lunedì 9 giugno 2008

"Singin' dollar dollar bill y’all"


Ne accennavo proprio qualche post fa (quello sulla "postazione Mac"): non so nemmeno perchè, ma in questi giorni sto continuando ad ascoltare a ripetizione l'ultimo album di Wyclef Jean, con tutto che è uscito almeno un anno fa, e di roba nuova ne avrei molta altra.
Eppure c'è qualcosa di MAGNETICO in "Carnival Vol. II - Memories of an immigrant". Qualcosa che - secondo me - la maggioranza della gente (anche quella che dice di amare la musica nera) non ha mai ascoltato. Penso soprattutto alle nuove generazioni, ai pischelli, che si perdono dietro al bling bling, ai videoclip ammerikani, al rap da coatti in stile Nelly, 50 Cent o anche Snoop Dogg.
E che invece dovrebbero ascoltare obbligatoriamente - quasi per legge! - un pezzo come "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" per capire cosa sia scrivere, produrre e cantare qualcosa di STRAORDINARIAMENTE hip hop.
Come si possa emozionare con l'hip hop.
Altro che gangster strade fighe club oro e macchinoni.
Nella musica di Wyclef convivono il calore dei caraibi, la coscienza politica e l'amore. Il divertimento con l'impegno. Il cervello con il cuore. E "Sweetest Girl" è solo una delle perle del suo ultimo lavoro, che contiene parecchie altre validissime prove d'autore.
Se non vi va di acquistarlo, fate pure lavorare il Mulo... ma ascoltatelo!!!

e RIOT sia...

3 commenti:

Thomas Magnum ha detto...

Concordo e sottoscrivo in pieno.

Ste dopo ti chiamo x Manziana, bella!

Anonimo ha detto...

bada che bel pezzo!!!

Anonimo ha detto...

INTRO: WYCLEF JEAN + LIL'WAYNE
Some live for the bill
Some kill for the bill
She wined for the bill
Grind for the bill
(and she used to be the sweetest girl)
Some steal for the bill, if they got to pay they bill
(and she used to be the sweetest girl)
Tonight Wyclef, Akon, Weezy and Nia

VERSE 1: WYCLEF JEAN
High school she was that girl that make me do the hula hoop around the gym
(Just to get a peek again, she's a 10)
High school she was
That girl that make me do the hula hoop around the gym
(Just to get a peek again, she's a 10)
Never thought she would come and work for the president
Mr. George Washington (where my money at?)
She thought he'd call (where my money at?)
She had a good day, bad day, sunny day, rainy day
All she wanna know is (where my money at?)
Closed legs don't get fed, go out there and make my bread
All you wanna know is (where my money at?)
She ended up in a road car, bruised up, scarred hard
All you wanna know is (where my money at?)
She thought he'd call (where my money at?)

CHORUS: AKON x 2
See, I'mma tell you like you told me
Cash rules everything around me
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)
Cos I'mma tell you like you told me
Cash rules everything around me
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)
Singin' dollar dollar bill y' all (dollar, dollar bill yall)

VERSE 2: AKON
Pimpin' got harder cos, hoes got smarter
On the strip is something they don't wanna be a part of
Rather be up in the club shakin' for a thug
For triple times the money and spending it how they wanna
They got they mind on they money, money on they mind
They got they finger on the trigger, hand on the nines
See everyday they feel the struggle, but staying on they grind
And ain’t nobody takin’ from us, and that’s the bottom line

But I know there's a drop in the block
You move slow
You getting' pressure from cops
You don't know not to lay low
Because 25 to life is no joke
To all my real gorillas thuggin'
On top of corners every day strugglin'
All the beautiful women getting' money
Washin' them dollar bills like laundry

CHORUS: AKON x 2
See, I'mma tell you like you told me
Cash rules everything around me
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)
Cos I'mma tell you like you told me
Cash rules everything around me
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)

BRIDGE: WYCLEF JEAN
Money, money-money-money
Money, money-money-money
It drives the world crazy
(Weezy) She used to be (she used to be the sweetest girl)

VERSE 3: LIL' WAYNE
She used to be the sweetest girl ever
Now she like sour ameretta
She wears a dress to the T like the letter
And if you make it rain she will be under the weather
She used to run track back in high school
Now she tricks off the track right by school
She takes a loss cos she don't wanna see her child lose
So respect her, I'll pay up for the time used
And then she runs to the pastor
And he tells her there will be a new chapter
But she feels no different after
And then she asks him…

CHORUS: AKON x 2
See, I'mma tell you like you told me
Cash rules everything around me
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)
Cos I'mma tell you like you told me
Cash rules everything around me
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)
Singin' dollar dollar bill y'all (dollar, dollar bill yall)

OUTRO: WYCLEF JEAN
Some live for the bill
Some kill for the bill (where my money at?)
She wined for the bill
Grind for the bill (where my money at?)
Some steal for the bill, if they got to pay the bill (where my money at?)
Tonight Wyclef, Akon, Weezy and Nia