Epik High - Lesson 5 [Tablo's English Translations]

Translations by Tablo

Yup, that's right. Tablo has personally translated the whole 'Shoebox' album for international fans. Cool AF, huh.

If those subtitles went by too fast to catch, here they are.

One man’s faith.
One man’s epidemic, bullshit.
One man’s freedom.
One man’s wall and prison.
One man’s patriotism is another’s terrorism.
The mechanism of a full-bellied solution
that only breeds problems.
A demon
in your computer, phone and TV.
Bite-sized truth on sale, everywhere you look.
It’s easy.
One bite and a wick germinates.
A tiny spark of discontent sets self-righteousness ablaze.
Justifies all crimes.
Self-defence, murder, whatever.
Never guilty.
A mind that craves right and wrong creates a divide
and incites
until gray becomes black and white, charcoal and ashes.
Everyone is blind in the dark.
He who was blind to begin with is king.
Even poison is a stream of water to a thirsty world.
Knowledge that sickens.
“I know.”
We got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
my timeline’s blowin’ up today
We got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
class is in session
One man’s poetry is one man’s indecent moan.
One man’s weakness is one man’s journalism.
One man’s sincerity is another’s blasphemy, treason.
Full-bellied McCarthyism that only breeds apathy.
A demon.
Lord have mercy.
Computer, phone and TV,
tightrope walking on public opinion.
Idols bite their tongue and there are no saviours.
Shut up and you get rich,
say what needs to be said and you get punished.
Superficiality is sanctified.
Truth is pretention. Sincerity is pretense.
Popular sentiment has become right and wrong,
dividing and inciting
until gray becomes black and white,
charcoal and ashes.
If the whole world holds its tongue,
he who was deaf to begin with is king.
Give a thirsty world a drop of blood

and it will stop clicking its tongue to get a taste.
“I’ll take a glass as well.”
Shut up.
Those complicated words.
Thoughts that can’t help me.
Shit is crazy.
My head hurts.
Those serious words.
Thoughts that make me no money.
Fuck you pay me.
We got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
we got no answers
Just a lot of questions.

[agajscwiscwksvbsab]

finally I get why they say "We got no answers, just a lot of questions". It's another saying of "Genius is not the answer to all questions. It's the question to all answers."

[MariamDawa]

"Shut up and you get rich, say what needs to be said and you get punished." epik high never changes. Still speak up their minds about society.
#MyHighIsEpik

[guinthehouse]

This songs gives me so many epiphanies because of the immaculate lyricism.

Here are some sentences that I thought of from this song. Most of them are paradoxical, controversial, or contradictions in the similar fashion to the lyrics of this song bybepik high. Now I am not trying to rap here.... Just my thoughts.

1.The tradeoff of security and freedom.
(Ex. TSA vs liberty)
2.Everyone is deaf in the tranquility or calmness. (Similar wordplay of in darkness, everyone is blind.)
3.One man's scandal is amother man's romance.
4.in darkness, we are blind, but if there is too much light, we also can't see straight and have to squint. The adequate amount of light is the key.
5. Knowledge can either be used for good or evil.
6.nuclear power can be used to light up cities and to destroy cities.
7. Persuasive power can be used to deceive people or to edcuate them.
8. One's fanaticism is religion to another person.
9. Techonologies can be productive for some people, and unproductive for some.
(Facebook. Can be addicting and ruin peoples lives meanwuile it can connect people globally)
10. If men treat women dominantly, he can come off charismatic, but also misogynistic if its too strong. If he isnt dominant at all, then he can come off as a coward...

The list goes on...but very thought provoking song.

[SparkzMxzXZ]

one of the most looked over songs of the album! loved it from the start, but knowing the lyrics make it even better. the Lessons are always my favourite. love tablo for always thinking of international fans

[jfarmer]

One of my favorite songs from this album (Can we really choose a favorite? The whole album is beyond amazing.)

[Paloyp]

Just got into these guys. They're insane.

[v-cu]

I love these kinds of songs
So raw and deep! Epik high ♥♥

[VisionTradingCentre]

Nowadays, this song happens in reality.

[ShaymaB]

i'm pretty sure they're talking about the illuminati

[gokucrazy]

Is the "We got no answers" part from A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz?

[MaJoGuMiHo]

Someone please help me with the lyrics from 2:36 to 2:56 :)