Lirik Native Son (Terjemahan)

You finally found the mainstream
Akhirnya kau menemukan jalur utama
In the middle of your life
Di tengah hidupmu
You tapped into a vein
Kau menemukan sumber
Of endless gold chains
Rantai emas yang tak ada habisnya
Now you're locked up tight
Sekarang kau terkurung rapat
Tearing down the middle of it
Merobeknya di tengah-tengah
Splitting it right in half
Memecahnya jadi dua
Bobbing up and down the waves
Melompat naik turun di ombak
Like a runaway slave
Seperti budak yang melarikan diri
On a Huck Finn raft
Di atas rakit Huck Finn

[Chorus:]
Take your wife
Bawa istrimu
Take your family
Bawa keluargamu
Take your gun
Bawa senjatamu
Running through the woods
Berlari melalui hutan
And the burned out neighborhoods
Dan lingkungan yang terbakar
Looking for someone
Mencari seseorang
A member of your tribe
Anggota suku mu
A Place you can hide
Tempat kau bisa bersembunyi
'Til the war has begun
Sampai perang dimulai
'Cause in the fields before the flood
Karena di ladang sebelum banjir
You'll be spilling blood
Kau akan menumpahkan darah
Like a native son
Seperti putra asli

Where you gonna run to
Kemana kau akan lari
There ain't no underground
Tak ada jalan bawah tanah
If only you could fly
Seandainya kau bisa terbang
You'd cut across the sky
Kau akan melintasi langit
Like a rifle round
Seperti peluru senapan
Oh, who are your people
Oh, siapa orang-orangmu
And where is your homeland
Dan dimana tanah airmu
'Cause they're dying side by side
Karena mereka mati berdampingan
At the river of pride
Di tepi sungai kebanggaan
Where we tried to take a stand
Di tempat kita berusaha bertahan

[Chorus 2x]

In the fields before the flood
Di ladang sebelum banjir
You'll be spilling blood
Kau akan menumpahkan darah
Like a native son
Seperti putra asli

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