)

提起裤子（就像他们一样）

Take out the trash (just like 'em)

倒掉垃圾（就像他们一样）

Gettin' your cash like 'em

像他们一样拿钱

Fast like 'em

速度快像他们

Girl, you wanna act like he did (what I'm talkin' bout')

女孩，你想装得像他一样（我说的对吧）

Security codes on everything

每样东西的安全密码

On vibrate so your phone don't ever ring

静音，让电话永远不响

(Joint account) and another one he don't know about (hey)

共同账户，还有个他不知道的（嘿）

Wish we could switch up the roles and I could be that

希望我们能换角色，我能那样

Tell you I love you, but when you call, I never get back

告诉你我爱你，但你打电话我从不回

Would you ask them questions like me, like where you be at?

你会问他们问题吗，就像我一样，比如你在哪？

'Cause I'm out, four in the morning on the corner, rolling, doing my own thing

因为我在外面，凌晨四点在角落里，转啊转，做我的事

What if I, had a thing on the side

要不我有个副线

Made you cry?

让你哭了吗？

Would the rules change up, or would they still apply?

规则会改变，还是还得遵守？

If I played you like a toy

如果我把你当玩具

Sometimes I wish I could act like a boy

有时我希望我能像个男孩那样

Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

不能生气，为什么你生气？

Can't handle that

不能应付这个

Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

不能生气，为什么你生气？

Can't handle that

不能应付这个

Girl, go ahead and be (just like 'em)

女孩，去吧（就像他们一样）

Go run the streets (just like 'em)

去街上跑（就像他们一样）

Come home and sleep like 'em, creep like 'em

回家睡觉，像他们一样，偷偷摸摸，像他们一样

Front wit' your friends, act hard when you wit' 'em, like 'em (what?)

跟朋友面前装得硬，跟他们在一起装得狠，像他们一样（什么？）

Keep a straight face when you tell a lie

说谎时保持面无表情

Always keep an airtight alibi (keep him in the dark)

总是找个完美的借口（让他对你一无所知）

What he don't know won't break his heart (ayy)

他不知道的事不会伤他的心（嘿）

Wish we could switch up the roles and I could be that

希望我们能换角色，我能那样

Tell you I love you, but when you call, I never get back

告诉你我爱你，但你打电话我从不回

Would you ask them questions like me, like where you be at?

你会问他们问题吗，就像我一样，比如你在哪？

'Cause I'm out, four in the morning on the corner, rolling, doing my own thing

因为我在外面，凌晨四点在角落里，转啊转，做我的事

What if I, had a thing on the side

要不我，有个副线

Made you cry? (Made you cry?)

让你哭了吗？（让你哭？）

Would the rules change up, or would they still apply?

规则会改变，还是还得遵守？

If I played you like a toy

如果我把你当玩具

Sometimes I wish I could act like a boy

有时我希望我能像个男孩那样

Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

不能生气，为什么你生气？

Can't handle that

不能应付这个

Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

不能生气，为什么你生气？

Can't handle that

不能应付这个

Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

不能生气，为什么你生气？

Can't handle that

不能应付这个

Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

不能生气，为什么你生气？

Can't handle that

不能应付这个

If I was always gone

如果我常常不在

With the sun getting home (would you like that?)

回到家时太阳都已落山（你会喜欢吗？）

Told you I was with my crew when I knew it wasn't true

告诉你我和朋友在一起，其实我不在

If I act like you

如果我像你一样

Walk a mile off in your shoes (would you like that?)

走一英里，穿你的鞋（你会喜欢吗？）

I'm messing with your head again

我又在耍你的头脑

Dose of your own medicine

给你吃自己药

What if I, had a thing on the side

要不我，有个副线

Made you cry? (Made you cry?)

让你哭了吗？（让你哭？）

Would the rules change up, or would they still apply?

规则会改变，还是还得遵守？

If I played you like a toy

如果我把你当玩具

Sometimes I wish I could act like a boy

有时我希望我能像个男孩那样

Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

不能生气，为什么你生气？

Can't handle that

不能应付这个

Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

不能生气，为什么你生气？

Can't handle that

不能应付这个

Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

不能生气，为什么你生气？

Can't handle that

不能应付这个

Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

不能生气，为什么你生气？

Can't handle that

不能应付这个

R-A, go

R-A，出发

It's The Clutch

它就是关键时刻

If I played you, would you like that? (It's Ciara, ha)

如果我玩你，你会喜欢吗？（这是Ciara，哈）

Had friends, would you like that? (It's Ciara, ha, ha)

有朋友，你会喜欢吗？（这是Ciara，哈，哈）

Never call, would you like that? (Another one)

从不打电话，你会喜欢吗？（另一个）

No, no, you wouldn't like that, no

不，你肯定不喜欢，不会的

What you mad? Can't handle that

你在生气吗？不能这样

What if I, made you cry?

如果我，让你哭了呢？

Would they still apply?

规则还会一样吗？

What if I, if I played you like a toy

如果我，把你当成玩具

Sometimes I wish I could act like a boy

有时我希望我能像个男孩那样

...

...

(Can't handle that)

(不能应付这个)

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
act /ækt/ B1	verb - 行动
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - 哭
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - 爱
mad /mæd/ B1	adjective - 生气
rules /ruːlz/ B2	noun - 规则
switch /swɪtʃ/ B1	verb - 切换
thing /θɪŋ/ A1	noun - 东西
toy /tɔɪ/ A1	noun - 玩具
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - 心脏
corner /ˈkɔːrnər/ A2	noun - 角落
friends /frɛndz/ A1	noun - 朋友
morning /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ A1	noun - 早晨
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - 家
dark /dɑːrk/ A2	adjective - 黑暗的
vibrate /vaɪˈbreɪt/ B2	verb - 震动
codes /koʊdz/ B2	noun - 代码

Grammar:

• What if I, had a thing on the side

  ➔ 条件句 (类型2)

  ➔ "What if"这个短语引入了一个假设的情况。

• Would the rules change up, or would they still apply?

  ➔ 用于推测的情态动词

  ➔ "would"的使用表示对未来的可能性或推测。

• Sometimes I wish I could act like a boy

  ➔ Wish + 过去式用于不真实的情况

  ➔ 这个短语表达了对不真实或不可能的事情的渴望。

• Can't be getting mad, what you mad?

  ➔ 非正式的缩写和问题

  ➔ 这个短语使用非正式语言来表达不信或困惑。

• If I act like you

  ➔ 条件句 (类型1)

  ➔ 这个结构表示现在或将来的真实可能性。

• What he don't know won't break his heart

  ➔ 非正式语言中的否定形式

  ➔ 这个短语使用口语化的否定形式来传达信息。

• If I was always gone

  ➔ 用于假设情况的过去虚拟语气

  ➔ 这个结构表达了与事实相反的条件。