Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry

我與我的國家無異 年輕 好鬥 迫切至極

And I'm not throwing away my shot!

而我不能錯失這良機！

I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College

我已拿下國王學院獎學金

I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish

我不該自誇 但 天啊 我真是難得的天才

The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish

問題是我雖天賦異秉 但卻沒錢沒勢力

I gotta holler just to be heard, With every word, I drop knowledge!

我只有搞出大作為 才有人注意到我

I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal Tryin' to reach my goal

我的每一句話 都道理多多

My power of speech: unimpeachable

我如同金子沙中埋 鑽石未雕琢

Only nineteen but my mind is older

為達到目地努力拼搏 我的演說才能 沒人比得過

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder

19歲的我內心已成熟如長者　紐約的街頭無比冷漠

Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage I have learned to manage

我必須肩負艱難險惡

I don't have a gun to brandish I walk these streets famished

我們沒有資本可言說

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame

走在路上又冷又餓

But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name I am the—

我要點燃燎原星火

A - L

然而此刻夜黑如墨

E - X

那就讓我把我的名字訴說 我是A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R

A - N - D

我們原本應該是獨立運轉的殖民地

E-R—we are—meant to be...

英國卻不停指手畫腳 把我們當魁儡

A colony that runs independently

他們苛扣雜稅無窮無止

Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly

英王喬治又揮霍無度

Essentially, they tax us relentlessly

他才不會無條件解放他的臣民

Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree

所以本世紀註定會有一場革命

He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free

輪到我出場了 (這句話在誇號裡)

So there will be a revolution in this century

當我名垂青史那天 你可不要訝異

Enter me!

用我的生命換取民族的自由也在所不惜

(He says in parentheses)

你早晚會看到我的光榮事蹟

Don't be shocked when your hist'ry book mentions me

我不能錯失這良機 (機會) 我不能錯失這良機 (機會)

I will lay down my life if it sets us free

我與我的國家無異 年輕 好鬥 迫切至極

Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy

而我不能錯失這良機

And I am not throwing away My shot— (My shot!)

我不能錯失這良機 我不能錯失這良機

I am not throwing away My shot— (My shot!)

我與我的國家無異 年輕 好鬥 迫切至極

Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry

而我不能錯失這良機

And I'm not throwing away my shot

時候到了 把握良機

I am not throwing away my shot

我夢想著國家沒有君王的那一天

Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry

法國的持續動亂會造成木政府主義嗎？

And I'm not throwing away my shot

木政府？木政府？該怎麼說　喔～是無政府主義

It's time to take a shot!

我在戰場上會嚇得敵人方寸全無

I dream of life without a monarchy The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy?

彈無虛發

'Onarchy? How you say, how you say...

我是個裁縫的學徒

Oo 'anarchy!'

一個大老粗照顧你們這幾個小老弟

When I fight, I make the other side panicky

我加入革命　這是我的機會

With my— Shot!

我不想再縫褲裁衣　我想抬升我的社會階級

Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis

我蓄勢待發

I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance

但如果我們不能保證所有種族都有平等的權利

To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants!

那就不能算是真正的自由

I'm gonna take a— Shot!

你與我　不成功便成仁

But we'll never be truly free

等我帶領第一支黑人部隊

Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me

我們整裝出發

You and I. Do or die

天才們　低調點

Wait till I sally in on a stallion with the first black battalion

別惹麻煩　你們就會有無窮的機會

Have another— Shot!

我贊同你們　但是時局紛擾

Geniuses, lower your voices

你得小心為妙

You keep out of trouble and you double your choices

話太多終究會吃子彈

I'm with you, but the situation is fraught

伯爾　瞧瞧我們的陣容吧

You've got to be carefully taught:

拉法葉先生如蘭斯洛特騎士一般強悍

If you talk, you're gonna get shot!

我看你做的褲子很帥

Burr, check what we got

勞倫斯　我很欣賞你

Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot

讓我們搞出大作為來

I think your pants look hot

什麼樣的巧合能讓我們相遇

Laurens, I like you a lot

思想的火花併射出異彩　不管你怎麼看待

Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot

我們是一群充滿熱情的革命家　廢奴主義者

What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot

給我一個頭銜　告訴我哪裡能拿到彈藥

Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not

喔　我的嗓門是不是太大聲了？

A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?

有時我一激動就無法停止

Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!

我從沒這麼多志同道合的朋友

Oh, am I talkin' too loud?

我發誓要讓你們驕傲

Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth

讓我們將他推到群眾面前吧！

I never had a group of friends before

我不能錯失這良機 我不能錯失這良機

I promise that I'll make y'all proud

我與我的國家無異 年輕 好鬥 迫切至極

Let's get this guy in front of a crowd!

而我不能錯失這良機

I am not throwing away my shot

我不能錯失這良機 我不能錯失這良機

Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry

我與我的國家無異 年輕 好鬥 迫切至極

And I'm not throwing away my shot

而我不能錯失這良機！

I am not throwing away my shot

大家一起唱！

Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry

喔～喔～喔喔喔～

And I'm not throwing away my shot

讓大家聽見你！ Les't go

Ev'rybody sing:

喔～喔～喔喔喔～

Whoa, whoa, whoa

我說 吶喊至雲霄！

Hey!

吶喊至雲霄！

Whoooa!

喔 來吧 來吧！Les't go！

Wooh!!

興起　跪著的人要興起

Whoooa!

告訴你的兄弟要興起

Sing, let 'em hear ya! (Yea!)

告訴妳的姊妹要興起

Let's go!

何時我們這些殖民地才能興起？

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

興起！

I said shout it to the rooftops! (Whooa!)

我太多次想像死亡　以至於死亡對我就像是一個回憶

Said, to the rooftops! (Whooa!)

它何時才真正降臨於我？睡夢中？離我七步之遙？

Come on! (Yea!) Come on, let's go!

當它來臨時　我該逃走還是認命？

Rise up!

它是否只有鼓點　沒有旋律？

When you're living on your knees, you rise up

我從沒想過我能活過２０歲

Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up

在我出生之地　很多人甚至活不過一半

Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up

人生苦短　不如把酒言歡

When are these colonies gonna rise up? (Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!)

只要把握當下　便已足夠

Rise up! Rise up!

這不是短暫的時刻　而是一個時代

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory

如飢似渴　力求奮進的弟兄都去了哪裡

When's it gonna get me? In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?

在敵人面前　我們毅然挺立

If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be?

我們就像摩西　尋找我們的應許之地

Is it like a beat without a melody?

如果我們贏了獨立？

See, I never thought I'd live past twenty Where I come from some get half as many

能否保證自由屬於我們的後裔？

Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask

我們流的血會不會帶來冤冤相報？

We have to make this moment last, that's plenty

死亡與復仇循環無盡

Scratch that

我知道街頭動亂刺激

This is not a moment, it's the movement

但老天　不管如何　在動亂之中

Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went?

我依舊閱讀和寫作

Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand We roll like Moses, claimin' our promised land

我們得建立財政系統

And? If we win our independence?

我們是聯邦國家嗎？　我們的國家是什麼體制

Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?

我已迫不及待　熱血得要讓所有人刮目相看

Or will the blood we shed begin an endless

每個行動都破舊立新

Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?

對死亡與傷痛　我一笑而過

I know the action in the street is excitin'

平生第一次　我意識到未來在等我！

But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin' I've been readin' 'n writin'

我不能錯失這良機 我不能錯失這良機

We need to handle our financial situation

我與我的國家無異 年輕 好鬥 迫切至極

Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?

而我不能錯失這良機！

I'm past patiently waitin'

我們要興起　時候到了　把握良機

I'm passionately Smashin' every expectation

我絕對不會錯失良機！

Every action's an act of creation!

I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow

For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow!

And I am not throwing away my shot

I am not throwing away my shot

Hey yo, I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwing away my shot

We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot! (Not throwing away my shot!)

We're gonna Rise up! Rise up!

It's time to take a shot!

Rise up! Rise up!

It's time to take a shot!

Rise up!

It's time to take a shot! (Wooah!)

Rise up!

Take a shot, shot, shot!

A-yo it's

Time to take a shot!

And I am—

Not throwin' away my—

Not throwin' away my shot!