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Pistols shots ring out in the barroom night |
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yè wǎn shí fēn jiǔ bā jiān xiǎng qǐ qiāng shēng |
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Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall |
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pà dì wǎ lún dīng cóng lóu shàng xià lái |
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She sees the bartender in a pool of blood |
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tā kàn jiàn jiǔ bā zhāo dài dào zài xuè pō lǐ |
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Cries out " My God they killed them all" |
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gāo shēng jiào hǎn " tiān nà tā men quán dōu bèi shā le" |
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Here comes the story of the Hurricane |
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jù fēng de gù shì jiù zhè yàng kāi shǐ le |
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The man the authorities came to blame |
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For something that he never done |
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Put him in a prison cell but one time he coulda been |
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The champion of the world. |
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zhè gè rén yīn tā cóng méi zuò guò de shì bèi pàn rù yù, ér tā běn kě yǐ chéng wéi yí gè shì jiè guàn jūn. |
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Three bodies lying there does Patty see |
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zhèng rú pà dì suǒ jiàn, sān jù shī tǐ tàng zài nà li |
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And another man named Bello moving around mysteriously |
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ér lìng yí gè míng jiào bèi lè de nán zǐ zhèng kě yí dì zǒu lái zǒu qù |
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" I didn' t do it" he says and he throws up his hands |
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" bú shì wǒ gàn de" tā jǔ qǐ shuāng shǒu |
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" I was only robbing the register I hope you understand |
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" wǒ zhǐ shì cóng shōu yín jī lǐ tōu le diǎn qián, wǒ xī wàng nǐ liǎo jiě, |
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I saw them leaving" he says and he stops |
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wǒ kàn jiàn tā men lí kāi." tā tíng le xià lái, |
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" One of us had better call up the cops" |
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" wǒ men zhōng de yí gè zuì hǎo bào jǐng" |
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And so Patty calls the cops |
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yú shì pà dì bào jǐng le |
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And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashing |
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jǐng chá lái dào xiàn chǎng, hóng sè de jǐng dēng shǎn shuò bù tíng, |
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In the hot New Jersey night. |
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zài zhè yán rè de xīn zé xī de yè wǎn. |
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Meanwhile far away in another part of town |
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yú cǐ tóng shí, yuǎn zài zhè gè shì zhèn de lìng yī biān |
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Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around |
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Number one contender for the middleweight crown |
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luó bīn kǎ tè, zhōng liàng jí guàn jūn de zuì jiā zhēng duó zhě, hé yī duì péng yǒu zhèng kāi zhe chē |
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Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down |
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xiǎng bú dào hé zhǒng gǒu pì de shì zhèng děng zhe tā |
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When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road |
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dāng yí gè jǐng chá bǎ tā tuō dào lù biān |
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Just like the time before and the time before that |
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jiù xiàng yǐ qián fā shēng de nà yàng |
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In Patterson that' s just the way things go |
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zài pà tè sēn shì jiù shì zhè yàng |
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If you' re black you might as well not shown up on the street |
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rú guǒ nǐ shì hēi rén nǐ zuì hǎo bié shàng jiē |
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' Less you wanna draw the heat. |
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chú fēi nǐ xiǎng zì zhǎo má fan. |
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Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the corps |
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ā ěr fú léi dé bèi lè yǒu yí gè tóng bàn, tā zài hé jǐng chá shuō huà |
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Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowling around |
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tā hé a sè dé kè sī tè bù lā dé lì zhǐ shì zài wài yóu dàng |
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He said " I saw two men running out they looked like middleweights |
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tā shuō" wǒ kàn jiàn liǎng gè rén pǎo chū qù, tā men kàn shang qu zhōng děng tǐ zhòng, |
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They jumped into a white car with outofstate plates" |
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zuān jìn yī liàng bái sè de wài dì pái zhào de jiào chē." |
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And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head |
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ér pà dì. wǎ lún dīng zhǐ shì diǎn diǎn tóu. |
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Cop said " Wait a minute boys this one' s not dead" |
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jǐng chá shuō" děng yī xià xiǎo huǒ zi men, zhè gè rén hái méi sǐ" |
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So they took him to the infirmary |
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yú shì tā men bǎ tā sòng qù yī yuàn |
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And though this man could hardly see |
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suī rán zhè gè rén jī hū shén me yě kàn bú jiàn |
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They told him that he could identify the guilty men. |
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dàn tā men gào sù tā, tā kě yǐ jiàn bié zuì fàn. |
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Four in the morning and they haul Rubin in |
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líng chén sì diǎn tā men bǎ luó bīn tuō lái |
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Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs |
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bǎ tā dài dào yī yuàn, dài tā dào lóu shàng |
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The wounded man looks up through his one dying eye |
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shāng zhě yòng tā yǎn yǎn yī xī de yǎn jīng kàn le kàn |
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Says " Wha' d you bring him in here for ? He ain' t the guy !" |
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shuō," nǐ men bǎ tā dài wèi zuò shí mǒ? tā bú shì nà gè rén!" |
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Yes here comes the story of the Hurricane |
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jù fēng de gù shì jiù zhè yàng kāi shǐ le |
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The man the authorities came to blame |
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For something that he never done |
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Put in a prison cell but one time he coulda been |
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The champion of the world. |
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zhè gè rén yīn tā cóng méi zuò guò de shì bèi pàn rù yù, ér tā běn kě yǐ chéng wéi yí gè shì jiè guàn jūn. |
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Four months later the ghettos are in flame |
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sì gè yuè hòu pín mín qū zài fèi téng |
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Rubin' s in South America fighting for his name |
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luó bīn zài nán měi wèi tā de míng yù ér zhàn |
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While Arthur Dexter Bradley' s still in the robbery game |
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tóng shí a sè dé kè sī tè bù lā dé lì jì xù tā de dào qiè yíng shēng |
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And the cops are putting the screws to him looking for somebody to blame |
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wèi le zhǎo dào tì zuì yáng, jǐng chá zhèng xiàng tā shī yā. |
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" Remember that murder that happened in a bar ?" |
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" nǐ jì de móu shā shì zài jiǔ bā fā shēng de ma?" |
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" Remember you said you saw the getaway car?" |
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" nǐ jì de nǐ shuō guò kàn jiàn yī liàng jiào chē táo lí le xiàn chǎng?" |
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" You think you' d like to play ball with the law ?" |
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" nǐ rèn wéi nǐ xǐ huān hé fǎ lǜ hé zuò?" |
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" Think it mighta been that fighter you saw running that night ?" |
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" xiǎng xiǎng nà tiān wǎn shàng nǐ kàn jiàn de táo pǎo de rén huì bú huì zhèng shì nà gè quán jī shǒu?" |
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" Don' t forget that you are white". |
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" bié wàng le nǐ shì bái rén." |
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Arthur Dexter Bradley said " I' m really not sure" |
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a sè dé kè sī tè bù lā dé lì shuō" wǒ zhēn de bù què dìng" |
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Cops said " A boy like you could use a break |
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jǐng chá shuō" xiàng nǐ zhè yàng de xiǎo huǒ zi dé xué cōng míng diǎn |
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We got you for the motel job and we' re talking to your friend Bello |
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wǒ men gěi nǐ zhǎo le fèn qì chē lǚ guǎn de gōng zuò, wǒ men zhèng zài hé nǐ de péng yǒu bèi lè shuō zhè shì |
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Now you don' t wanta have to go back to jail be a nice fellow |
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xiàn zài nǐ bù bì huí dào jiān yù qù zuò gè hǎo huǒ jì |
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You' ll be doing society a favor |
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nǐ jiāng wèi shè huì zuò chū diǎn gòng xiàn |
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That sonofabitch is brave and getting braver |
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nà gè gǒu niáng yǎng de hěn dà dǎn ér qiě yuè lái yuè dà dǎn |
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We want to put his ass in stir |
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wǒ men yào sòng tā jìn jiān láo |
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We want to pin this triple murder on him |
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wǒ men yào bǎ zhè sān chóng mìng àn suàn zài tā shēn shàng |
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He ain' t no Gentleman Jim". |
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tā kě béng xiǎng dāng" shēn shì jí mǔ" Gentleman Jim: 1942 nián měi guó quán jī tí cái diàn yǐng, zhōng wén yì míng shì jì |
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Rubin could take a man out with just one punch |
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luó bīn kě yǐ zhǐ yòng yī jì zhòng quán jiù sòng duì shǒu chū jú |
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But he never did like to talk about it all that much |
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dàn tā cóng bù yuàn guò duō dì tán lùn zhèi xiē shì |
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It' s my work he' d say and do it for pay |
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tā huì shuō, zhè shì wǒ de gōng zuò, zuò zhèi xiē shì wèi le bào chóu |
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And when it' s over I' d just as soon go on my way |
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zhǐ yào zhèi xiē yī jié shù, wǒ jiù shàng lù le |
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Up to some paradise |
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qù dào yī xiē hǎo dì fāng |
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Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice |
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zài nà li guī yú chéng qún, kōng qì qīng xīn |
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And ride a horse along a trail |
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hái kě yǐ yán zhe xiǎo jìng qí mǎ |
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But then they took him to the jailhouse |
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kě shì tā men bǎ tā guān jìn le jiān yù |
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Where they try to turn a man into a mouse. |
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zài nà li tā men shì tú bǎ yí ge rén biàn chéng shǔ bèi |
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All of Rubin' s cards were marked in advance |
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suǒ yǒu luó bīn de pái dōu shì xiān zuò le jì hào yì zhǐ jǐng fāng gù yì xiàn hài |
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The trial was a pigcircus he never had a chance |
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shěn xùn jiù shì yí gè quān tào tā méi yǒu rèn hé jī huì |
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The judge made Rubin' s witnesses drunkards from the slums |
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fǎ guān bǎ luó bīn dí zhèng rén shì wéi lái zì pín mín kū de jiǔ guǐ jù wǎng luò zī liào, luó bīn bù zài fàn zuì xiàn chǎng zhèng rén dí zhèng cí dāng shí shì cún zài yí wèn de, zhè yì diǎn yě dǎo zhì le zuì hòu luó bīn yǒu zuì de pàn jué. |
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To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum |
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zài nèi xiē páng guān de white folks kàn lái, tā shì gè revolutionary bum |
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And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger |
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zài black folks kàn lái, tā zhǐ gè fēng kuáng de hēi guǐ zhè jǐ jù bù dǒng |
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No one doubted that he pulled the trigger |
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méi yǒu rén huái yí tā kòu dòng le bǎn jī |
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And though they could not produce the gun |
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jǐn guǎn tā men méi néng zhǎo dào qiāng |
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The DA said he was the one who did the deed |
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jiǎn chá guān shuō tā jiù shì xiōng shǒu |
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And the allwhite jury agreed. |
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" quán bái rén" péi shěn tuán biǎo shì tóng yì |
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Rubin Carter was falsely tried |
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luó bīn kǎ tè bèi bù zhèng dàng dì shěn pàn |
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The crime was murder ' one', guess who testified? |
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zuì míng shì yī jí móu shā, cāi cāi shuí zuò dí zhèng |
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Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied |
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bèi lè hé bù lā dé lì, tā men dōu dà yán bù cán dì shuō le huǎng |
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And the newspapers they all went along for the ride |
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bào zhǐ yě dōu zài còu rè nào |
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How can the life of such a man |
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Be in the palm of some fool' s hand ? |
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zhè yàng yí ge rén de yī shēng zěn néng rèn yóu zhèi xiē shǎ guā cāo kòng yú gǔ zhǎng? |
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To see him obviously framed |
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kàn zhe tā suǒ zāo shòu de nèi xiē xiǎn ér yì jiàn de xiàn hài, |
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Couldn' t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land |
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wǒ bù jīn wéi shēng huó yú zhè piàn tǔ dì ér gǎn dào xiū chǐ |
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Where justice is a game. |
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zài zhè lǐ gōng zhèng shì ér xì |
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Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties |
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xiàn zài, suǒ yǒu yǒu zuì zhī rén dōu chuān zhe wài tào dǎ zhe lǐng dài |
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Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise |
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zì yóu zì zài dì yī biān dì hē zhe mǎ tí ní yī biān kàn rì chū |
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While Rubin sits like Buddha in a tenfoot cell |
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ér luó bīn què xiàng fú yí yàng zuò zài shí yīng chǐ jiàn fāng de qiú shì lǐ |
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An innocent man in a living hell |
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yī míng wú gū zhě shòu kùn yú huó rén dì yù |
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That' s the story of the Hurricane |
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zhè jiù shì jù fēng de gù shì |
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But it won' t be over till they clear his name |
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dàn shì hái méi wán, tā men dé xǐ shuā tā de zuì míng |
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And give him back the time he' s done |
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guī huán tā shì qù de shí guāng |
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Put him in a prison cell but one time he coulda been |
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The champion of the world. |
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tā men bǎ tā bèi guān jìn jiān yù, ér tā běn kě yǐ chéng wéi yí gè shì jiè guàn jūn |