如果你对IT和他的两张《革命》没有什么概念的话，那就这一首歌就能完全改变你的观点。IT绝对是个语言大师，他能用其他歌手所根本无法想到的语言来恰当地阐述自己的观点，这也是他与其他饶舌歌手不同甚至超越其他饶舌歌手的地方。

  静下心来听这首“与恶魔共舞”，你可能能起鸡皮疙瘩，更有甚者会流下眼泪。歌中的一些词句是我所听过的歌中最富深意的，再加上IT充满激情的嗓音与背景经典的钢琴声（采样了钢琴曲“爱情的故事”），单单就这一首歌绝对能让一个人成为IT迷。歌中体现了对粗野的帮派思想的反对，六分半钟都在述说着一个完整的故事，最后那一小段更是这首歌的精华所在，深刻的哲理使人产生共鸣。

  最原始的说唱，没有花哨的BEAT，也听不到任何R&B的hook，但是每一个词都能扣住听者的心弦，令人欲罢不能。不论你是谁，不论你听的音乐是何种类，在听完这首歌后都不可能抗拒得了它那无比的魅力。

艺人名: Immortal Technique

专辑名: Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2002年)（《革命第1辑》）

歌曲名: Dance With the Devil（与恶魔共舞）

[第1段]

I once knew a nigga whose real name was William

曾经我认识一个黑鬼,他的真名叫做威廉

his primary concern, was making a million

他最关心的，就是赚上一大笔钞票

being the illest hustler, that the world ever seen

他想成为世界上最最厉害的赚钱高手（注：hustler，就是用各种手段，如贩毒、拉皮条等（大多是犯法的事）赚钱维生的人）

he used to fuck movie stars and sniff coke in his dreams

他时常梦到自己与靓丽的电影女星搞上了，还梦到自己大口大口吸着可卡因（注：coke这里可不是可口可乐啊，是cocaine的缩写）

a corrupted young mind, at the age of thirteen

才年仅13岁，年轻的思想却已被腐化

nigga never had a father and his mom was a feen

他自打生下来就没见过他的父亲，而他母亲是个瘾君子（注：feen可能是fiend的变音形式，crack fiend：吸毒成瘾的人）

she put the pipe down, but forever yeah she was sober

有一天她终于放下了烟管，决定再也不碰毒品（注：sober就是未受药物的影响）

her son’s heart simultaneously grew colder       

但与此同时，他儿子的心也变得越来越冷漠

he started hanging out selling bags in the projects

他开始在街区里兜售小袋的大麻（注：bag，一般指0.05克或0.1克的海洛因，但看后文这里应该指大麻；project：贫民区）

checking the young chicks, looking for hit and run prospects

他还时常拦住路上的小妞，希望能有机会和她发生些什么（注：hit and run，棒球中的术语，就是击到球后马上跑垒的意思，这里指的是发生一夜情）

he was fascinated by material objects

他鬼迷心窍，一心想达到自己的物质目标

but he understood money never bought respect

但是他明白，金钱买不来大家的尊重

he build a reputation cause he could hustle and steal

因为他能赚会偷，所以他渐渐建立了自己在街头的名声

but got locked once it didn't hesitate to squeal

但一旦他被关进了监狱，他会毫不犹豫地揭发他的共犯

so criminals he chilled with didn't think he was real

所以他那些共犯都觉得他是个虚伪的家伙

you see me and niggaz like this have never been equal

你们都知道，我从来不做像他这样的黑鬼

I don’t project my insecurity's at other people

我从来不将自己所面临的危险牵连到其他人

he feeded for props like addicts with pipes and needles

他不能没有靠山，就好比吸毒的不能没有烟管和针头

so he felt he had to prove to everyone he was evil

所以他觉得他得向大家证明他是个真正邪恶的家伙

a fever minded young man with infinite potential

这个头脑发热的年轻人有着无穷的潜力

the product of a ghetto breed capitalistic mental

他是抱有资本家心态的贫民区产物

coincidentally dropped out of school to sell weed

因为某些原因辍学，开始了兜售大麻的生活

dancing with the devil, smoked until his eyes would bleed

他着了魔般不停吸着烟，直到眼睛就要流血才肯停下

but he was sick of selling trees and gave in to his greed

但他已经厌倦了卖大麻的生活，所以他向自己的贪婪妥协了（注：trees这里就是指大麻）

[Hook]

Everyone trying to be trife never face the consequences

每个尝试过帮匪生活的人都不肯直面结局（注：trife的意思就是过着gangsta的生活，hustle,gang bang等）

you probably only did a month for minor offences

你可能只做了一个月无关痛痒的小案件

ask a nigga doing life if he had another chance

如果可以选择，试问一个黑鬼还愿意这样生活么

but then again there's always the wicked at new and advanced

但身边的世界还是周而复始，好人变成了坏人，坏人变成了犯人

dance forever with the devil on a cold cell block

在一个令人战栗的街区永远与恶魔共舞

but that’s what happens when you rape, murder and sell rock

但那些就是正当你强奸、谋杀或贩毒的时候所发生的（注：rock指的就是毒品）

devils used to be gods, angels that fell from the top

恶魔都曾是从天堂堕落的神明与天使

there's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot

无独有偶，我们也都在美国这个熔炉中被熔化（注：美国的别称就叫做melting pot）

[第2段]

So Billy started robbing niggaz, anything he could do

于是比利开始抢同胞的钱，他任何事都做的出来

he'd get his respect back, in the eyes of his crew

他得在他的帮派中重新赢得尊重

starting fights over little shit, up on the block

他先是在街区里为了点鸡毛蒜皮的事打架

stepped up to selling mothers and brothers the crack rock

接着开始向邻居们出售毒品

working overtime for making money for the crack spot

他时常加班加点，不但为了多赚点钱，也为了抢到一个好“摊位”

hit the jackpot and wanted to move up to cocaine

他想累积资金，然后去转做可卡因生意

for filling the Scarface fantasy stuck in his brain

为的就是实现他心中挥之不去的梦想——成为像电影《疤面煞星》里那样的帮派老大

tired of the block niggaz treating him the same

他受够了街区里的黑鬼们一如既往地对待他

he wanted to be major like the cut throats and the thugs

他想变成大人物，他想成为真正的杀手和恶棍

but when he tried to step to 'em, niggaz showed him no love

但他向大伙走去，他们却对他冷眼相待

they told him any motherfucking coward can sell drugs

他们告诉他说，任何一个混帐懦夫都可以贩毒

any bitch nigga with a gun, can bust slugs

任何持枪的垃圾都可以扣动扳机

any nigga with a red shirt can front like a Blood

任何一个穿着红衣服的黑鬼都可以冒充“血帮”成员（注：Blood,血帮，美国大帮派之一）

even Puffy smoked the motherfucker up in a club

就连吹牛老爹都在夜总会里抽着大烟呢（注：Puffy，是Diddy以前的昵称）

but only a real thug can stab someone till they die

而只有那些能把人活活刺死的人才能称得上是真正的恶棍

standing in front of them, staring straight into their eyes

他站在他们面前，直直盯着他们的眼睛

Billy realized that these men were well guarded

比利顿时意识到这些家伙戒备心很重

and they wanted to test him, before business started

他们是想在做生意前先试探他的诚心

suggested raping a bitch to prove he was cold hearted

他们提出让他去强奸一个婊子，以证明他的确是个冷血动物

so now he had a choice between going back to his life

于是现在，他面临这样的抉择：要么回到从前的生活

or making money with made men, up in the cife

要么在街区里和那些“成功人士”一起挣大钱（注：cife就是ghetto的意思，贫民区）

his dreams about cars and ice, made him agree

对于跑车和钻石的向往驱使他同意了

a hardcore nigga is all he ever wanted to be

他长久以来一直想成为个强硬的家伙

and so he met them Friday night at a quarter to three

于是，他在星期五晚上两点三刻与他们碰面

[Hook]

[第3段]

They drove around the projects slow while it was raining

那天下着雨，他们开着车缓缓地绕着街区开了一圈又一圈

smoking blunts, drinking and joking for entertainment

期间他们吸烟、喝酒、开着玩笑互相取乐

until they saw a woman on the street walking alone

终于，他们见到一个女人独自一人在街上行走

three in the morning, coming back from work, on her way home

当时是凌晨三点，她可能刚下班，正在回家的路上

and so they quietly got out the car and followed her

于是他们悄悄下了车跟踪她

walking through the projects, the darkness swallowed her

她在街道中穿行，黑暗渐渐将她吞没

they wrapped her shirt around her head and knocked her onto the floor

他们便用她的衬衣包住了她的头，将她撞倒在地

this is it kid now you got your chance to be raw

孩子们，成为硬汉的机会就摆在眼前

so Billy oaked her up and grabbed the chick by the hair

于是比利将她一把拎起并抓住了她的头发

and dragged her into a lobby that had nobody there

把她拉进了一个无人居住的房内

she struggled hard but they forced her to go up the stairs

她奋力挣扎，然而他们却逼她上楼

they got to the roof and then held her down on the ground

他们来到了楼顶，接着将她按在了地面上

screaming “Shut the fuck up” and “Stop moving around”

不停对她叫着“闭上你他妈的嘴”和“不要乱动”

the shirt covered her face, but she screamed the clouts

尽管衣服盖着她的脸，但她还是声嘶力竭地喊着

so Billy stomped on the bitch, until he broken her jaw

于是比利用脚踹那婊子，并踢破了她的下巴

the dirty bastards knew exactly what they were doing

这群下流的混蛋非常明确当时自己正在做什么

they kicked her until they cracked her ribs and she stopped moving

他们不断踢着她，直到她被踢断了肋骨，她再也无法动弹

blood leaking through the cloth, she cried silently

鲜血从她的衣服内渗了出来，她已泣不成声

and then they all proceeded to rape her violently

他们达成了共识，决定强暴她

Billy was meant to go first, but each of them took a turn

比利打算第一个上，随后他们一个接着一个

ripping her up, and choking her until her throat burned

他们如禽兽般撕扯着她的身体，直到她喉咙喑哑，不停的喊叫使得她的喉咙疼痛不已

a broken jaw mumbled for god but they weren't concerned

她那被打破的嘴喃喃地念着上帝的名字，但他们毫不理会

when they were done and she was lying bloody, broken and broos

他们终于完事了，她躺在血泊中，衣衫褴褛，可怜至极

one of them niggaz pulled out a brand new twenty-two

其中一个黑鬼掏出一把全新的.22口径手枪(注：twenty-two = 22就是指.22口径的手枪，也可直接指任何手枪)

they told him that she was a witness of what she'd gone through

他们告诉他，今天在她身上发生的事，只有她是目击者

and if he killed her he was guaranteed a spot in the crew

如果他杀了她的话，他们就保证给他一个加入帮派的名额

he thought about it for a minute, she was practically dead

他想了想，看她已经奄奄一息

and so he leaned over and put the gun right to her head

于是他靠了过去，将枪指向她的头部

(以下采样自Mobb Deep的歌曲"Survival of the Fittest")

I'm falling and I can't turn back

I'm falling and I can't turn back

我正在堕落，而我已无法回头

[第4段]

Right before he pulled the trigger, and ended her life

就在他即将扣下扳机，结束她生命的时候

he thought about the cold pain with the platinum and ice

他想到了为了白金和钻石所付出的艰辛（注：联系上下文，此处应该表达他决定杀了她，所以pain应解释为“劳苦、努力”）

and he felt strong standing along with his new brothers

在他这群新兄弟面前他的这种感觉愈发强烈

cocked the gat to her head, and pulled back the shirt cover

他用手枪抵住了她的头部，将包在她头上的衣服拉了下来（注：gat就是枪的意思,是gatling的缩写）

but what he saw made him start the cringing stutter

然而呈现在他眼前的一切令他瞠目结舌

cuz he was starring into the eyes of his own mother

因为他竟然正盯着自己母亲的双眼

she looked back at him and cried, cause he had forsaken her

她看着他，痛哭起来，因为从前她被自己的儿子所抛弃

she cried more painfully, than when they were raping her

她哭得远比刚才被强奸时更撕心裂肺

his whole world stopped, he couldn't even contemplate

他的世界仿佛停滞了，他甚至无法静下心来好好思考

his corruption had successfully changed his fate

他内心的腐化终于成功改变了他的命运

and he remembered how his mom used to come home late

他还记得从前妈妈每天都很晚回家

working hard for nothing, cause now what was he worth

努力工作却皆是徒劳，因为他的儿子不值得她这么做

he turned away from the woman that had once given him birth

他转过身去，无法再面对这个曾经给了他生命的女人

and crying out to the sky cause he was lonely and scared

他对着天空嚎啕大哭，内心感到孤独与害怕

but only the devil responded, cause god wasn't there

但只有恶魔作出了回应，因为上帝根本不在那儿

and right then he knew what it was to be empty and cold

接着他知道所有的一切都将变得冰冷空洞

and so he jumped off the roof and died with no soul

于是他从楼顶跳了下来，一尊没有灵魂的躯体离开了人世

they say death take you to a better place but I doubt it

他们说死亡能将人带向另一个更美妙的世界，但我很是怀疑这种说法

after that they killed his mother, and never spoke about it

在那之后，他们还是杀死了他的母亲，并再没有提过此事

and listen cause the story that I'm telling is true

你们得认真听好，因为我所述说的故事是真实存在的

cuz I was there with Billy Jacobs and I raped his mom too

因为当时，我就在比利·雅各布的身边，我也参与强暴了他的母亲

and now the devil follows me everywhere that I go

直到现在，恶魔还一直形影不离地跟着我

in fact I'm sure he's standing among one of you at my shows

事实上，我还能肯定，在我表演现场他就站在你们中间

and every street cypher listening to little thugs flow

他在每一个街角的即兴饶舌人群中听着你们这些小恶棍们的唱词

he could be standing right next to you, and you wouldn't know

他可能就站在你的身边，然而你却浑然不觉

the devil grows inside the hearts of the selfish and wicked

恶魔在那些自私与邪恶的人心中滋长

white, brown, yellow and black colored is not restricted

白、棕、黄、黑，不管什么人种都一样

you have a self destructive destiny when you’re inflicted

当他降临到你身上后，你的宿命将渐渐走向自我毁灭

and you'll be one of gods children and fell from the top

然后你也将成为从天堂堕落到人间的上帝之子

there's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot

你和凡人已没有区别，因为我们正在美国这个大熔炉中被熔化

so when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never

所以说，当恶魔邀你共舞时，你最好告诉他决不

because the dance with the devil might last you forever

因为一旦和恶魔跳起了舞，这支舞可能将永无止境