听歌学英语∣Penthouse Floor
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歌曲：Penthouse Floor
专辑：DARKNESS AND LIGHT (Asia Tour Edition)
歌手：John Legend / Chance The Rapper
作曲: Greg Kurstin/Blake Mills/John Stephens/Chancellor Bennett
作词: Greg Kurstin/Blake Mills/John Stephens/Chancellor Bennett
John Legend，原名John Stephens，美国新灵魂乐歌手。1998年，John Legend已经开始在Lauryn Hill的《Everything Is Everything》中进行钢琴演奏。2002年，John Legend已经广泛的开始与Kanye West一起工作，也开始出现在一些大牌明星的专辑中。2004年12月28日，在Kanye West的打造下，John Legend的首张录音室专辑《Get Lifted》正式发行。
歌词大意
All this trouble in this here town
在这座小镇里发生的所有麻烦事儿
All this shit going down
所有这些破事儿都在发生着
When will they focus, on this
他们什么时候才会注意这些
Streets ride up with the TV crews
和电视团队行驶在街上
Look ma, we on the news
妈妈快看我们上新闻了
But they didn't notice
但他们并没有发觉
Before this
在这之前
They float above the city lights
他们在城市灯光之上漂浮着
Forget the truth inhale the lies
忘记了真相吸食着谎言
Just enjoy the show
就好好享受这表演吧
They see us reaching for the sky
他们看见我们飞向高处
Just in awe that you survive
因为你还存活着而对你敬畏不已
Maybe we should go
也许我们该走了
Go to the penthouse floor (let's go, let's go, let's go)
去顶楼吧（走吧走吧走吧）
Go to the penthouse floor (let's go, let's go, let's go)
去顶楼吧（走吧走吧走吧）
Let's ride the elevator, they can't keep us out no more
上电梯吧他们再也没办法赶我们出去了
Go to the penthouse floor (let's go, let's go, let's go)
去顶楼吧（走吧走吧走吧）
Penthouse floor
顶楼
All that bubbly all that wine
所有那些起泡的美酒
Oh man look at the times
天啊哥们儿看看这个时代
Didn't they notice, notice
他们难道没有觉察到吗
Only future I can see, ain't what it used to be
我只能看见未来它并不像以前那样
And I didn't know this, I didn't know this
而我并不知道这些我不知道这些
Once you're above the city lights
一旦你凌驾于城市的灯光之上
Won't want to spend another night, down there on your own
你就再也不想独自在那下面多待哪怕一个晚上了
The holding on is made for us
坚持就是说给我们的
The altitude is dangerous, but we ain't going home
这种高度很危险但我们并不会回家
Go to the penthouse floor (let's go, let's go, let's go)
去顶楼吧（走吧走吧走吧）
Go to the penthouse floor (let's go, let's go, let's go)
去顶楼吧（走吧走吧走吧）
Let's ride the elevator, it's what we've been waiting for
上电梯吧这是我们等待已久的
Can't keep us out no more (let's go, let's go, let's go)
不会再赶我们出去了（走吧走吧走吧）
I heard this old joke once, it was like, uh
我以前听过一个特别老套的笑话是这样的
Knock knock, who's there, it's us, us who?
咚咚谁呀是我们我们是谁？
Just us, who dis? Just playin'
就我们嘛到底谁呀？哈哈开玩笑
Just me, new phone, new hair, new era
是我啦买了新手机剪了新发型这是我全新的时代
I'm in the penthouse, baby
我在顶楼亲爱的
Handpicked from bad apples and bad eggs
从烂苹果和烂鸡蛋里精心挑选
Held back, I had to grab crab legs
等等我还要抓螃蟹的腿呢
And then there were only but a few
然后就只剩了一些人
Conversations held with patience, what a party, what a view
耐心的进行着这些对话好一个派对好一个视野
What a dress, what a song
好一条裙子好一首歌
What a beautiful time
多么美好的时光啊
My folks downstairs still waiting in line
我楼下的兄弟们还在排队等着
They never been in these rooms
他们从来都没有来过这些地方
Never stayed with these folks
从来都没有和这些人待在一起过
Never laughed at the news, never hated these jokes
从来没有对着新闻哈哈大笑从来都不讨厌这些笑话
So as I fly in my suit, in a group, undercover
所以当我穿着西装秘密的游荡在人群中
Forcing a new smile, he tells me another
挤出一个全新的笑容时他又对我说了一句
He said "What happened to the boy that climbed up the trunk?"
他说“那个曾经还爬上了树的男孩儿怎么啦？”
Then he pushed me off the top and said "Jump, nigga jump!"
然后他把我从高处推了下去并说“跳吧 哥们儿 跳！”
Oh don't bring me down I need a room in the clouds
啊别让我掉下来我需要一个云中的房间
I wanna get there babe, I wanna elevate
宝贝儿我想去那里我想上去
Oh my favourite mix
啊这是我最喜欢的混合
A little ignorance and bliss
一点点无知再加些狂乐
In the penthouse babe, go to the penthouse
就在顶楼宝贝去顶楼吧
Go to the penthouse floor (let's go, let's go, let's go)
去顶楼吧（走吧走吧走吧）
Go to the penthouse floor (let's go, let's go, let's go)
去顶楼吧（走吧走吧走吧）
Let's ride the elevator, it's what we've been waiting for
上电梯吧这是我们等待已久的
We'll tear down those penthouse doors (let's go, let's go, let's go)
我们会拆毁这些顶楼的入口的（走吧走吧走吧）
We'll tear down the penthouse doors (let's go, let's go, let's go)
我们会拆毁这些顶楼的入口的（走吧走吧走吧）
Baby, I'm in the penthouse floor
宝贝我就在顶楼
Baby, let's ride the elevator
宝贝我们上电梯吧
Til we can rise some more
直到我们还能再上去一点
Go to the penthouse floor, penthouse floor (let's go, let's go, let's go)
去顶楼吧去顶楼吧（走吧走吧走吧）
