Knaan's Beauty - Literature - Nairaland
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| Knaan's Beauty by Vavavoom(m): 2:33pm On Aug 13, 2010 |
From ( original Version, aspiration) [b]When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a wavin’ flag When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a wavin’ flag And then it goes back And then it goes back And then it goes back Born to a throne, stronger then Rome A violent prone, poor people zone But it’s my home, all I have known Where I got grown, streets we would roam Out of the darkness, I came the farthest Among the hardest survivors Learn from these streets, it can be bleak Except no defeat, surrender, retreat So we strugglin’, fightin’ to eat And we wonderin’, when we’ll be free So we patiently wait for that fateful day It’s not far away, but for now we say… So many wars, settlin’ scores Bringin’ us promises, leavin’ us poor I heard ‘em say, love is the way Love is the answer, that’s what they say But look how they treat us Make us believers, we fight their battles Then they deceive us Tried to control us, they couldn’t hold us Cuz we just moved forward like Buffalo Soldiers But we strugglin’, fightin’ to eat And we wonderin’, when we’ll be free So we patiently wait for that fateful day It’s not far away, but for now we say… [/b] To ( Commercial version, [b]''Coked'' version if you will Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher See the champions, take the field now, unify us, make us feel proud In the streets our head are liftin’, as we lose our inhibition, Celebration it surrounds us, every nations, all around us Singin forever young, singin songs underneath that sun Lets rejoice in the beautifull game. And together at the end of the day. WE ALL SAY When I get older I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom Just like a wavin’ flag … Give you freedom, give you fire, give you reason, take you higher See the champions, take the field now, unify us, make us feel proud In the streets our head are liftin’, as we lose our inhibition, Celebration, it surrounds us, every nation, all around us Singin’ forever young, singin’ songs underneath that sun Lets rejoice in the beautifull game. And together at the end of the day. WE ALL SAY When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom Just like a wavin’ flag [/b] DO you feel it was a sell out by the writer to change the lyrics and go commercial with the Coke version? Discuss |
| Re: Knaan's Beauty by olulu(m): 4:10pm On Aug 14, 2010 |
what is d purpose of singing, if not for fun and for money |
| Re: Knaan's Beauty by ngel0v3(m): 12:03pm On Aug 19, 2010 |
olulu: Great! That means our Nigerian best-selling artistes might as well re-record their best-sellers.ie. the ones with those smashing melodies, along with new lyrics. I hope we'll enjoy them thereafter. P.S: I can imagine what "Fall in Love" melody would sound like if D'Banj rewrote the lyrics to sing a song for Nigeria. LOL!!! No LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOng thing, |
| Re: Knaan's Beauty by Vavavoom(m): 1:47pm On Aug 19, 2010 |
olulu: The original version was a call to attention of wars and tribulations in his native land Somalia. As an exiled poet he sought to draw attention to this inhumanity happening in his beloved country through the might of his pen, Coca Cola did notice but opted not to spotlight the hardship of Somalians but rather exploit the commerce angle of the song by changing the lyrical content to reflect their world cup campaign. [color=#990000][/color]So while many people know the lyrical content of the revised song it is doubtful if they've ever heard of the original. I think of how many people who would have heard about Somalia through the original version of the song and wonder if it wasn't an opportunity lost in the bid for commercialisation. It's like tweaking the anthem of a nation for commercial gain, just my thought. |
| Re: Knaan's Beauty by olulu(m): 11:14pm On Aug 19, 2010 |
hmmmmmmmmmmm, well, sometimes when money talks, exiled poets have to listen |
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