"Kids these days, they are so lazy."
“现在的年轻人，真的太懒了。”
"Always Me, me, me."
“总是那么自私自利。”
They paint us with a broad brush, a monochrome smear
动不动就给我们扣帽子，一棒子全打死
Said we’re the generation of "me," fueled by fear
说我们是“我世代”，全靠自私过日子
But who raised the rent to the stratosphere?
那房租飞到天上去，是谁干的好事？
Who hollowed out the futures we were promised here?
画给我们的未来，被谁掏空了一辈子？
We’re selfish for asking for a livable wage?
想要个能活的工资，你说我自私？
Selfish for wanting to turn the page
想翻篇你们留下的烂账，你说我自私？
On the debt you left, a broken stage
你们在黄金年代赚得盆满钵满
While you built your wealth in a golden age?
留个烂摊子给我们，倒嫌我们太奢侈？
I’m selfish 'cause I don’t want a 9 to 5 that kills
我自私，因为我不想卖命九九六
I’m selfish 'cause I’m prioritizing my mental health
我自私，因为我不想无视自己的感受
I’m selfish 'cause I won’t break myself for a shelf
我自私，因为我不愿把自己拼成碎肉
Of trinkets that prove I’ve abandoned my own self?
去换一屋子破烂，证明我没把自己的人生弄丢？
We’re not saying "no" to the world for no reason
我们不是平白无故，跟这世界对着干
We’re saying "no" to the weight of a four-decade treason
Of a contract they signed before we were breathing
我们是不想背那四十年，欠下的债和背叛
那份合同，在我们出生之前就签完
So tell me, who’s the one thieving?
你说说，到底谁才是贼，谁在偷懒？
If wanting to survive is selfish
如果活下去算自私
Then call me selfish, I can’t help it
那我就自私，我不解释
If choosing my own life is selfish
如果选自己的路算自私
Then you built the world that made me this
那这世界是你造的，是你让我变成这个样子
You call it "me," I call it finally finding my voice
你说我只顾自己，我说我总算敢开口
You call it "greed," I call it reclaiming my choice
You sold us a lie, now you’re mad at the noise
你说我贪得无厌，我说我拿回选择权
你卖给我们一场谎言，现在嫌我们太吵闹
We’re not selfish, we’re just self-preserving — not your toys.
不是自私，我们只是学会自保——不再做你的玩具
You say we’re addicted to the screens in our hands
你说我们离不开巴掌大的屏幕
But you designed the feed, you set the demands
You outsourced the work to cheaper lands
可那算法是你编的，焦虑是你下的蛊
你把工作扔到廉价的地方去外包
Then asked why we don’t have a five-year plan?
回头问我们，怎么五年计划拿不出？
We’re selfish for not buying your diamonds and dust
我自私，因为我不买你的钻石和垃圾
For not tying our worth to a dollar and a lust
我不把身价拴在钞票和攀比的把戏
For questioning why we should ever trust
我质疑凭什么要相信你们这套机器
A system that’s designed to turn our dreams to rust
专门把我们梦想锈成一堆废铁和遗迹
You call it apathy, I call it analyzing
你说我冷漠，我说我总算看透
You call it entitlement, I call it realizing
你说我惯的，我说我总算想透
That the game you sold us was all for your monopolizing
你兜售的那盘棋，全是为了你的垄断收租
So now we’re opting out, and you’re the one criticizing
现在我不玩了，你倒急得跳脚骂街出丑
We’re not saying "no" to connection or caring
我们不是不想靠近，不是不想在乎
We’re saying "no" to the role you’ve been preparing
我们是不想活成你安排好的那份废物
A cog in a machine that’s beyond repairing
当那台破机器里一颗拧死的螺丝钉
So why should we be the one’s despairing?
凭什么绝望的该是我们？这什么道理
If wanting to survive is selfish
如果活下去算自私
Then call me selfish, I can’t help it
那我就自私，我不解释
If choosing my own life is selfish
如果选自己的路算自私
Then you built the world that made me this
那这世界是你造的，是你让我变成这个样子
You call it "me," I call it finally finding my voice
你说我只顾自己，我说我总算敢开口
You call it "greed," I call it reclaiming my choice
你说我贪得无厌，我说我拿回选择权
You sold us a lie, now you’re mad at the noise
We’re not selfish, we’re just self-preserving — not your toys.
你卖给我们一场谎言，现在嫌我们太吵闹
不是自私，我们只是学会自保——不再做你的玩具
We hold the line we don’t decay
我们守住阵地，不让自己腐朽
We build to stay not just to play
我们建造是为了留下，不是为了作秀
We didn’t pull the stairs away
梯子不是我们亲手抽走
We just refused the poison they sway
我们只是拒绝那杯蛊惑的毒酒
Call it selfish that cheap cliché
你说这是自私，廉价的老套由头
Won’t break for rules made out of clay
但我们不为泥捏的规则低头
We build from scraps you let decay
You guard your gates your fences gray
从你任由腐烂的废墟里，我们重起高楼
你守着你的大门，和灰墙的腐朽
This is a new and different way
这是全新的、另一种活法
To live for real not just obey.
真正地活着，而不是服从。
So go ahead, write your think-pieces, have your say
写吧，继续写你的长篇大论，随便你怎么说
Hold tight to your stories that slowly fray
抱着你那套早就过时的故事，慢慢等着它剥落
We’ll be here — building, healing, choosing our way
我们就在这里——重建、疗愈、走自己的路
Not selfish
不是自私
Just… done With the game you play
只是……不想陪你玩了
