Several months ago I put a section on my page called "oasis ebonics", but I took it down after only a few days. Anyway, I've decided to put it back up. What I'll do with this section, is I will put up one oasis song and make an ebonics "parody" of it....and then I'll take another oasis song & "translate it into ebonics"
First up is my ebonics "parody" of HEY NOW! This was on my page several months ago, so some of you may recognize it. This isn't exactly a translation of "HEY NOW!".....it's just a parody. It's a bunch of ebonics that you can sing to the tune of "HEY NOW!".............If you want to check out the 'real' lyrics for these oasis songs, go to The Official Oasis Web Site's lyrics page.
HEY NOW!
I hitched a ride with my bro by the side of the road
We sat in his car & sold crack
We took a walk in the rain
Down 4th street & Main
& broke into some run down old shack
me & my bro been had been trippin' all day
But what does it hold for me?
Why am i sitting here trippin' with you
When the mothers of my chidren be needing me
My mind be startin' to be sayin' now
You gotta go home & be responsible now
Hey now! Hey now!
I be feelin' shame, cause I don't know my kids names
I just be snorting coccaine
I be the one to blame
The first thing i seen
When I went to see my girlfriend Shaqueen
Was graffiti on the wall that be sayin'
I be getting the police on your sorry butt
Cause child support you ain't been payin'
And my criminal record as it stands
Is in the cops hands
They be prejudice against the color of my skin
I sat down to cry
& aksed myself why did I ever come back to Shaqueen?
Okay, now here's my ebonics "translation" of D'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I just took the lyrics of the real song & translated them into the interesting language of "ebonics"!!
D'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
I been had stepped off 'da train all alone at dawn
Back into 'da hole where I been had been born,
'Da Sun in 'da sky, ain't never raised an eye ta' me.
There be blood on 'da tracks, and it must be mine,
Fool on 'da hill, and I be feelin' fine,
Don't be lookin' back 'cos ya know what you might see.
Look into 'da wall of my mind's eye,
I think I be knowin', but I don't be knowin' why,
Questions are 'da answers you might need.
Comin' in a mess, goin' out in style,
I ain't be good looking, but I be someone's child,
No one can give me the air that be mine ta' breathe.
I been had met my maker, I been had made him cry,
And on my shoulder, he been had asked me why,
His peeps won't fly through 'da storm,
I said listen up hommie g, they don't even know you be born
All my peeps right here, right now,
D'You Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah
All my peeps right here, right now,
D'You Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah
All my peeps right here, right now,
D'You Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah,
Yeah, Yeah.
I don't give a crap fo' what yo' believe,
So open up yo' fist or you won't recieve,
'Da thoughts and 'da wordz of every man you need.
Get yo' sorry butt up off 'da floor and believe in life,
No-one's ever gonna ever aks ya twice,
Get on 'da bus and bring it on home to me.
I been had met my maker, I been had made him cry,
And on my shoulder, he been had aksed me why,
His peeps won't fly through 'da storm,
I said listen up hommie g, they don't even know you be born
All my peeps right here, right now,
They Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah
All my peeps right here, right now,
They Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah
All my peeps right here, right now,
They Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah
All my peeps right here, right now,
D'You Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah
All my peeps right here, right now,
D'You Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah
All my peeps right here, right now,
D'You Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah