歌曲:《The World Is Listening Remix》
歌手:Akua Naru
专辑:The Journey Aflame
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《The World Is Listening Remix》歌词:
[00:02.25]Flashback, '88
[00:03.99]Copped my first tape
[00:05.46]Third Grade
[00:06.32]Young girl banking Roxanne Shante
[00:07.55]Around my way
[00:08.96]Called McKay
[00:11.17]Disarray
[00:12.16]Langston's a dark hues get bruised
[00:13.14]Stored away, hey
[00:13.67]Caught in cage
[00:14.84]Fought in the maze, gave up
[00:16.25]And now I got dreams of being live on stage
[00:18.29]What
[00:19.45]Turn up the volume, me and my cousin
[00:21.36]Doing the wop
[00:22.46]Dreaming about the Salt-N-Pepa haircut
[00:24.68]Speakers bump like the rock pumps
[00:26.70]The rhythm of my next double-dutch jump
[00:28.36]What you want? At once
[00:30.02]...and we love the
[00:31.56]We dreamed of ourselves
[00:32.85]Knew when Latifah showed us what a queen was
[00:34.63]Went from invisible to seen on the Smooth tip
[00:37.64]Sweet Tee, to follow Monie in the Middle on the scene
[00:40.59]So then saw myself, I'll drop mics when I'm over
[00:43.23]Pick up a pen and like Antoinette
[00:45.32]"Lights Out, Party's Over"
[00:46.18]This is for Latifah, for Lyte, for Shante
[00:48.15]Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Heather B, for Jean Grae
[00:51.43]E-V-E, Nikki D, Salt-N-Pepa, even me
[00:53.74]Apani B, for Missy, for Kim, and Foxy
[00:56.20]This is for, Rah Digga, Rage, Left Eye, for Yo-Yo
[00:58.78]Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat, for Jane Doe
[01:01.37]Rage, Mystic, BO$$, Sparky D
[01:03.40]For those never seen
[01:04.38]On the search for female emcees
[01:05.92]The microphone fiends
[01:07.52]Stomped in the '90s
[01:08.93]After school you could find me
[01:09.91]In the backyard begging for a beat box, rhyming
[01:12.43]U-N-I-T-Y and Heather B Blues
[01:14.52]Claim the news of the death of Phyllis Hymen
[01:17.03]I rap to keep from crying
[01:17.83]Taking Mine, now I'm the Bo$$
[01:19.18]Recipe for a show
[01:20.35]They say no girls in the cipher, so I rock solo
[01:22.75]Then on the Blackstreet, Ill Na Na get me home, though
[01:24.28]I rap along to every song
[01:26.92]And ain't no playing with my Yo-Yo
[01:28.46]Check, how I hit every note, though
[01:30.61]Even sung along with patois
[01:32.26]Like in the joint she did with Patra
[01:34.10]I'm on a Romantic Call...
[01:35.81](Talkin' to my baby Down ah mi yard)
[01:38.27]Blank page calling, a ...[??]
[01:40.40]The crowd yes ya'llin'
[01:41.51]Nonchalantly in the trees at five o'clock in the morning
[01:42.44]Sported he Kim hardcore wig, then came Lauryn
[01:44.71]She showed me the beauty and the natural cut
[01:47.29]Amplify my Rage, growing out my afro puffs
[01:50.75]This is for Latifah, for Lyte, for Shante
[01:52.89]Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Heather B, for Jean Grae
[01:55.66]E-V-E, Nikki D, Salt-N-Pepa, even me
[01:58.30]Apani B, for Missy, for Kim, and Foxy
[02:00.81]This is for, Rah Digga, Rage, Left Eye, for Yo-Yo
[02:03.32]Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat, for Jane Doe
[02:06.15]Rage, Mystic, BO$$, Sparky D
[02:07.80]For those never seen
[02:09.04]On the search for female emcees
[02:10.69]The microphone fiends
[02:12.04]New millennium, came of age
[02:13.40]While things stayed the same
[02:14.49]Media forms changed
[02:15.73]New name, from What-What? to Jean Grae
[02:16.97]We bootlegged, the bootleg
[02:18.26]Put away cassette and VHS tapes in vinyl crates
[02:22.50]Fast forward album release dates
[02:24.98]Hip-hopalizing what we buy or objectify
[02:27.37]In these days
[02:28.17]Tell me what's the plight of a female MC's fate?
[02:30.50]Or what's the worth of a woman's story to a DJ?
[02:33.02]Downloading everyone and now my heroes seemingly gone
[02:36.16]Search and found Lauryn Hill Unplugged
[02:38.06]Guess I lost one
[02:38.92]Some come and go
[02:40.03]Self-labeled ***** and ho
[02:41.20]A heretic of discourse
[02:42.62]I turn off the radio
[02:44.73]I can't relate, nor can I hate
[02:46.08]For the ways we negotiate
[02:47.49]The ***ist spaces we navigate
[02:48.60]I stay reppin'
[02:50.13]Vaunted by the crest of hip hop's crescent
[02:51.78]It seems...
[02:53.02]"Fantasy's what people want reality to be"
[02:54.55]This is for Latifah, for Lyte, for Shante
[02:57.07]Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, Heather B, for Jean Grae
[02:59.83]E-V-E, Nikki D, Salt-N-Pepa, even me
[03:02.65]Apani B, for Missy, for Kim, and Foxy
[03:05.04]This is for, Rah Digga, Rage, Left Eye, for Yo-Yo
[03:07.55]Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat, for Jane Doe
[03:10.31]Rage, Mystic, BO$$, Sparky D
[03:12.09]For those never seen
[03:13.25]On the search for female emcees
[03:15.40]The microphone fiends
[03:17.68]The world is listening
[03:27.34]The world is listening
[03:37.71]The world is listening
[03:39.01]
[by:DoraJaneLee]
[00:02.25]那年是1988
[00:03.99]刚把第一盘磁带弄回家
[00:05.46]才上小学三年级
[00:06.32]喜欢搜集Roxanne Shante的唱片
[00:07.55]想尽了办法
[00:08.96]还给McKay打了电话
[00:11.17]那时生活还是处处狼藉
[00:12.16]女孩深色皮肤上满是淤青,像极了兰斯顿的诗(典故:兰斯顿·休斯的诗作Song For A Dark Girl)
[00:13.14]她的同胞们被当成货物
[00:13.67]被关进笼子
[00:14.84]黑人曾经在泥淖中挣扎,也曾经放弃
[00:16.25]而我现在却胆敢有着登台的希冀
[00:18.29]是又怎样
[00:19.45]音量调大,我跟在堂兄身后
[00:21.36]跟着他跳街舞
[00:22.46]那时很想剪Salt-N-Pepa那样的头发
[00:24.68]音响里的鼓点震耳欲聋
[00:26.70]就着节奏我在一旁跳绳
[00:28.36]到底想要的是什么?
[00:30.02]曾经我也和Pecola Breedlove一样(Toni Morrison小说The Bluest Eye中的主角,一个一心想要一双白人那样的蓝眼睛的黑人女孩)
[00:31.56]自顾自地胡思乱想
[00:32.85]直到Queen Latifah告诉我们什么才是榜样
[00:34.63]从一开始的默默无闻到跟着Sweet Tee的节奏开始说唱(致敬80年代女rapper Sweet Tee的作品On the Smooth Tip)
[00:37.64]再跟着Monie的脚步向前,站到舞台(致敬Monie Love的作品Monie In The Middle)
[00:40.59]直到那时我才找到了自我,表演完会把麦扔到地上
[00:43.23]拿起笔来,写出的句子像Antoinette的那样
[00:45.32]“把灯关了,都别玩儿了(致敬女MC Antoinette的作品Lights Out, Party's Over)
[00:46.18]这首歌写给Latifah(Queen Latifah),Lyte(MC Lyte)和Shante(Roxanne Shante)
[00:48.15]写给Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill,Heather B和Jean Grae
[00:51.43]写给E-V-E,Nikki D,Salt-N-Pepa还有我
[00:53.74]写给Apani B,Missy(Missy Elliot),Kim(Lil Kim),Foxy(Foxy Brown)
[00:56.20]还写给Rah Digga,Rage(The Lady of Rage),Left Eye和Yo-Yo
[00:58.78]写给Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat和 Jane Doe
[01:01.37]写给Mysitic,BO$$,Sparky D
[01:03.40]写给那些陌生人
[01:04.38]寻找女性MC的人
[01:05.92]拿着麦的恶魔也可以是女人(引自Eric B & Rakim的经典作品Microphone Fiends)
[01:07.52]时间到了九十年代
[01:08.93]一放学就往后院跑
[01:09.91]求着别人给我个beat
[01:12.43]跟着U-N-I-T-Y(Queen Latifah的代表作)和Heather B的调调练习
[01:14.52]得知了 Phyllis Hymen(美国女歌手演员,95年逝世)去世的消息
[01:17.03]难过得要哭,情绪只能通过说唱释放
[01:17.83]最后终于出人头地,说话有了分量
[01:19.18]演出也开始得心应手
[01:20.35]但他们说干这行女的不行,所以我向来单打独斗
[01:22.75]在居住的黑人社区里(Blackstreet也是一个黑人r&b乐队),Ill Na Na(Foxy Brown的首张专辑)伴我成长
[01:24.28]每一首歌我都跟着唱
[01:26.92]把玩的时间用来进步(致敬Yo-Yo的代表作You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo)
[01:28.46]瞧瞧这音我唱的准不准
[01:30.61]连牙买加黑话都学得有模有样
[01:32.26]Yo-Yo和Patra合作的那首这样唱
[01:34.10]“我在甜蜜蜜地打给他”
[01:35.81](“给我的小情人打电话,就在我家”)
[01:38.27](这句听不清,翻不出来......sorry)
[01:40.40]台下的人大声喝彩
[01:41.51]早晨五点起来抽根叶子,心情平静
[01:42.44]听着Lil Kim的硬货,接着是经典的Lauryn名作
[01:44.71]是她让我明白什么是美,让我爱上了natural cut(Lauryn Hill的标志发型)
[01:47.29]是她让我保持愤怒,长出了自己的afro puffs(afro puffs也是一种黑人发型,同时也是The Lady Of Rage的代表作)
[01:50.75]这首歌写给Latifah(Queen Latifah),Lyte(MC Lyte)和Shante(Roxanne Shante)
[01:52.89]写给Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill,Heather B和Jean Grae
[01:55.66]写给E-V-E,Nikki D,Salt-N-Pepa还有我
[01:58.30]写给Apani B,Missy(Missy Elliot),Kim(Lil Kim),Foxy( Foxy Brown)
[02:00.81]还写给Rah Digga,Rage(The Lady of Rage),Left Eye和Yo-Yo
[02:03.32]写给Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat和 Jane Doe
[02:06.15]写给Mysitic,BO$$,Sparky D
[02:07.80]写给那些陌生人
[02:09.04]寻找女性MC的人
[02:10.69]拿着麦的恶魔也可以是女人
[02:12.04]2000年以后,年岁渐长
[02:13.40]但我身边的事物都还是原样
[02:14.49]传媒的形式已经变了
[02:15.73]新名字一串串,从那谁谁到 Jean Grae
[02:16.97]可我们私底下磁带还是照样录
[02:18.26]把磁带、录影带、黑胶唱片都放在一处
[02:22.50]要是按发行时间顺序快进播放
[02:24.98]会发现Hip-Hop已经变了模样
[02:27.37]正被当作商品摆上橱窗
[02:28.17]再不知,女MC如何让命途多舛生活艰辛
[02:30.50]一个女人成为DJ的故事也再无人听
[02:33.02]下载热门歌曲五花八门,而我的偶像似乎已经沉寂
[02:36.16]找了半天才找到Lauryn Hill的不插电版唱片
[02:38.06]之前有过,好像给丢了
[02:38.92]万事云烟,来来去去
[02:40.03]有些人管自己叫叫鸡
[02:41.20]嘴里的话根本没法听进去
[02:42.62]我把电台关掉
[02:44.73]完全没办法和这些音乐产生共鸣,但也不能说讨厌
[02:46.08]因为本就异路殊途
[02:47.49]我们对抗性别歧视,无论艰难困苦
[02:48.60]我始终高举手中的旗帜
[02:50.13]但新一代的Hip-Hop红人却为虎作伥
[02:51.78]似乎(下句是Lauryn Hill名言:Fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need)
[02:53.02]“幻想里的人人都想要,而现实中的才是我们需要面对的”
[02:54.55]这首歌写给Latifah(Queen Latifah),Lyte(MC Lyte)和Shante(Roxanne Shante)
[02:57.07]写给Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill,Heather B和Jean Grae
[02:59.83]写给E-V-E,Nikki D,Salt-N-Pepa还有我
[03:02.65]写给Apani B,Missy(Missy Elliot),Kim(Lil Kim),Foxy( Foxy Brown)
[03:05.04]还写给Rah Digga,Rage(The Lady of Rage),Left Eye和Yo-Yo
[03:07.55]写给Paula Perry, Nonchalant, Da Brat和 Jane Doe
[03:10.31]写给Mysitic,BO$$,Sparky D
[03:12.09]写给那些陌生人
[03:13.25]寻找女性MC的人
[03:15.40]拿着麦的恶魔也可以是女人
[03:17.68]世界在聆听
[03:27.34]世界在聆听
[03:37.71]世界在聆听