【原】Everlast《What It’s Like》

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愁苦烦恼才当真是一辈子的事

——金庸《射雕英雄传》

歌名:《What It’s Like》

歌者：Everlast

词曲：Everlast

流派：另类音乐 嘻哈

推荐理由

故事感很强的歌曲，旋律也非常动听。

歌词

[Verse 1]

We've all seen the man at the liquor store beggin' for your change

The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange

He ask the man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes

"Get a job, you fucking slob" is all he replies

[Hook]

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes

Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

[Verse 2]

Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love

He said: "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll; I'm the man you've been dreamin' of"

But three months later he said he won't date her or return her calls

And she sweared, "Goddamn, If I find that man I'm cuttin' off his balls!"

And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walkin' through the door:

They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they call her a whore!

[Hook 2]

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes

Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

[Bridge]

I've seen a rich man beg

I've seen a good man sin

I've seen a tough man cry

I've seen a loser win

And a sad man grin

I heard an honest man lie

I've seen the good side of bad and the down side of up

And everything between

I licked the silver spoon, drank from the golden cup

Smoked the finest green

I stroked the baddest dimes

At least a couple of times

Before I broke their heart

You know where it ends

Yo, it usually depends

On where you start

[Verse 3]

I knew this kid named Max, he used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs

He liked to hang out late, liked to get shit faced and keep pace with thugs

Until late one night there was a big gunfight and Max lost his head

He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit and wound up dead

Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of his pain

You know it comes that way, at least that's what they say when you play the game

[Hook]

God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news

Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

Then you really might know what it's like (what it's like)

To have to lose...

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多添一点：

今天分享一首Everlast 的《What It’s Like》。

今天来首略带嘻哈味道的歌曲，这首歌曲来自Everlast 1998年发行的个人第二张专辑《Whitey Ford Sings the Blues》。这是他离开组合House of Pain后的第一张专辑。这张专辑在商业和流行度都取得了成功（销量超过 300 万张），并且根据RIAA的数据获得了2 倍的白金销量。它在Billboard 200上排名第9 。今天这首《What It’s Like》是他专辑中发行的第四首单曲。这首歌是他个人最成功的歌曲。在美国公告牌 主流摇滚排行榜上排名第一，美国流行摇滚排行榜和现代摇滚曲目排行榜都是第一，而且后者持续九周。在公告牌百强单曲榜上排名第 13 位，成为迄今为止这位歌手在美国排行榜上唯一的单曲前 40 名。在美国以外，这首歌在冰岛排名第四，在加拿大排名第六，在澳大利亚、奥地利、德国和瑞士排名前 30。这首歌还让他在第 42 届格莱美颁奖典礼上获得格莱美奖最佳男摇滚声乐表演提名。

这首歌是他在离开嘻哈三重奏后使用的风格，融合了摇滚、嘻哈和布鲁斯的感觉。这首歌由三部分主歌、一个桥和一个变化的Hook组成（每部分根据上面主歌的故事变化）。它述了三个不同的故事。第一个是一位乞丐向商铺里的人要求找零钱被无情的拒绝。第二个是关于一个女孩，她的男朋友让她怀孕了，然后他抛弃了她，她不得不去堕胎，她走近门诊时，被周围人称为“杀手”“妓女”。第三个讲的是一个毒贩养家糊口;一天晚上，他被枪杀了，一家人醒来后在新闻上看到了这件事，最终才发现了他们的丈夫/父亲一直在做的事情。这首歌讲述了社会如何如此迅速地给人贴上标签。在第三部分的故事，作者转向了家人的部分。“现在他的妻子和孩子陷入了他所有的痛苦之中……上帝禁止你醒来听到这个消息，因为你会真的知道失去是什么滋味”。三个很有寓意的故事。看看歌手。

Erik Francis Schrody（生于 1969 年 8 月 18 日），他平常都使用他的艺名Everlast，是一位美国音乐家、歌手、说唱歌手和词曲作者，他是嘻哈乐队House of Pain的主唱。也是嘻哈超级组合 La Coka Nostra的成员，该组合由House of Pain 和其他说唱歌手组成。乐队于1996年解散，他开始单飞。离开乐队后，他戒了烟和酒，成为了一名穆斯林。2000 年，他与拉丁摇滚乐队Santana合作的歌曲《 Put Your Lights On 》获得格莱美最佳摇滚表演奖。