【L.A.P.D.和訳】オフスプリングの歌詞を徹底考察＆解説

When cops are taking care of business I can understand
But the L.A. story's gone way out of hand
Their acts of aggression, they say they're justified
But it seems an obsession has started from the inside

They're shooting anyone who even tries to run
They're shooting little kids with toy guns
Take it to a jury but they don't give a damn
Because the one who tells the truth is always the policeman

Beat all the niggers
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We’re) L.A.P.D.

The city of L.A. feels like a prison
With helicopters overhead and bullets whizzing by
Martial law ain't no solution
Police brutality's just social pollution

Beat all the white trash
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We’re) L.A.P.D.

They say they're keeping the peace
But I'm not buying it because a billy club ain't much of a pacifier
"Protecting your freedom"
Now that’s just a lie
It's an excuse for power that's more like an alibi

Law and order doesn't really matter
When you're the one getting bruised and battered
You take it to a jury, they'll throw it in your face
Because justice in L.A. comes in a can of mace

Beat all the niggers
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We’re) L.A.P.D.

(We’re) L.A.P.D.　
L.A.P.D.
L.A.P.D.

 和訳するにあたっての考え方メモ

 考え方メモ＜Aメロ①＞

When cops are taking care of business I can understand
But the L.A. story's gone way out of hand
Their acts of aggression, they say they're justified
But it seems an obsession has started from the inside

「take care of business」で「自分のことは自分でやる、やるべきことをやる」。

「out of hand」は「手に負えない」。「obsession」は「強迫観念、妄想」。

考え方メモ＜Aメロ②＞

They're shooting anyone who even tries to run
They're shooting little kids with toy guns
Take it to a jury but they don't give a damn
Because the one who tells the truth is always the policeman

「jury」は「陪審、陪審員団」。「give a damn」で「気にする、関心を持つ」。

「extinct」は「絶滅した」。

 考え方メモ＜サビ＞

Beat all the niggers
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We’re) L.A.P.D.

サビはロス警察の有り様を風刺している部分。「nigger」という黒人に対する差別用語が使われていて、かなり強烈に皮肉っています。

ちなみに2番のサビでは「white trash」となり、白人の低所得者層に対する差別用語に変わっています。

 考え方メモ＜Aメロ③＞

The city of L.A. feels like a prison
With helicopters overhead and bullets whizzing by
Martial law ain't no solution
Police brutality's just social pollution

「whiz by」で「すごいスピードで通過する」。

「martial law」は「戒厳令」。テロや過激な暴動を中止させるための発令のことです。

 考え方メモ＜Aメロ④＞

They say they're keeping the peace
But I'm not buying it because a billy club ain't much of a pacifier
"Protecting your freedom"
Now that’s just a lie
It's an excuse for power that's more like an alibi

「billy club」は「警棒」。「pacifier」で「（人を）落ち着かせるもの」。

考え方メモ＜Aメロ⑤＞

Law and order doesn't really matter
When you're the one getting bruised and battered
You take it to a jury, they'll throw it in your face
Because justice in L.A. comes in a can of mace

「get bruised」で「アザができる」。「batter」で「打ちのめす」。

「throw ～ in one's face」で「顔に浴びせる、投げつける」。

「mace」は護身用スプレーのブランド名。「can of mace」は護身用のスプレー缶になります。