A Child Is Born

A Child Is Born

    

    Intro/Chorus:
    A child is born with no state of mind
    Blind to the ways of mankind
    God is smiling on you and He's frowning too
    Because only God knows what you'll go through, uhh
    A child is born with no state of mind
    Blind to the ways of mankind
    God is smiling but He's frowning too
    Verse 1:
    He grew up in an instant, the fourth of seven children
    The oldest male on the block was half and half
    brown, stones to neck bones, crack joints¹ to tones
    Where young girls spread out and drop seeds like they're farmers
    They're old as their momma's, the same age as their aunt
    and the neighbourhood drunk men and that lady with the dreaded² disease
    is like hard to please
    And the house of ill fate with the metal gate
    kepp the thin people cracked out like *?puncheon?* monks³
    The ole man with the fruit stand is on his man
    His hand, his ole heart just can't stand
    the CPR as they load him in the back of a car
    I'm on a world tour to help free the poor
    From the local drug cats to kids in front of the store
    Number runners, gangbangers and the big money spenders
    Reality check rings as we descend⁴ from the king
    Chorus:
    Now a child is born with no state of mind
    Blind to the ways of mankind
    God is smiling on you and He's frowning too
    Because only God knows what you'll go through
    A child is born with no state of mind
    Blind to the ways of mankind
    God is smiling but He's frowning too
    Because only God knows....
    Verse 2:
    The home's filled with horror in my horoscope
    Tomorrow I could be broke, this ain't a joke
    I'm twenty dollars from bein dead ass⁵
    I'm bout⁶ to spend half on a bag to get my head blast
    Last week I lost to justice cycle, born
    and spawned⁷ a riff with my wiz
    now she dead with my kids
    I live by the subway, niggas push drugs in my hallway
    All day everyday tryin to get the pay
    And I be tryin ta find a better way
    You see, when you're poor then you're forced to adore to raw play
    Survival be a forte⁸, lookin forward to robble up your food stamps
    Projects' like boot camps
    wit generals cookin chemical warfare⁹
    Ki's to a mayor, I ain't seen ya ass in four years
    The law bears down on anybody that's brown
    My complexion¹⁰ puts me in the direction of the section 8
    Rejection seems to be my fate
    As a kid, don't wanna ship my momma, always said I had to wait
    And it's been drama up to date
    Enough to traumatise people's lives and the eyes they try to fixtate
    Chorus:
    A child is born with no state of mind
    Blind to the ways of mankind
    God is smiling on you but He's frowning too
    Because only God knows what you'll go through
    A child is born with no state of mind
    Blind to the ways of mankind
    God is smiling but He's frowning too
    Because...
    Verse 3:
    Born into existance with some resistance
    A struggle comin out my ol' earth's womb
    It was little past noon, three months before June
    I had a feelin I was headed toward the land of doom
    I came out and the doctor got ready to smack
    I grabbed the 'bilical cord and tried to pull myself back
    but it was too late for that cos in fact
    I'll slit the sack so I gotta maintain where I'm at
    Now I'm here breathin this diff'rent kind of air
    Poverty bound, headed for the welfare
    Drug-infested, rat-infested, people drownin in sorrow at neighbourhood bars
    Roaches bigger than my hot wheel cars
    Dope fiends with swollen arms lookin like rotten wood
    turn to crack monsters up and down the neighbourhood
    Lit the store, business soar as the crowd pour
    all thru the corridors, echo-in off the project walls
    That's why the God say
    Chorus:
    A child is born with no state of mind
    Blind to the ways of mankind
    God is smiling on you but He's frowning too
    Because only God knows what you'll go through
    *repeat*

1 joints   

接头( joint的名词复数 )； 关节； 公共场所（尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所） （非正式）； 一块烤肉 （英式英语）

参考例句：

• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。

2 dreaded   

adj.令人畏惧的；害怕的v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The dreaded moment had finally arrived. 可怕的时刻终于来到了。
• He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. 他害怕非得在医院过圣诞节不可。 来自《用法词典》

3 monks   

n.修道士，僧侣( monk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
• He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

5 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

6 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。

7 spawned   

（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )； 大量生产

参考例句：

• The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
• The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。

8 forte   

n.长处，擅长；adj.(音乐)强音的

参考例句：

• Her forte is playing the piano.她擅长弹钢琴。
• His forte is to show people around in the company.他最拿手的就是向大家介绍公司。

9 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

10 complexion   

n.肤色；情况，局面；气质，性格

参考例句：

• Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
• Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。