Some people live for the fortune
一些人想腰缠万贯
Some people live just for the fame
一些人想名满天下
Some people live for the power yeah
一些人想一手遮天
Some people live just to play the game
一些人只想游戏人生
Some people think that the physical things
一些人认为只有物质的东西
Define whats within
才能定义生命的本质
And I‘ve been there before
我经历过这样的生活
That lifes a bore
确是相当无趣
So full of the superficial
充斥了肤浅虚假的东西
Some people want it all
一些人想拥有一切
But I dont want nothing at all
但是我什么都不想要
If it aint you baby
如果没有你，宝贝
If I aint got you baby
如果没有你，宝贝
Some people want diamond rings
一些人想要钻戒
Some just want everything
一些人想要拥有一切
But everything means nothing
但是这一切没有任何意义
If I aint got you yeah
如果没有了你
Some people search for a fountain Promises forever young
一些人穷尽一生寻找不老之泉
Some people need three dozen roses
一些人想要三打玫瑰
And thats the only way you prove you love them
仿佛这样才能证明你的爱意
And in a world on a silver platter
在世界这个偌大的银盘上
And what would it be
探索这些到底有什么意思
No one to share, no one who truly cares for me
没人分享，没人真正在乎我
If I aint got you with me baby
如果我没有了你，宝贝
Nothing in this whole wide world dont mean a thing
在这个偌大的世界上一切都没有了意义
If I aint got you with me baby
如果我没有了你，宝贝
Some people live for the fortune
熙熙庸人 为财而来
Some people live just for the fame
攘攘庸人 为名而往
Some people live for the power yeah
络络庸人 为权而争
Some people live just to play the game
绎绎庸人 游戏人生
Some people think that the physical things
如许庸人 贪恋物欲
Define whats within
妄作定论 以度浮生
And I‘ve been there before
余亦悲伏 往信此征
That lifes a bore
窃以而为 命该寻常
So full of the superficial
虚情假意 肆谑张狂
Some people want it all
庸人如故 揽尽所图
But I dont want nothing at all
寡欲如我 并无他想
If it aint you baby
若无君兮 余将何处
If I aint got you baby
若无君兮 余将何往
Some people want diamond rings
庸人极欲 珠翠金玉
Some just want everything
庸人浮夸 觊觎繁华
But everything means nothing
犹未可知 得亦为失
If I aint got you yeah
若无君兮 余无可往
Some people search for a fountain Promises forever young
庸人沉沦 妄寻永生
Some people need three dozen roses
庸人尝求 迷恋徘徊
And thats the only way you prove you love them
痴以为之 可鉴情爱
And in a world on a silver platter
世似银卣 腹怀万载
And what would it be
深究底细 讵知何必
No one to share, no one who truly cares for me
余无良人 牵挂怜惜
If I aint got you with me baby
若无君兮 余无念兮
Nothing in this whole wide world dont mean a thing
浩渺斯世 沧海微粒
If I aint got you with me baby
若无君兮 余何恋兮
对于ALICIA KEYS的FANS来说，这首歌曲的确是心中无法逾越的高峰。将这首歌的词和曲分开来欣赏也是一种享受。歌词就是一首完整的诗，将爱情的想法表达的淋漓尽致，将一切世俗的物质排除在外。或许一些人认为歌词太过童话，也许爱情的确无法孤身独立在金钱、权利、名誉之外。不过这种想法是难能可贵的，即使我们无法做到，我们也应该去欣赏并争取，毕竟真爱无价。
人生、人们、幸福
100 Tips About Life, People, and Happiness
1. True wisdom and insight is always free.
2. Give your power over to no one.
3. Going into the unknown is how you expand what is known.
4. Get a library card.
5. Spend more time around people that both challenge and respect you.
6. Remain skeptical forever.
7. Fight for what matters.
8. There is a method that works. Find it.
9. Join a movement.
10. Drink your coffee black.
11. Never let anyone photoshop a picture of you. It creates a false sense of self-confidence.
12. Read more. Especially things you disagree with.
13. Get used to feeling stupid. It’s a sign of growth.
14. It’s easy for people to talk a good game, so watch how they behave instead.
15. Learn something from everyone.
16. Find things that inspire you and pursue them, even if there’s no money in it.
17. Starve if you have to, for as long as you need to.
18. Survive on a little just to prove you can do it.
19. Get one big success at an early age. It’ll help build your confidence for bigger things.
20. Do what you say you’ll do. No one is reliable anymore.
21. Be comfortable with abandonment, even of parts of your identity.
22. Learn a new language.
23. Eat more protein.
24. Keep people around you that will tell you the truth.
25. Genius gets you nowhere. Execution is everything.
26. If given the choice of equity or cash, almost always take cash.
27. Meet new people as often as possible. Offer to help them.
28. Don’t discriminate. Connect anyone in your network to anyone else.
29. If you can’t do a pull-up, you have a problem.
30. Nobody likes a know-it-all.
31. Get a passport. Fill it up with stamps no one has ever seen.
32. Quit your horrible job.
33. Read biographies. It’s like having access to the best mentors in history.
34. Go to bed, and wake up, early. No one will bother you, letting your best work emerge.
35. Scare yourself a little bit every day. It will expand your inner map.
36. Learn to climb trees.
37. Don’t buy a lot of stuff, and only buy the stuff you really love.
38. Be humble and curious.
39. Twitter followers don’t keep you warm at night.
40. Be as useful as you can in as many circumstances as possible.
41. Show up.
42. Repeat people’s names when you meet them.
43. Turn internet access off your phone. Wifi is fine.
44. Get a deck of Oblique Strategies cards. Use them.
45. Make your home a place where you feel safe.
46. Take people up on bets. Make more bets yourself.
47. Take cold showers. They’re better than coffee.
48. Learn to enjoy hunger.
49. Make everything either shorter, or longer, than it needs to be.
50. Always remember those who helped you. Deliver two or three times as much value back.
51. But also, help people who have never helped you, and can’t.
52. When you know that pain is temporary, it affects all of your decisions.
53. Get a tattoo. Don’t worry about regret.
54. Commit to things, regularly, that are far beyond your ability.
55. Meet with friends more often than you think you have to.
56. Learn to meditate. Go on a retreat if you have to.
57. Your stories are both more and less interesting than you think.
58. Learn to really listen.
59. Walk more.
60. Ugly is just a step on the way to beautiful.
61. Get to know your neighbours.
62. Don’t take anything personally, ever.
63. Consider avoiding school. Go to lots of conferences instead.
64. As soon as you can, buy some art.
65. Apologize more than you need to.
66. Find out if there will be food there.
67. A good haircut changes everything.
68. Read Man’s Search For Meaning.
69. Say no to projects you don’t care about.
70. Do things that are uncool. Later on, they usually end up becoming cool anyway.
71. Find your voice.
72. Have some manners.
73. Learn to play chess, go, and bridge. They’ll keep you from going senile.
74. Learn about the Tetrapharmakos.
75. Find ways to cheat the system– just don’t cheat people.
76. Be like Jesus, not like his followers. (This applies to all of them.)
77. At least once, date someone that’s out of your league.
78. Examine your jealousy. You’ll learn a lot about yourself.
79. Good connections are about people, not social networks.
80. Address small problems. They will become big problems.
81. Dress like a cooler version of yourself.
82. Yes, there is such a thing as bad press.
83. Add “adventurer” to your Twitter bio. Then, become one.
84. If the internet is the best thing in your life, you have a serious problem.
85. Give away your best work for free.
86. Find mentors. Just don’t call them that.
87. Actually write on your blog.
88. Download Freedom. Use it for an hour every day.
89. Join a gym. Lift the heaviest you can. (This applies to girls too.)
90. Do some freewriting. It helps you think things through.
91. When you’re having supper with rich people, pick up the cheque.
92. Learn how to speak in public.
93. If you see someone who needs help, stop asking yourself if they need help. Instead, just help.
94. Bring a bottle of wine.
95. The best conversations are had side by side, not one in front of the other.
96. Protect your hearing. Trust me.
97. Do what’s most important first thing in the morning, before you check email.
98. Everyone feels like they’re not good enough. It’s not just you.
99. Courage is a learned skill.
100. Go to Iceland. It’s worth it.
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