Family Business

• 作者: Kanye West
• 专辑: The College Dropout

歌词:

[English]

[中文]

How's your son? (All, all, all tha-thang, thang)

你儿子最近怎么样？（All, all, all tha-thang, thang)

He made the team this year? (All, all tha-thang, thang, thang)

今年入队了吗？（All, all tha-thang, thang, thang)

Aight, they said he wasn't tall enough (all, all that glitters is not gold)

好吧，他们说他个子不够高。（all, all that glitters is not gold)

Ma', we here, we gon' cook this Sunday, okay? So come by (all gold is not reality)

妈，我们到了，这周日我们要做饭，好吗？过来吧。（all gold is not reality)

Damn, that's your new girlfriend? (Real is what you lays on me)

我去，那是你新女友？（Real is what you lays on me)

This is family business

这是家庭的事情

And this is for the family that can't be with us

这是为了那些无法和我们在一起的家人

And this is for my cousin locked down, know the answer's in us

这是为了我被关起来的表兄弟，答案就在我们心中

This why I spit it in my songs so sweet, like a photo of your granny's picture

这就是为什么我在歌里唱得如此甜蜜，就像你奶奶照片一样

Now that you're gone, it hit us

你走了以后，这打击了我们

Super hard on Thanksgiving and Christmas, this can't be right

感恩节和圣诞节尤其难熬，这不该是这样

Yo, you heard the track I did, man? "This Can't Be Life"

哟，你听过我做的歌吗？《This Can't Be Life》

Somebody please say grace, so I can save face

请谁来祷告一下，好让我能保住面子

And have a reason to cover my face

并且有个理由来遮住我的脸

I even made you a plate, soul food, know how Granny do it

我甚至给你做了一份，灵魂食物，知道奶奶是怎么做的

Monkey bread on the side, know how the family do it

旁边放着猴子面包，知道家人是怎么做的

When I brought it, why the guard had to look all through it?

当我带去的时候，为什么警卫要彻底搜查？

As kids, we used to laugh, who knew that life would move this fast?

小时候我们经常欢笑，谁知道生活会如此飞逝？

Who knew I'd have to look at you through a glass?

谁知道我会在玻璃后面看着你？

And look, you tell me you ain't did it, then you ain't did it

听着，你说你没做，那就是没做

And if you did, then that's family business

如果你做了，那就是家庭的事

And I don't care about (all, all, diamond ring, diamond ring)

我不在乎（all, all, diamond ring, diamond ring)

They don't mean a thing (all, all, all, tha-thang, thang)

它们毫无意义。（all, all, all, tha-thang, thang)

All these fancy things (all, all tha-thang, thang, thang)

所有这些花哨的东西（all, all tha-thang, thang, thang)

I tell you that all is my weight in gold (all, all that glitters is not gold, all gold is not reality)

我告诉你，这一切比我的体重还重。（all, all that glitters is not gold, all gold is not reality)

Now, all I know, I know all these things (real is what you lays on me)

现在，我所知道的，我都知道这些事情。（real is what you lays on me)

Yeah, yeah, this is family business

耶，耶，这是家庭的事情

And this is for everybody standing with us

这是为了所有和我们站在一起的人

Come on, let's take a family Grammy picture

来吧，让我们拍一张家庭格莱美照片

Abi, remember when they ain't believe in me?

艾比，还记得他们不相信我的时候吗？

Now she like, "See, that's my cousin on TV!"

现在她说，“看，那是我在电视上的表兄弟！”

Now, we gettin' it and we gon' make it

现在，我们得到了，并且我们要成功

And they gon' hate it, and I'm his favorite

他们会讨厌它，而我是他最喜欢的

I can't deny it, I'm a straight rider

我无法否认，我是个直率的人

But when we get together, be Electric Slidin'

但当我们聚在一起时，跳起电动滑步舞

Grandma, get 'em shook up

奶奶，让他们震惊一下

Aw, naw, don't open the photobook up

哦，不，不要打开相册

I got a Aunt Ruth that can't remember your name

我有个露丝阿姨，她不记得你的名字了

But I bet them Polaroids'll send her down memory lane

但我敢打赌，那些宝丽来照片会让她陷入回忆

You know that one auntie, you don't mean to be rude

你知道有那么一个阿姨，你不想无礼

But every holiday, nobody eating her food

但每个节日，没人吃她做的食物

And you don't wanna stay there 'cause them your worst cousins

你不想待在那里，因为那是你最差劲的表兄弟

Got roaches at they crib like them your first cousins

他们的房子里有蟑螂，就像你的第一批表兄弟一样

Act like you ain't took a bath with your cousin

装作你没和你表兄弟一起洗过澡一样

Fit three in the bed if it's six of y'all

如果你们有六个人，那就三个人睡一张床

I'm talkin' 'bout three by the head and three by the leg

我说的是三个头朝这边，三个脚朝那边

But you ain't have to tell my girl I used to pee in the bed

但你不必告诉我女朋友我过去尿床的事

Rain, rain, rain, go away

雨，雨，雨，快走开

Let the sun come out, and all the children say (uh)

让太阳出来，所有的孩子们说（uh)

Rain, rain, rain, go away (yeah)

雨，雨，雨，快走开（yeah)

Let the sun come out and all the children say (yeah, yeah, yeah)

让太阳出来，所有的孩子们说（yeah, yeah, yeah)

I woke up early this morning with a new state of mind

今天早上我醒得很早，带着一种新的心态

A creative way to rhyme without using nines and guns

一种创造性的押韵方式，不用枪支和毒品

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to God

别好高骛远，心中要有上帝

And keep your face to the risin' sun

面向冉冉升起的太阳

All my niggas from the Chi' is my family, dawg

所有我芝加哥的兄弟都是我的家人，兄弟

And my niggas ain't my guys, they my family, dawg

我的兄弟不是我的伙伴，他们是我的家人，兄弟

I feel like, one day, you'll understand me, dawg

我觉得，总有一天，你会理解我的，兄弟

You can still love your man and be manly, dawg

你仍然可以爱你的兄弟并且保持男子气概，兄弟

You ain't gotta get heated at every housewarmin'

你不必在每次暖房派对上都激动起来

Sittin' here, grillin' people like George Foreman

坐在这里，像乔治·福尔曼一样烧烤人

Why Uncle Ray and Aunt Sheila always performin'?

为什么雷叔叔和希拉阿姨总是要表演？

Second she storm out, then he storm in

她一冲出去，他就冲进来

Y'all gon' sit down, have a good time this reunion

你们要坐下来，在这个团聚中好好享受

And drink some wine like Communion

像圣餐一样喝点酒

And act like everything fine and if it isn't

假装一切都很好，如果不是的话

We ain't letting everybody in our family business, uh

我们不会让所有人参与我们的家庭事务，呃

(All, all, diamond ring, diamond ring)

（All, all, diamond ring, diamond ring)

They don't mean a thing (all, all, all tha-thang, thang)

它们毫无意义（all, all, all tha-thang, thang)

They don't mean a thing (all, all tha-thang, thang, thang)

它们毫无意义（all, all tha-thang, thang, thang)

(All, all that glitters is not gold)

（All, all that glitters is not gold)

They don't mean a thing, a thing (all gold is not reality, real is what you lays on me)

它们毫无意义，毫无意义（all gold is not reality, real is what you lays on me)

And I don't care about (all, all, diamond ring, diamond ring)

我不在乎 (all, all, diamond ring, diamond ring)

They don't mean a thing (All, all, all tha-thang, thang)

它们毫无意义（All, all, all tha-thang, thang)

All these fancy things (all, all tha-thang, thang, thang)

所有这些花哨的东西（all, all tha-thang, thang, thang)

I tell you that all is my weight in gold (all, all that glitters is not gold, all gold is not reality)

我告诉你，这一切比我的体重还重。（all, all that glitters is not gold, all gold is not reality)

And all I know, I know all these things (real is what you lays on me)

我知道的，就是这些 (real is what you lays on me)

All these things (all these things, all these things)

所有这些东西 (all these things, all these things)

CLK Mercedes Benz (all these things, ooh, all these things)

CLK 奔驰 (all these things, ooh, all these things)

(All these things, these things, ooh, all these things, all these things, ooh)

(All these things, these things, ooh, all these things, all these things, ooh)

(Ooh, all these things, all these things)

(Ooh, all these things, all these things)

A whole lotta money (all these things, all these things, all these things)

一大堆钱 (all these things, all these things, all these things)

Mommy and Daddy, can you please stop fighting?

爸爸妈妈，你们能别吵了吗？

(All these things, and I don't care about)

(All these things, and I don't care about)

(Ooh, all these things, all these things, all these things, ooh)

(Ooh, all these things, all these things, all these things, ooh)

Let's get Stevie out of jail

让我们把 Stevie 从监狱里弄出来

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这首歌中的词汇:

词汇	含义
family /ˈfæməli/ A1	noun - 家庭 adjective - 家庭的
cook /kʊk/ A1	verb - 烹饪
locked /lɒkt/ A2	adjective - 锁定的
sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - 甜的
hard /hɑːrd/ A2	adjective - 困难的，硬的
save /seɪv/ B1	verb - 拯救，节省
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - 脸
food /fuːd/ A1	noun - 食物
guard /ɡɑːrd/ B1	noun - 警卫 verb - 保护
laugh /læf/ A2	verb - 笑
mean /miːn/ A2	verb - 意思是
fancy /ˈfænsi/ B1	adjective - 华丽的
hate /heɪt/ B1	verb - 憎恨
remember /rɪˈmembər/ A2	verb - 记得
rude /ruːd/ B1	adjective - 粗鲁的
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - 爱

语法:

• This is for the family that can't be with us.

  ➔ 用'that'引导的定语从句

  ➔ 定语从句 "that can't be with us" 修饰名词 "family"。'That' 用作关系代词，引导从句，提供关于家庭的更多信息。

• This why I spit it in my songs so sweet, like a photo of your granny's picture.

  ➔ 使用 'Why' 作为原因/因果连词和明喻。

  ➔ "This why" 是 "This is why" 的口语缩写，表示原因。“like a photo...” 这句话是一个明喻，将歌曲的甜蜜与甜蜜的家庭照片进行比较。

• Abi, remember when they ain't believe in me?

  ➔ 非正式缩略 ('ain't') 和间接问句

  ➔ "Ain't" 是 "didn't" 或 "haven't" 的非标准缩写。“When they ain't believe in me” 是一个间接问句，用作 “remember” 的宾语。

• You know that one auntie, you don't mean to be rude, but every holiday, nobody eating her food.

  ➔ 省略（省略 'is'）和使用 'But' 作为对比连词。

  ➔ 在短语 "You know that one auntie" 中有一个省略，为了简洁起见，省略了 "there *is*"。“But” 用于对比说话人意识到可能粗鲁的事实与没有人吃阿姨食物的现实。

• Act like you ain't took a bath with your cousin.

  ➔ 双重否定和非正式语言

  ➔ "ain't took" 的使用结合了非标准的否定缩写词 ("ain't") 和过去分词 "took"。 这就产生了双重否定，这在标准英语中是语法错误的，但在某些方言中很常见。它的意思是 "Act like you haven't taken a bath with your cousin"。

• Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to God, and keep your face to the risin' sun.

  ➔ 具有平行结构的祈使句

  ➔ 每个从句 (Keep your nose..., keep your heart..., keep your face...) 都是一个祈使句，发出命令或指示。平行结构创造了一种有节奏且令人难忘的效果。

• Why Uncle Ray and Aunt Sheila always performin'?

  ➔ 现在进行时用于习惯性行为 (带有恼怒的含义)

  ➔ 在这种语境下使用的现在进行时 ("are ... performin'") 意味着 Ray 叔叔和 Sheila 阿姨的表演是经常发生且令人恼火的事件。