God, if you're listening, let us know;(上帝,如果你在聆聽,讓我們知曉吧;) God, if you're listening, let us know;(上帝,如果你在聆聽,讓我們知曉吧;) They teach us to believe that we're not strong like them;(他們(指奴隸主)教導我們,要我們相信我們沒有他們那麼強大;) That we don't have the will to crush these walls that hold us in;((他們)要我們相信我們沒有意志去衝破圈着我們的牆;) They try and make us think that we'll never have the chance;(他們想方設法要我們以為我們永遠沒有衝出去的機會;) Can I fight for my own freedom with only these two hands?(我能用我自己的雙手來爭取我的自由嗎?)
Is anybody listening? Does anybody hear? (有人在聆聽,有人在關注嗎?) Is anybody out there see us struggling with our fear?(有人看見我們在恐懼中掙扎嗎?) Is our future written on a sky of cold stone?(難道我們的未來就寫在那又冷又硬的天空上嗎?)
You can tie a rock to my soul,(你可以將巨石綁在我的靈魂上,) But you can't build a prison for my mind, no,(但你無法將我的思想關在監獄裡,) You can chain my body to the earth,(你可以用枷鎖將我的身體鎖在地上,) But still my spirit flies,(但我的精神仍然能夠飛翔,) My spirit flies。。。(我的精神展翅飛翔。。。)