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– Ndiyo
I sometimes wonder, “What would I do in a next generation?”
– Wakati mwingine najiuliza, ” ningefanya nini katika kizazi kijacho?”
In 1940, if I was enlisted to fight for the nation
– Mnamo 1940, ikiwa niliandikishwa kupigania taifa
Or in 1960, if I had to fight for the rights of my people
– Au mwaka wa 1960, ikiwa nilipaswa kupigana kwa haki za watu wangu
And laid down my life on the line so my grandkids could live a life that’s peaceful
– Na kuweka maisha yangu kwenye mstari ili wajukuu wangu waweze kuishi maisha ambayo ni ya amani
Would I be on that? Would I be frontline?
– Je, ningekuwa kwenye hilo? Je, ningekuwa mstari wa mbele?
That’s what I’m thinkin’
– Hiyo ndiyo ninayofikiria’
If I was alive in the 1912 on the Titanic and it was sinkin’
– Ikiwa nilikuwa hai katika 1912 Juu Ya Titanic na ilikuwa kuzama’
Who am I savin’? Am I fightin’ women and children, or am I waitin’?
– Mimi ni nani savin’? Je, mimi kupigana ‘wanawake na watoto, au mimi kusubiri’?
I wonder, “What would I do in a next generation?”
– Nashangaa, ” ningefanya nini katika kizazi kijacho?”
Battle of Karbala, if they captured me for the sake of my father
– Vita Vya Karbala, ikiwa walinikamata kwa ajili ya baba yangu
Would I stand on my honour like Hussein did it, and tell them to make me martyr
– Je, mimi kusimama juu ya heshima yangu Kama Hussein alifanya hivyo, na kuwaambia kufanya mimi shahidi
Would I really get smarter?
– Je, ningekuwa nadhifu zaidi?
Forgive my oppressor or stick to the creed?
– Msamehe mnyanyasaji wangu au ushikamane na imani?
If I got locked inside like Nelson Mandela, but never was freed
– Ikiwa nilifungwa ndani kama Nelson Mandela, lakini sikuwahi kuachiliwa
I see a white man dance to rumba, ain’t study Patrice Lumumba
– Namuona mzungu akicheza rumba, si kusoma Patrice Lumumba
But get on the stage and sing like sungba, lajaja-ja-ja, sungba
– Lakini panda jukwaani na uimbe kama sungba, lajaja-ja – ja, sungba
Fuck it, I wonder, “What would I do in a next generation?”
– Fuck ni, nashangaa, ” ningefanya nini katika kizazi kijacho?”
Would I fight for justice? Is it the reason my mum named me David?
– Je, ningepigania haki? Je, hiyo ndiyo Sababu mama yangu aliniita Daudi?
How can you be king? How can you be king? Don’t speak for the people
– Unawezaje kuwa mfalme? Unawezaje kuwa mfalme? Usizungumze kwa ajili ya watu
Them man try draw me out and compare like me and these niggas are equal
– Wao mtu kujaribu kuteka mimi nje na kulinganisha kama mimi na hizi niggas ni sawa
I’m a Black man and this bozo sayin’ my music socially conscious
– Mimi Ni Mtu Mweusi na hii bozo kusema ‘ muziki wangu kijamii fahamu
While the mandem troll the responses, this world’s gone totally bonkers
– Wakati mandem troll majibu, dunia hii wamekwenda kabisa bonkers
I sometimes wonder, “What would I do in a next generation?”
– Wakati mwingine najiuliza, ” ningefanya nini katika kizazi kijacho?”
But I’m knowin’ the answer, ’cause what am I doin’ in this generation?
– Lakini ninajua jibu, kwa sababu ninafanya nini katika kizazi hiki?
Afraid to speak cah I don’t wanna risk it my occupation
– Hofu ya kuzungumza cah sitaki kuhatarisha kazi yangu
We got kids under occupation, my parents, they wouldn’t get that
– Tulipata watoto chini ya kazi, wazazi wangu, hawangepata hiyo
The people that died for our freedom spoke on justice, couldn’t accept that
– Watu waliokufa kwa ajili ya uhuru wetu walizungumza juu ya haki, hawakuweza kukubali hilo
I talk by the money on all my accounts, so why don’t I speak on the West Bank?
– Ninazungumza kwa pesa kwenye akaunti zangu zote, kwa nini sizungumzi Kwenye Ukingo wa Magharibi?
Remember growin’ up prejudice, the damage 7-7 did
– Kumbuka kukua ubaguzi, uharibifu 7-7 alifanya
Extremist and terrorist, I was afraid of the Taliban
– Mimi ni mkaidi na wa kigaidi, niliogopa Taliban
Can’t speak out on illegal settlers, now I’m afraid of a shadow-ban
– Siwezi kusema juu ya walowezi haramu, sasa ninaogopa marufuku ya kivuli
What would I do in a next generation?
– Ningefanya nini katika kizazi kijacho?
Critiquin’ African leaders for sellin’ our country’s natural resources to the West for peanuts
– Wakosoa viongozi Wa Afrika kwa kuuza maliasili za nchi yetu Magharibi kwa ajili ya karanga
If they don’t hear, they’ll feel us
– Ikiwa hawasikii, watatuhisi
I question what I’m alive for
– Mimi swali nini mimi nina hai kwa
Now can you say you’re alive if you ain’t got somethin’ you’re willin’ to die for?
– Sasa unaweza kusema wewe ni hai kama wewe si got kitu ‘wewe ni willin’ kufa kwa ajili ya?
What am I willin’ to die for? What am I doin’ in this generation?
– Nitakufa kwa ajili ya nini? Ninafanya nini katika kizazi hiki?
I get in my head sometimes, I feel like I’m in despair
– Ninaingia kichwani mwangu wakati mwingine, nahisi kama nimekata tamaa
That feelin’ of total powerlessness, I get that sinkin’ feelin’
– Hisia hiyo ya kutokuwa na nguvu kabisa, ninapata hisia hiyo ya kuzama
That good ain’t defeatin’ evil
– Hiyo nzuri sio kushinda uovu
I put that pain on vinyl, but feel like that shit ain’t movin’ the needle
– Mimi kuweka kwamba maumivu juu ya vinyl, lakini kujisikia kama kwamba shit si movin ‘ sindano
Retweetin’ people, raisin’ awareness, in all fairness
– Retweetin ‘watu, kuongeza’ ufahamu, kwa haki yote
Ain’t gonna bring Chris back to his parents
– Je, Si kumrudisha Chris kwa wazazi wake
But there’s no other option, it’s a process
– Lakini hakuna chaguo jingine, ni mchakato
Gotta stand and protest cah they want man silenced
– Gotta kusimama na maandamano cah wanataka mtu kimya
Cah they want man dead or they want man hopeless
– Cah wanataka mtu amekufa au wanataka mtu asiye na tumaini
In the next generation, I spoke with my ancestors in the night and I showed them
– Katika kizazi kijacho, nilizungumza na mababu zangu usiku na nikawaonyesha
They spoke with tears in their eyes for the brothers they lost and said it was progress
– Waliongea kwa machozi machoni mwao kwa ajili ya ndugu waliopoteza na kusema ni maendeleo
“How can it be progress?” I asked him, confused, disgusted
– “Inawezaje kuwa maendeleo? “Nilimuuliza, nimechanganyikiwa, nimechukizwa
They said, “David, just so you can fight this, you know how much sufferin’ touched us?
– Wakasema, ” Daudi, ili tu uweze kupigana na hili, unajua ni kiasi gani cha mateso kilichotugusa?
And you got a chance, we come from a time and a place where you couldn’t get justice
– Na umepata nafasi, tunatoka wakati na mahali ambapo huwezi kupata haki
Had to find peace in the fact that we all answer to the one what we trust in
– Ilibidi tupate amani kwa ukweli kwamba sisi sote tunamjibu yule tunayemwamini
And in our generation, we did do peaceful protest, just like you
– Na katika kizazi chetu, tulifanya maandamano ya amani, kama wewe
Burnt buildings, just like you, did boycotts, just like you
– Majengo ya kuteketezwa, kama wewe, yalisusia, kama wewe
Sat in a hostel powerless, did feel powerless just like you
– Ameketi katika hosteli isiyo na nguvu, alijisikia asiye na nguvu kama wewe
And I know that it may sound strange, but we made some change and we’re just like you
– Na ninajua kuwa inaweza kusikika kuwa ya kushangaza, lakini tulifanya mabadiliko na sisi ni kama wewe
I know that you question your character, I know that you suffer in silence
– Najua kwamba unahoji tabia yako, najua kwamba unateseka kimya
I know that it don’t feel right when you go to the club in Victoria Island
– Najua kwamba si kujisikia haki wakati wewe kwenda klabu Katika Victoria Island
‘Cause how can you dance in the club? There’s a hundred people beggin’ outside it
– ‘Kwa sababu unawezaje kucheza dansi katika klabu? Kuna watu mia moja wanaomba nje yake
I know the sins of your father, I know that you’re desperate to fight them
– Ninajua dhambi za baba yako, najua kwamba unatamani sana kupigana nao
So step in your purpose, speak for your people, share all your secrets
– Kwa hivyo ingia katika kusudi lako, zungumza kwa watu wako, shiriki siri zako zote
Expose your emotions, you might not see, but there’s people that need it
– Ose hisia zako, unaweza usione, lakini kuna watu wanaohitaji
Never demand it, and if God can grant it, manifest it and receive it
– Kamwe usidai, Na Ikiwa Mungu anaweza kuipatia, ionyeshe na kuipokea
Your name is David, and that covenant sacred, you gotta promise you’ll keep it”
– Jina Lako Ni Daudi, na agano hilo takatifu, lazima uahidi utaiweka”
Deep it, let man talk on the ting, but I bleed it
– Kina ni, basi mtu majadiliano juu ya ting, lakini mimi damu yake
Man wanna speak on the scene, but I seen it
– Mtu anataka kuzungumza juu ya eneo hilo, lakini niliona
Tried in the fire by Ghetts, I’m anointed
– Nilijaribiwa katika moto Na Ghetts, mimi ni mafuta
Kano passed me the torch, I received it
– Kano alinipitisha tochi, niliipokea
God told me I’m the one, I believed it
– Mungu aliniambia mimi ndiye, niliamini
Shout Hollowman ’cause he helped me achieve it
– Piga Kelele Hollowman ‘ kwa sababu alinisaidia kuifanikisha
I’m the youngest of my brothers, father eased the burden on our mothers
– Mimi ni mdogo wa ndugu zangu, baba alipunguza mzigo kwa mama zetu
Give these niggas money, see their colours
– Wape hawa niggas pesa, angalia rangi zao
Don’t mix me with them, I’m not the one
– Usinichanganye nao, mimi sio yule
Grind and miss the summer, when it comes, I’m Abraham, I sacrifice the sun
– Kusaga na kukosa majira ya joto, linapokuja, mimi Ni Ibrahimu, ninatoa dhabihu jua
Where I’m from they sacrifice their son
– Ambapo mimi ni kutoka wanamtoa mwana wao dhabihu
Hold up, I ain’t finished, I ain’t dumb
– Hold up, mimi si kumaliza, mimi si bubu
My ancestors, my ancestors told me that my life is prophecy
– Mababu zangu, mababu zangu waliniambia kuwa maisha yangu ni unabii
And it’s not just me, it’s a whole generation of people gradually makin’ change
– Na sio mimi tu, ni kizazi kizima cha watu hatua kwa hatua kufanya mabadiliko
There ain’t a greater task
– Hakuna kazi kubwa zaidi
Shift that, make a name, make a star
– Shift kwamba, fanya jina, fanya nyota
They don’t know what they’re facin’ when they ask
– Hawajui wanachokiangalia wanapouliza
With the will of David in my heart
– Kwa Mapenzi Ya Daudi moyoni mwangu
The story of the boy who played the harp
– Hadithi ya mvulana aliyecheza kinubi
