「音樂」Common 凡夫俗子 A Dream－波卡多試片室Pixnet

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　　今天看了兩部很好看的電影，一部是《五路追殺令》，另外一部就是這個MV中有出現畫面的《Freedom Writers》中文翻譯為《街頭日記》，這部由奧斯卡影后希拉蕊史旺主演的電影，當初VO在DVD店看到這部電影單純是為了《實習醫生》中的男主角Patrick Dempsey，誰知道派崔克在裡面只能算是個跑龍套的腳色，雖說派崔克在裡面的戲份不重，但是也不影響這部電影好看的程度，而這是一部真人真事改編的電影，電影內容談的是種族歧視與教育，藉由當年的種族融合實驗班，探討當年在加州這樣的種族大染缸中，一個老師如何讓放牛班的學生找尋自我學會尊重，電影值得推薦，而今天介紹的這首歌算是這部電影的主打歌，Common（台灣翻譯為「凡夫俗子」）的A Dream。

　　這首歌如同電影，也是在談種族歧視，而MV大量引用馬丁路德Martin Luther在1963年8月28日在美國首都華盛頓特區的集會，發表了他著名的演講「我有有一個夢想」

節錄演講部份如下：

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: \"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.\"

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of \"interposition\" and \"nullification\" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; \"and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

圖片引用：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_king

這是一篇很真切的一篇演說，但是即便如此四十年後的美國還是充斥著這樣的問題，也因此才會有這首歌跟這部電影的出現，而Common在歌中也在闡揚種族平等的希望。

「A Dream」歌詞如下：

[Chorus - Will.i.am and Martin Luther King]
(I am happy...I Have a Dream) I got a Dream
(That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out
(That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out
(That One Day ) We gonna work it out
(I Have a Dream) I got a Dream
(That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out
(That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out
(That One Day ) We gonna work it out
(I Have a Dream) I got a Dream
(That One Day) That one day
(That One Day) I'ma look deep within myself
(I Have a Dream) I gotta find a way...
My Dream Is To Be Free
My Dream Is To Be
My Dream Is To Be
My Dream Is To Be Free

[Verse 1]
In search of brighter days, I ride through the maze of the madness,
Struggle is my address, where pain and crack lives,
Gunshots comin' from sounds of Blackness,
Given this game with no time to practice,
Born on the Black list, told I'm below average,
A life with no cabbage,
That's no money if you from where I'm from,
Funny, I just want some of your sun,
Dark clouds seem to follow me,
Alcohol that my pops swallowed bottled me,
No apology, I walk with a boulder on my shoulder,

It's a Cold War - I'm a colder soldier,
Hold the same fight that made Martin Luther the King,
I ain't usin' it for the right thing,
In between Lean and the fiends, hustle and the schemes,
I put together pieces of a Dream
I still have one

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
The world's seen me lookin' in the mirror,
Images of me, gettin' much clearer,
Dear Self, I wrote a letter just to better my soul,
If I don't express it then forever I'll hold, inside
I'm from a side where we out of control,
Rap music in the 'hood played a fatherly role,
My story's like yours, yo it gotta be told,
Tryna make it from a gangsta to a godlier role,
Read scrolls and stow slaves,
And Jewish people in cold cage,
Hate has no color or age, flip the page,
Now my rage became freedom,
Writin' dreams in the dark, they far but I can see 'em,
I believe in Heaven more than Hell,
Blessings more than jail,
In the ghetto let love prevail,
With a story to tell, my eyes see the glory and well,
The world waitin' for me to yell "I Have a Dream"

[Chorus]

歌詞來源：http://www.common-music.com/lyrics/default.aspx/pid/2317/tid/29213