火力全開 by Leehom

I bring to you the translation of Leehom's latest controversial song: Plagarism, which I will never ever believe of Leehom, and the use of Lady Gaga in his lyrics. Read it, listen to the song, and tell me how you feel about it.

 
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火力全開
Open Fire

打倒帝國主義
不願再做奴隸
我家大門被入侵

Defeating imperialism
Unwilling to become someone's slave again
My homeland is being invaded

你說  lady  卡卡
我說何必怕他
喔  喔  喔  喔  喔  oh oh~
別向她們  磕頭

You say Lady Gaga
I say why fear her?
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh~
Don't kowtow to them
 
文化是武器
埋在每根神經
被優人神鼓打醒

Culture is a weapon
Buried within each strand of your nerves
Woken up by the drum beats of Utheatre¹

絕不允許失敗
勝利不必等待
因為MUSIC-MAN的到來

Failure is not an option
We don't have to wait for success
Because Music-Man has arrived

忽然間整個世界  開始在搖擺
節奏和音樂  入侵了血脈
這次的戰略  是火力全開
火力全  開     火力全  開
火力全  開

The entire world suddenly starts to shake
The beats, the music have invaded our blood
The strategy for this is to open fire²
Open fire, open fire

開

Open (fire)

so many accusations
of an Asian invasion
here they come a point’n fingers at me
preyin’on a mass emotion
stirrin’up a big commotion
trying to assign responsibilities

gonna stop this negativity
turn it into positivity with integrity
giving all of me
for all to see
this fight for equality
but even if they blame us
try to frame us but nobody can shame us
i’m a sing this next verse in Chinese

忽然間整個世界  開始在搖擺
節奏和音樂  入侵了血脈
這次的戰略  是火力全開
火力全  開     火力全  開
火力全  開

The entire world suddenly starts to shake
The beats, the music has invaded our blood
The strategy for this is to open fire2
Open fire, open fire

 開

Open (fire)
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¹ Utheatre (優人神鼓) is a Taiwanese drumming group, established in 1988. Its performances revolves around Zen practice and self-cultivation, to infuse drum beats into one's moment of peace and serenity.
² The title's official translation is 'Open Fire', hence I translated it this way. However, "火力全開" as used in the verse can also mean "Go full thrust", not holding back.
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