背景
DL這個RAP團體是95年在Kaiserslautern由Joe Thompson and Mike Dallen所成立的。最讓人熟知的就是他們的熱門歌曲。
歷程
DL97年在法國以單曲“Vision of Life”獲得第一次
成功。不僅問鼎french charts 更是在許多歐洲國家獲得成功。
另一首熱門歌曲就是 Johnny B。98年播送以後在歐洲取得了巨大的成功。
歌曲歌詞
Check it out - it's eleven-thirty,
看看,現在是十一點半
My hand is getting dirty
我的手弄髒了
Snatchin' up things that probably can't be waitin'
搶走那些可能不能久放的東西
Now this is a vision of a violent life
現在我看到了一幅暴力的生活場面
Livin' by a guard and totem of the night
這是一個警衛的生活,這是夜晚的圖騰
I'm slamin' doors 2-4-5 'n pullin' the keys
我狠狠關上門2-4-5抽出鑰匙(可能245是房間號吧。。)
Now these are the traged valuable luxuries to me
現在這些悲劇的東西對我來說是寶貴的奢侈品
In the early dawn, before you yawn
在早早的黎明,在你打哈欠之前
I've been there swiped you and then I'm gone
我就猛揍了你一頓,接著我就走了
Now it's six-o-clock, my heart tic-tacs
現在六點了,我的心還在滴滴答答地發出聲響
A black sadden bag full of bad ass rocks
一個悲哀的黑色袋子裡滿是壞的XXX(此處是罵人的話,不太和諧,大意就是搖晃搖晃你的屁股= =)
My identity has to be exposed
我的身份曝光了
Stealing from the spot that I chooly chosed
從我先前的選擇里偷盜
I lose and enfuse my choice to chose
我失去了我選擇的權利
Now I'm sick and I'm fallin' deeper in the mess
現在我感到很噁心,我跌落在更深的沼澤里了
There's no hope for me, see??
My path has been chosen I'm Johnny B
我的道路早就被選定了,我是Johnny B
Johnny B, how much there is to see
Johnny B,到底那兒有多少東西?
Just open your eyes, and listen to me
你只要睜開眼睛,聽我說話
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
直直往前走,綠燈變紅燈
Oooh why can't you see, oooh Johnny B
喔你為什麼看不到,喔Johnny B
Johnny B, how much there is to see
Johnny B,到底那兒有多少東西?
Just open your eyes, and listen to me
你只要睜開眼睛,聽我說話
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
直直往前走,綠燈變紅燈
Oooh why can't you see, oooh Johnny B
喔你為什麼看不到,喔Johnny B
The situation's tight
形勢緊張
You are billin' by the night
你在夜晚裡揮霍
Can't choose between the wrongs and the rights
不能在錯與對之間選擇
I'm searchin' for the clues, yo-what am I gotta do
我在尋找先做,啊我到底要乾什麼
I got the habit to take valuable things from you
我養成了從你這兒拿值錢東西的習慣
Here I stand and I'm physically trapped by my tent
我在這裡站著,我的身體被包幕困住了
Drifting northern breeze triumphal is this adman
這是沒落的來自微風飄飄飄的北部廣告人
A lonely path when I stand alone
我一個人站在這兒的時候,這是條孤獨的小路
A round mothern flexion bendin' by my own
一個圓圓mothern?的被我自己掰成可怕的角度(mothern不認識這個詞,如果是法語的話是人民公社的意思,可是不太通)
Here I lay down into certain deaths
在這裡我真的快要死去
Two spirits calls grabs my very last breath
兩種靈魂抓住了我最後的呼吸
Sometimes I wish reveseness in my path
有的時候我希望我從我的小路倒退回去
A simple guest or a simple laugh
只有簡單的客人,簡單的笑容
But I'm evil, dirty and mean
但我邪惡,骯髒而又兇狠
Two pounds blood pasts through my bloodstream
兩鎊的血液從我的血管里流過
Frightened huh? You should be
嚇到了吧?你該被嚇到
Who am I? I'm Johnny B!
我是誰?我是Johnny B!!
Johnny B, how much there is to see
Johnny B,到底那兒有多少東西?
Just open your eyes, and listen to me
你只要睜開眼睛,聽我說話
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
直直往前走,綠燈變紅燈
Oooh why can't you see, oooh Johnny B
喔你為什麼看不到,喔Johnny B
Here we go here we go now check the flow
我們走啦我們走啦去看那川流不息
Here we go here we go now check the flow
我們走啦我們走啦去看那川流不息
Here we go here we go now check the flow
我們走啦我們走啦去看那川流不息
Here we go, Johnny B is in control
我們走啦,Johnny B還能控制自己
Here we go here we go now check the flow
我們走啦我們走啦去看那川流不息
Here we go here we go now check the flow
我們走啦我們走啦去看那川流不息
Here we go here we go now check the flow
我們走啦我們走啦去看那川流不息
Here we go, Johnny B is in control
我們走啦,Johnny B還能控制自己
It's a sleepless night, he's callin' your name
這是一個不眠夜,他在呼喚你的名字
It's a lonely ride, I know how you saw him
這是個孤獨的旅程,我知道你怎么遇到他的
Again and again
一次又一次
He's dressin' his dreams
他做著他的夢
Yeaah, Johnny my friend, it's not what it seems...
耶,Johnny我的好朋友,事情不是你看到的那樣
Johnny B, how much there is to see
Johnny B,到底那兒有多少東西?
Just open your eyes, and listen to me
你只要睜開眼睛,聽我說話
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
直直往前走,綠燈變紅燈
Oooh why can't you see, oooh Johnny B
喔你為什麼看不到,喔Johnny B
Johnny B, how much there is to see
Johnny B,到底那兒有多少東西?
Just open your eyes, and listen to me
你只要睜開眼睛,聽我說話
Straight ahead, a green light turns to red
直直往前走,綠燈變紅燈
Oooh why can't you see, oooh Johnny B
喔你為什麼看不到,喔Johnny B