Marvin Gaye - What's Going On：歌詞+中文翻譯

Marvin Gaye於1971年的歌曲，
這是一首反戰歌曲，當時要唱反戰歌曲需要有相當大的勇氣，
很可能因此被貼上標籤藝人之路就此終結，
當時的越戰已經讓美國人反感到極點，
那時候常常會有人走上街頭希望結束這些年來的戰爭，
Marvin Gaye的哥哥在越南打仗，
寄來的信讓他無法相信這世界上竟然有如此人間煉獄，
因此寫了這首歌，警惕世人，
然而當時的鎮暴警察似乎不太買單，
還會因為上街的膚色造成更大的種族問題，
這跟近代的抗議其實沒什麼兩樣，
現在的街頭也是如此，
一切如同歌名：
What's Going On？
我們正活在一個匪夷所思的年代阿。

[Intro]

Hey, hey-hey

Hey, what's happenin'?
嘿，怎麼啦？

Hey, brother, what's happenin'?
嘿~兄弟，怎麼回事？

Boy, this is a groovy party (Hey, how you doin'?)

小子，這可是很時尚的聚會(嘿~過得如何啊？)

Man, I can dig it
老兄，我很上道的

Yeah, brother, solid, right on
耶~兄弟，我罩得住，跟上吧

What's happenin'?
到底是怎回事

Hey, man, what's happening?

嘿~老兄怎麼回事？
Woo

Everything is everything

萬物與你同在

We're gonna do a get down today, boy, I'll tell ya

我們今天要放下一切了，小子，我告訴你了

[Verse 1]

Mother, mother
媽媽

There's too many of you crying
這裡太多讓妳哭泣的點了

Brother, brother, brother
兄弟阿

There's far too many of you dying
你們客死異鄉的人太多了

You know we've got to find a way

我們要想出個辦法

To bring some loving here today, yeah

今天一定要為這地方帶來愛

[Verse 2]

Father, father
爸爸

We don't need to escalate
不須再提高戰備等級了

You see, war is not the answer

你看阿，戰爭根本就沒有答案

For only love can conquer hate
只有愛才能化解恨

You know we've got to find a way
我們要想出個辦法

To bring some loving here today, oh (Oh)

今天一定要為這地方帶來愛

[Chorus]

Picket lines (Sister) and picket signs (Sister)

鎮暴小隊與武裝警察們

Don't punish me (Sister) with brutality (Sister)

別對我施以暴力阿

Talk to me (Sister), so you can see (Sister)

跟我對談，你們就會明白了

Oh, what's going on (What's going on)

哦~到底是怎麼了

What's going on (What's going on)
到底是怎麼了

Yeah, what's going on (What's going on)

到底是怎麼了

Oh, what's going on

這一切究竟是怎麼了

[Post-Chorus]

Ah-ah-ah-ah (In the meantime, right on, baby)

Woo (Right on, baby), woo

Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya

Woo (Right on, baby, right on), woo

Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya

Ba-da-boo-doo, boo-boo-boo-doo, boo-boo-boo

Ba-da-boo-boo-boo-doo, boo-boo-boo-ba-ba-do

[Verse 3]

Mother, mother

媽媽

Everybody thinks we're wrong
大家都認為我們錯了

Oh, but who are they to judge us

但他們又是誰憑什麼批判我們

Simply 'cause our hair is long?
理由很簡單：因為我們頭髮太長了？

(那時候的街頭運動都會留長髮，挺自由的象徵，
嬉皮運動也是，崇尚自由自然反對戰爭)

Oh, you know we've got to find a way
我們要想出個辦法

To bring some understanding here today, oh-oh

為今天帶來一些合理的解釋

[Chorus]

Picket lines (Brother) and picket signs (Brother)
鎮暴小隊與武裝警察們

Don't punish me (Brother) with brutality (Brother)
別對我施以暴力阿

Come on, talk to me (Brother), so you can see (Brother)
來吧，跟我們對話，你就會明白

Oh, what's going on (What's going on)

是怎麼一回事了

Yeah, what's going on (What's going on)
是怎麼一回事了

Tell me what's going on (What's going on)
告訴我，到底怎麼了

I'll tell you what's going on (What's going on)

我會告訴你來龍去脈

[Post-Chorus]

Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh (Right on, baby, right on)

Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya

Woo, woo (Right on)

Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya

Ba-da-boo-doo, boo-boo-boo-doo

Ba-da-boo-boo-boo-doo, ba-da-da-da-da-da-da

[Outro]

Woo (Right on, baby, come on, right on)

Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya

Woo (Right on)

Listen, ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya

Da-boo-doo, boo-boo-boo-doo

Da-boo-boo-doo, boo-boo-boo