Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.

  • -- Saul Williams 索威廉

说唱为什么不应该是深奥的,能够接受时事、历史和批评?我想这是一种古老的遏制思想——说唱歌手,因为他们是黑人,不能也不应该渴望从贫民区之外寻求影响。

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Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, 'cause it's okay to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading.

女孩可以穿牛仔裤,剪短头发,穿衬衫和靴子,因为做男孩是可以的,但是让男孩看起来像女孩是很丢脸的。

When I hear of an 'equity' in a case like this, I am reminded of a blind man in a dark room - looking for a black hat - which isn't there.

当我听到这样一个案件的“公平”,我想起一个盲人在一个黑暗的房间里——寻找一顶黑色的帽子——那里没有。

Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them.

现在,我的工作就是像一个救护车追逐者。我得去找白人从里面掉出来的电影。

I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way.

我不渴望像其他司机一样——我渴望以我自己的方式与众不同。

I don't understand why everyone has to wear black, grey and white.

我不明白为什么每个人都要穿黑色、灰色和白色的衣服。

I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.

我相信,一个人可以追求他想要的一切。