Текст и перевод песни Billy Choi - 1997

1997

1997年岀世 樓價越嚟越濕滯
冇飯食就食塞米 點繁殖乜野都貴
貴 貴 岀唔到位 租貴 地貴
廢 廢 廢青廢老乜野都廢

1997年岀世 劏房籠屋扮高貴
屋企豆腐潤咁細 差啲要瞓街咁滯
喂 喂 努力返工咪咁曳
咪 咪 咪再發夢為左袋米

想做生意又唔夠錢 想讀好書又唔夠人連
北上發展又唔夠人面 人哋進步我就沉澱
為左上車上樓我努力左幾年
老闆一句撻埋黎話我年資尚淺

係咁碌卡 我 唔知點還
前路茫茫 Wo 唔知點行
啲fd淨係掛住隊草 我就想多啲錢數
唔做上一代既倒模 不斷檢討應該點好

有班癲佬 淨係對住部電腦
果班做gym佬 點解冇得開店鋪
有興趣冇得發展 打份工又俾人呃錢
最好走去做個沙展 做隻狗好過俾人呃錢

讀書讀左十幾年唔知有咩學
淨係知道大人犯錯但就冇人咩獲
都話咗要努力讀書咯 都話左冇錢就冇面咯
但冇人講過原來社會就係玩卸膊

1997年岀世 做市民定係做契弟
想上位就係謀朝篡位 乜都唔係 係想生仔
仔 仔 點樣都好唔好厭世
冇 冇 凈係嫌棄高官權貴

1997年出世 回歸係好定係廢
企喺出邊嗰班龜 做好人定係做奴隸
唉 唉 點解有咁多問題
係 係 就係果班高層豆泥

1997

I was born in 1997, when housing prices were getting more and more ridiculous
Without enough food, I had to resort to eating cement. Nowadays, everything is expensive
Expensive, Expensive, It's impossible to get a raise. Rent is expensive, land is expensive
Useless, Useless, Useless young people, useless old people, everything is useless

I was born in 1997, and I live in a subdivided flat or a cage house, pretending to be classy
My home is as small as a block of tofu, and I almost had to live on the streets
Hey, Hey, work hard and don't be so naughty
Don't, Don't, Don't dream anymore, just for a bag of rice

I want to start a business but I don't have enough money. I want to study hard but I don't have enough resources
If I want to develop in the north, I don't have enough connections. Others are progressing, while I'm just sinking
I've been working hard for years to get a car and a house
But my boss told me that I'm still too young

I've been swiping my credit card so much, I, I don't know how to pay it back
The road ahead is bleak, Wo, I don't know what to do
My friends are all just hanging out and smoking weed, while I just want to make more money
I won't be a copycat of the previous generation. I'll keep reflecting on what to do better

There are a bunch of geeks who just play with their computers all day
Why can't those gym buffs open up their own stores?
I have interests that I can't develop, and I get cheated on the job
I'd rather be a police officer, it's better to be a dog than to be cheated on

After studying for more than ten years, I don't know what I've learned
I only know that adults make mistakes, but no one gets punished
They told me to study hard. They told me that if I didn't have money, I wouldn't have any face
But no one told me that society is just a game of shirking responsibility

I was born in 1997, to be a citizen or a traitor?
If you want to get ahead, you have to rebel. It's not about anything, it's about having children
Child, Child, No matter what, don't hate the world
No, No, Just despise the high-ranking officials and the rich

I was born in 1997, was the handover a good thing or a bad thing?
Those tortoises that stand outside, are they good people or slaves?
Sigh, Sigh, Why are there so many problems?
It's, It's, It's those high-ranking soy sauce dregs