東區學英文│『菁英東區校音樂教室』嘻哈FUN暑假Wiz Khalifa : Roll Up @ TOEIC,TOEFL,IELTS,全民英檢,SAT,菁英英日語-東區分校

『菁英東區校音樂教室』嘻哈FUN暑假Wiz Khalifa : Roll Up

"Roll Up"

I roll up
I roll up
I roll up
Shawty I roll up
I roll up
I roll up
I roll up

[Wiz Khalifa - Verse 1]
Its your anniversary isn't it
And your man ain't acting right
So you packin’ your Domiar luggage up callin’ my cell phone, try and catch a flight
You know one thing straight, I’ll be there girl whenever you call me
When you at home that's your man, soon as you land you say that's all me
But shit ain't all g with him no more, you ain't entertained
Since I meet you a couple months ago you ain't been the same
Not sayin I’m the richest man alive but I’m in the game
As long as you keep it 100 Imma spend this change,

[Chorus]
Whenever you need me
Whenever want me,
You know you can call me, I’ll be there shortly
Don’t care what your friends say, cause they don't know me
I can be your best friend, and you be my homie
I ain't gonna flex, I’m not gonna front
You know if I ball, then we all gonna stunt
Send her my way, she ain't gotta hold up
Whenever you call baby I roll up, I roll up, I roll up
Whenever you call baby I roll up, I roll up, I roll up
Whenever you call baby I roll up

[Wiz Khalifa - Verse 2]
I try to stay out your business
But on the real you’re so obvious
And if you keep fitting me in your plans and fuckin up, your mans gonna catch onto us
That white sand surrouding us
He be handcuffing, he should work for them officers
If you rolling I got a spot where I can put you on this medical, and send you home doctored up
You wanna ride with me cause you say that he boring
Wake up you rollin’ weed, cooking eggs in the morning
Ain't scared to spend this money I’ll make more of it
First you was in the sky now you say you in orbit

[Chorus]

No matter where I am
No matter where you are
I’ll be there when its over baby
Cause I was there from the start
No matter if I’m near
Don’t matter if your far
All you do is pick the phone up lady
And I’ll be there when you call

Whenever you need me
Whenever want me,
You know you can call me, I’ll be there shortly
Don’t care what your friends say, cause they don't know me
I can be your best friend, and you be my homie
I ain't gonna flex, I’m not gonna front
You know if I ball, then we all gonna stunt
Send her my way, she ain't gotta hold up
Whenever you call baby I roll up

Whenever you need me
Whenever want me,
You know you can call me, I’ll be there shortly
Don’t care what your friends say, cause they don't know me
I can be your best friend, and you be my homie
I ain't gonna flex, I’m not gonna front
You know if I ball, then we all gonna stunt
Send her my way, she ain't gotta hold up
Whenever you call baby I roll up, I roll up, I roll up
Whenever you call baby I roll up, I roll up, I roll up
Whenever you call baby I roll up

I roll up, I roll up
Whenever you call baby I roll up

喜歡嘻哈音樂的朋友，菁英東區校在暑假推出一系列關於嘻哈系列歌曲，喜歡跳舞的朋友可以跟我一起舞動身軀。

嘻哈音樂（英文：Hip Hop），是一種音樂的風格，誕生於美國1970年代，並於1980年代成為大眾流行文化之一。包含兩個主要部份Rapping，和DJ。伴隨著嘻哈舞蹈(尤其是霹靂舞)和街頭藝術，尤其是塗鴉，構成嘻哈音樂的四個元素，此類文化始於1970年代早期的貧民區的青年，其中大多數是紐約的非裔美國人。

所有流行音樂類型當中，沒有一種可以比饒舌音樂更能激起熱烈的公眾辯論。饒舌音樂已被描述為：非洲和美洲數世紀以來的文化與音樂鏈結中，一個至關重要的環節；真實表達被壓迫都市下層階級的聲音；一種利用長期以來對黑人刻板形象的形式。實際上，這些觀點中的每一個，都在告訴我們一些關於饒舌音樂的歷史和意義。

饒舌音樂取材於非洲的音樂與口語傳統。它與非美音樂的深厚延續性，包括強調節奏動力與創造﹑偏好複雜音調色彩與濃厚質地﹑強烈崇尚即興創作技巧(文字和音樂來表達)及對音樂科技採取統合創新的方法。

饒舌音樂有相當大部分是對歷史上曾有過的壓迫及種族主義，所做的文化回應，也是全美國黑人社區間的溝通系統(饒舌歌手Chuck D曾稱其為美國黑人的CNN)，還可以幫助瞭解生活在美國孤立都會區人們的價值﹑觀點和生活條件。最後，雖然饒舌音樂的起源和靈感來自黑人文化，但這個音樂類型的聽眾，已明顯變得多種族﹑多文化和跨越國界。當饒舌音樂歌從紐約市部分社區的地方現象，搖身一變成為數百萬美元產值的產業和全球性文化現象時，它已經變得更複雜和更多面向。

饒舌音樂於1970年代興起時，是一種稱為嘻哈音樂文化複合體的一部分。由紐約市非裔美籍及加勒比海裔美籍青年所形成的嘻哈文化，包括了視覺藝術風格(塗鴉)﹑舞蹈(一種稱為霹靂舞的雜技獨舞風格和一種叫做怪舞(freak)的精力旺盛雙人舞)﹑音樂﹑服裝及語言。嘻哈舞曲最初是一種地方現象，集中在紐約市布朗克斯(Bronx)區的某些社區，該地是紐約經濟上最困頓的地區。

開拓嘻哈音樂風格的青年人，會在夜總會﹑街區聚會和市區公園表演霹靂舞和饒舌音樂，他們經常屬於稱為饒舌團(crew)或說唱群(posse)的非正式社會團體，每個團體都和某特定地區或街區有關。要瞭解嘻哈文化一開始是在表達在地的身分。即使是今天在全球銷售的多白金饒舌音樂唱片，裡面都會提到特定的地區﹑都市景觀特色﹑社會團體和網絡。

學習重點：

In the 1970s, the southern Bronx region was mainly a place where African Americans resided. Apart from past stereotypes like racial discrimination and poor public order, are there no positive things about the location? Actually, this was the place which nurtured the origins of hip hop culture. Let`s get a better understanding of this!

70年代的南部布朗區(Bronx)，主要是黑人居住的地區。過去這裡除了種族歧視、治安不好等刻板印象，難道都沒有好的一面嗎？其實這裡是孕育出嘻哈音樂文化的起源，就讓我們一起來了解一下吧！

As the Bronx is an area with complicated politics, racial discrimination, and an unchecked spread of drugs, the region lacks resources and people lead fairly difficult lives. This is why most of the children in the locality are unable to receive good educations. The quickest way for a local to make a high income is to join a gang and deal drugs. Due to these various dark elements, this region has been intentionally neglected, despite being located in the city of New York.

After being intentionally overlooked by people, society, and the government, this became the silent hatching place for the unique culture of hip hop music. A successor of soul and funk, combined with other types of music, no one expected that hip hop's unique style would end up taking the world by storm. It continues to bring people different sorts of surprises even today.

Rappers were also gradually discovered due to the popularity of parties and night clubs. In terms of dance, an acrobatic-like war dance (breaking) was developed when the influence of Chinese kungfu movies was combined with gang culture. Painting graffiti on the abandoned areas of the Bronx also became a way for children to let go, with a hidden hint of competition. These diverse forms of artistic expression: hip hop music, graffiti, and dance thus became inseparable from this location and the hip hop culture that is deeply embedded within the Bronx was formed.