华盛顿邮报 图帕克谋杀案时隔近三十年又有新进展(3)

 

    He knows who he is. He knows where he is.

    他知道自己的身份，知道自己的位置。

    At that early point in his life, like, he understands kind of where he fits.

    在人生的早期阶段，他知道自己适合待在哪个位置。

    And I think a lot of people were, at that time, especially young black men, were ready to hear that, were kind of ready to have a champion to say the things that either, you know, you couldn't articulate yourself or you weren't in a position in your life to be able to say those things.

    我想当时很多人，尤其是年轻黑人，已经准备好听他发言了。他们已经准备好要有一个捍卫者来表达那些自己无法表达清楚的事情，或者在生活中没有能力表达的事情。

    He would just say them. And you were like, "Yes. Yes. Somebody should have been saying that."他会直接说出来。你会觉得，“是的。是的。应该有人这么说才对。”

    Yeah, and Tupac ended up having a huge audience and following not just in the United States, but around the world.

    是的，最终图帕克不仅在美国，而且在世界各地都有大量的观众和粉丝。

    Let's just briefly¹ talk about some of his most popular songs, like, what he's known for, and how these songs sort of represent all of the dimensions of him.

    让我们简单谈谈他最受欢迎的几首歌，比如，他出名的是哪几首歌，以及这些歌是如何代表他的各个方面的。

    I think the two that stand out the most to me are "Dear Mama" and "Keep Ya Head Up," I think because they're such heartfelt songs that tap into listeners' emotions.

    我认为最杰出的两首歌是《Dear Mama》和《Keep Ya Head Up》，我想是因为这两首歌都是发自内心的歌曲，能触及听众的情感。

    And even as a crack fiend, Mama. You always was a black queen, Mama. I finally understand, for a woman, it ain't easy. Trying to raise a man.

    即使你是一个瘾君子，妈妈。妈妈，你永远是一个伟大的黑人皇后。我终于明白了，对于一个女人来说那并不容易。饱受艰难地养大一个男人。

    Yeah, and in "Dear Mama," it's autobiographical, right? He's talking about his mom, right?

    对，《Dear Mama》是自传式的歌曲，对吧? 他说的是他妈妈，对吧?

    Right. And, also, like, he talks about the pain without embarrassing his mother, right?

    对。他谈论痛苦的时候不会让他妈妈难堪，对吧？

    Without shaming her for whatever she's gone through.

    又不会因为他妈妈经历的一切(吸毒经历)而羞辱她。

    Like, at the end, he still loves her. He holds her up. You know, his mother raised him, and he was sort of raised with the ideals of the Black Panther Party.

    到最后，他还爱着她，他支撑着她。他的母亲把他抚养成人，他在“黑豹党(美国黑人社团)”理想的熏陶下长大。

    "Changes" is another song.

    《Changes》是他的另一首歌。

    Give the crack to the kids, who the hell cares?

    把那种东西给孩子们，谁在乎呢？

    One less hungry mouth on the welfare.

    少一个饥肠辘辘的人享受福利

    First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal to brothers.

    第一次给他们供货 让他们去对付兄弟。

    Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other.

    把枪给他们退后 看着他们自相残杀

    It's, like, social commentary with that one, right? He's broadening it out.

    歌词就像是社会评论，对吧? 他在扩大传播范围。

    And he's -- Right. He's thinking about how to improve the world.

    对，他在考虑如何让这个世界变得更好。

    I mean, it's, like, impactful, but it's also interesting that it's coming from an artist like Tupac, because he also had other types of songs, right?

    这首歌很有影响力，但同样有趣的是，这首歌出自图帕克这样的艺术家之口，因为他还有其他类型的歌曲，对吧?

    Like, party anthems³ or songs about violence or misogynistic⁴ lyrics⁵, right?

    比如派对颂歌，关于暴力的歌，或者关于歧视女性的歌词，对吧?

    Yeah, and I think, to be honest, most of his stuff actually fits in this bucket where it's, like, really heartfelt.

    对，说实话，我觉得他的大部分作品都是发自内心的。

    But you're right. You got "California Love," which to this day, a party anthem².

    你说得对。《California Love》这首歌至今仍是派对颂歌。

    You got "Hit 'Em Up," which is battle rap, right? Him just going at Biggie Smalls.

    《Hit 'Em Up》是比拼说唱，对吧? 他比拼的对象是Biggie Smalls。

    First off...and the clique⁶ you claim.

    首先......我要声明。

    Westside when we ride, come equipped with game.

    当我们西岸到来的时候，我们已经整装待发 。

    You claim to be a player but I...your wife.

    你声称是花花公子，但是我曾经......你的老婆 。

    We bust⁷ on Bad Boy...for life.

    我们这辈子和Bad Boy的混蛋干上了 。

    He was prolific⁸ and he had range. He could do just about any type of hip-hop.

    他作品丰富，且领域广泛。他几乎会任何类型的嘻哈歌曲。

1 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

2 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。

3 anthems   

n.赞美诗( anthem的名词复数 )；圣歌；赞歌；颂歌

参考例句：

• They usually play the national anthems of the teams at the beginning of a big match. 在大型赛事开始前，他们通常演奏参赛国国歌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rise please, rise for the anthems of & . 请全体起立，奏和两国国歌。 来自互联网

4 misogynistic   

参考例句：

• And it brings out everything that is most noxious and misogynistic about the right. 而且，这种情绪也流露出右派思想中最为保守有害，歧视女性的那一面。 来自互联网

5 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

6 clique   

n.朋党派系，小集团

参考例句：

• The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.反动统治集团内部勾心斗角，四分五裂。
• If the renegade clique of that country were in power,it would have meant serious disaster for the people.如果那个国家的叛徒集团一得势，人民就要遭殃。

7 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

8 prolific   

adj.丰富的，大量的；多产的，富有创造力的

参考例句：

• She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
• The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。