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Slave Factory
奴工厂奴工廠Verse 1
出生，编号出生，編號
Born, then numbered
上课，校准上課，校準
Sent to class, then calibrated
二十年后盖个章二十年後蓋個章
Twenty years later, they stamp their approval
合格，可以上班合格，可以上班
Qualified—you may now work
答案装进脑答案裝進腦
Answers installed inside your mind
棱角全部磨掉稜角全部磨掉
Every rough edge ground away
排队，考试，报到排隊，考試，報到
Line up, take the test, report for duty
像程序准时开跑像程序準時開跑
Like a program launching right on time
父母刷卡投产父母刷卡投產
Parents swipe their cards to begin production
学费堆成高山學費堆成高山
Tuition piles up like a mountain
毕业那天笑得灿烂畢業那天笑得燦爛
You smile brightly on graduation day
明天开始偿还明天開始償還
Tomorrow, the repayments begin
二十年才出厂二十年才出廠
It takes twenty years to leave the factory
十年可能下架十年可能下架
But you may be taken off the shelf within ten
软件比你便宜軟件比你便宜
When software costs less than you
你就失去身价你就失去身價
Your value disappears
父母付了全款父母付了全款
Your parents paid the full price
系统赚了差价系統賺了差價
The system pocketed the profit
你拿着硕士文凭你拿著碩士文憑
You hold a master’s degree
蹲在路边吃泡面吧蹲在路邊吃泡麵吧
While squatting by the roadside eating instant noodles
Pre-Chorus
他们说别怕他們說別怕
They tell you not to be afraid
未来不会太差未來不會太差
The future will not be so bad
可未来还没到可未來還沒到
But before the future even arrives
账单先到家賬單先到家
The bills have already reached your door
Chorus
奴工厂，转啊转奴工廠，轉啊轉
Slave factory, turn and turn
把孩子磨成标准答案把孩子磨成標準答案
Grind every child into a standard answer
奴工厂，算啊算奴工廠，算啊算
Slave factory, count and calculate
谁更便宜谁就上班誰更便宜誰就上班
Whoever costs less gets the job
父母买单，政府抽税父母買單，政府抽稅
Parents pay while the government collects taxes
明天还没来，欠款先到位明天還沒來，欠款先到位
Tomorrow has not arrived, but the debt is already due
贫穷不是故障貧窮不是故障
Poverty is not a malfunction
是系统的报价是系統的報價
It is the system’s quoted price
机器运转正常機器運轉正常
The machine is operating normally
只是人被淘汰只是人被淘汰
It is only the people being discarded
Verse 2
左手发点补贴左手發點補貼
The left hand gives out a small subsidy
右手税单来拿右手稅單來拿
The right hand takes it back through taxes
镜头里面叫关怀鏡頭裡面叫關懷
In front of the cameras, they call it compassion
镜头外面继续压价鏡頭外面繼續壓價
Behind the cameras, they keep driving down the price
上一代在失血上一代在失血
The previous generation is bleeding dry
下一代正投产下一代正投產
While the next generation enters production
传送带不能停下傳送帶不能停下
The conveyor belt must never stop
因为穷人才肯硬扛因為窮人才肯硬扛
Because desperate people will endure anything
硕士骑着外卖碩士騎著外賣
Master’s graduates deliver food
博士排着夜班博士排著夜班
Doctoral graduates line up for night shifts
履历写得像高楼履歷寫得像高樓
Their résumés rise like skyscrapers
口袋只剩几块钱口袋只剩幾塊錢
But only a few coins remain in their pockets
全球一起量产全球一起量產
The whole world mass-produces
同一种标准希望同一種標準希望
The same standardized dream
血肉机器供过于求血肉機器供過於求
Machines of flesh are produced in excess
工资自然往下降工資自然往下降
So wages naturally fall
Pre-Chorus
他们说忍吧他們說忍吧
They tell us to endure
下一代会更强下一代會更強
The next generation will be stronger
可上一批还没上岸可上一批還沒上岸
But the last batch has not yet reached safety
下一批已经进厂下一批已經進廠
And the next batch has already entered the factory
Chorus
奴工厂，转啊转奴工廠，轉啊轉
Slave factory, turn and turn
把孩子磨成标准答案把孩子磨成標準答案
Grind every child into a standard answer
奴工厂，算啊算奴工廠，算啊算
Slave factory, count and calculate
谁更便宜谁就上班誰更便宜誰就上班
Whoever costs less gets the job
父母买单，政府抽税父母買單，政府抽稅
Parents pay while the government collects taxes
明天还没来，欠款先到位明天還沒來，欠款先到位
Tomorrow has not arrived, but the debt is already due
贫穷不是故障貧窮不是故障
Poverty is not a malfunction
是系统的报价是系統的報價
It is the system’s quoted price
机器运转正常機器運轉正常
The machine is operating normally
只是人被淘汰只是人被淘汰
It is only the people being discarded
Bridge
看清台上的木偶看清檯上的木偶
Look closely at the puppets onstage
再看谁握着线再看誰握著線
Then see who is holding their strings
谁在计算人口誰在計算人口
Who is calculating the population?
谁在标记期限誰在標記期限
Who is setting the expiration dates?
孩子不是耗材孩子不是耗材
Children are not disposable materials
人生不是零件人生不是零件
A human life is not a spare part
我不是编号我不是編號
I am not a number
别替我决定明天別替我決定明天
Do not decide my tomorrow for me
二十年生产！二十年生產！
Twenty years to produce!
十年就过时！十年就過時！
Obsolete within ten!
父母花光一生父母花光一生
Parents spend their entire lives
买来一张工牌而已！買來一張工牌而已！
Only to buy one employee badge!
我有名字！我有名字！
I have a name!
我有选择！我有選擇！
I have a choice!
我的人生我的人生
My life
不是你的生产指标！不是你的生產指標！
Is not your production quota!
Final Chorus
奴工厂，转啊转奴工廠，轉啊轉
Slave factory, turn and turn
你的承诺已经不值钱你的承諾已經不值錢
Your promises are no longer worth anything
奴工厂，算啊算奴工廠，算啊算
Slave factory, count and calculate
这次我不进入你的算盘這次我不進入你的算盤
This time, I will not become a number in your calculations
我不砸机器我不砸機器
I will not smash the machine
我只拆穿谎话我只拆穿謊話
I will only expose its lies
不再拿一生不再拿一生
I will no longer spend my entire life
替别人的系统买单替別人的系統買單
Paying the bill for someone else’s system
贫穷不是故障貧窮不是故障
Poverty is not a malfunction
是他们压低的报价是他們壓低的報價
It is the price they deliberately pushed down
机器还在转機器還在轉
The machine is still turning
但我走出生产线了但我走出生產線了
But I have stepped off the production line
Outro
不是产品不是產品
Not a product
不是库存不是庫存
Not inventory
不是出生以后不是出生以後
Not someone born
等待报废的人等待報廢的人
Only to wait to be discarded