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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Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.

传统上,黑人必须在这样一种情况下工作,即白人把自己树立为黑人经验的保管人。

I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp.

我认为格鲁吉亚应该追求伟大。我相信伟大就在我们的掌握之中。

Love is a spirit all compact of fire, Not gross to sink, but light, and will aspire.

爱是一种精神,它凝聚着所有的火焰,不会粗鄙地沉沦,而是光明,并将立志。

I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

我并不总是黑人……有个雀斑,它变得越来越大。

We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.

我们尊敬父亲。他仍然比我们伟大得多。

You can't look forward and backward at the same time.

你不能同时向前看和向后看。