[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]
I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
这句还是可以用英国哲学家Edmund Burke的一句话来解释:“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”(邪恶胜利的唯一条件就是好人什么都不做)。
Fear is such a weak emotion, that's why I despise it
恐惧是一种脆弱的情绪,所以我鄙视恐惧。引用尼采的一句话:Fear is the mother of morality(恐惧是道德之母)。
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
恐惧让整个社会陷入沉默,人们甚至连说真话的勇气都没有。
So scared of what you think of me, I'm scared of even telling you
这里,Lupe用第一人称对他的粉丝说道,他害怕你们听到这首歌后会怎么看待他,是抗议他告诉你们这么冷酷难以接受的社会现实,还是继续拥戴他,让这段话成为改变的催化剂。
Sometimes I'm like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
有时把所有的真相托盘而出很可能会把自己的生命,甚至是其他人的生命置于危险境地。所以Lupe除了告诉自己,任何人都无法给他安全感。
I'm locked inside a cell in me, I know that there's a jail in you
每个人的心里都有一座牢房,你的思想、话语、情感全被困在里面
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
现在,这首歌让他重获自由,他说了所有的事情,不再受困在阴暗的心房之中。
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling through
经过长时间的沉默,终于他的思想通过这首歌传递了出去,希望更多的人听到他的真实想法。