God, if you're listening, let us know;(上帝,如果你在聆听,让我们知晓吧;) God, if you're listening, let us know;(上帝,如果你在聆听,让我们知晓吧;) They teach us to believe that we're not strong like them;(他们(指奴隶主)教导我们,要我们相信我们没有他们那么强大;) That we don't have the will to crush these walls that hold us in;((他们)要我们相信我们没有意志去冲破圈着我们的墙;) They try and make us think that we'll never have the chance;(他们想方设法要我们以为我们永远没有冲出去的机会;) Can I fight for my own freedom with only these two hands?(我能用我自己的双手来争取我的自由吗?)
Is anybody listening? Does anybody hear? (有人在聆听,有人在关注吗?) Is anybody out there see us struggling with our fear?(有人看见我们在恐惧中挣扎吗?) Is our future written on a sky of cold stone?(难道我们的未来就写在那又冷又硬的天空上吗?)
You can tie a rock to my soul,(你可以将巨石绑在我的灵魂上,) But you can't build a prison for my mind, no,(但你无法将我的思想关在监狱里,) You can chain my body to the earth,(你可以用枷锁将我的身体锁在地上,) But still my spirit flies,(但我的精神仍然能够飞翔,) My spirit flies。。。(我的精神展翅飞翔。。。)