I don’t want to live like a worm in the books, eating the pages with an empty mind without knowing anything of the bigger picture… (Side note, song playing now is Vodka by Korpiklaani.) I have 450 words to learn just for the japanese exams, that not counting the ones for pol-eco (politics-economics) and maths, of which especially the first one’s are pretty numerous (let’s say about 150 or more). And those are still just the words, not the stuff i actually have to know, how to solve those creepy math problems (that usually take me twice as long to solve as for others, and that’s quite a problem considering the given timeframe for the exam this friday).
But at least i had some fun, trying to understand and write down the lyrics of Can’t keep a good man down by Eastern Standard Time. I really had/have a tough time with it. It’s really sung in the “reggae style” so very difficult to catch all the words.
I post the lyrics that i managed to write down, but please consider that this is neither correct nor anywhere near that. I really tried my best but i’m not native english speaker so it’s not that easy (not to mention i guess i’d have trouble with this kind of lyrics even in hungarian). Consider this a podcast (the title links). The words in brackets are the ones i couldn’t really catch, so those are guesses.
Eh! Eh!
All right now
Now me come an’
(We could tailin’)
Take all that from Ring Ding, yeah-yeah!
Spread the word out over town
That you can’t keep a good man down
No way
As i would say
As i really-really tell it to you all
Hey!
Here me sing!
You can’t keep a good man down
Me say you can’t keep a good man down
So go take my word, spread it all over town
You can’t keep a good man down
Y’can’t keep a good man down
Me say you can’t keep a good man down
Spread it right over town
Or then fears i go frown
You can’t keep a good man down
(I ain’t a) backbiter, a parasite
(We’re one) of the mould
And dem never keep quiet
Worried and believe
What that the newspapers write
But you take my word
Read it black and white
Just shut up and listen
Now move and we’re tight
You couldn’t (will me done)
With all your might
You could a tribal man test
(Me without) fear and no fright
But me show when you test
All your fears are goes (wild)
When i keep it dance
I (made them it) wild
(Me now is it) upright
(Me now) is something like
People them get excite
When me in this spotlight
You should see how them
How i gather around and unite
When i go my dance
Smash it like them the might
Fly high like a kite
Man (with me) out on the side
The people them are swingin’
Left, center (and) right
Greet and see me succeed
Then get up tight
Do you want me to be honest
Or you want it polite
D’you think i give a damn?
(Not) quite…
Y’can’t keep a good man down
Me say you can’t keep a good man down
So go take my word, and spread it all over town
You can’t keep a good man down
Y’can’t keep a good man down
Say you can’t keep a good man down
Spread it all over town
Or then fears i go frown
You can’t keep a good man down
All right now!
Spread the word out over town! Ye-yeah!
All right!
Spread the word!
(As) i really-really tell to you!
Eh!
(Ain’t a) backbiter or a parasite!
Yeah!
You hear me again!
Me just can’t believe
All the people them shout
Them shout about this
And not shout about that
Them say i (man) dead
Them say i (man) fucked
The (most) man in front of me
And shout behind me back
And they chit-chat business
Man, me not into that
Me speak out me mind
Me no live like no rat
Like a pot on the fire
They crowd and get up
Yeah (what will the) fun
Why what have you got?
I gonna have it
You have it not
Live from your soul as this (part)!
Sing!
Can’t keep a good man down
Me say you can’t keep a good man down
So y’go take my word, spread it all over town
You can’t keep a good man down! What?!
Y’can’t keep a good man down
Me say you can’t keep a good man down
Spread it all over town
Or then fears i go frown
You can’t keep a good man down
All right now
I’m gonna call a good time
Coz all i bring
Take that from the Ring Ding
Watch me swing
All right all right
Say you can’t keep a good man down, no way!
Eh! Have mercy!
(Spit it) all our words
(Spit it) all our own
Can’t keep a good man down!
So why will not come to dance
What a beautiful song
Can’t keep a good man down!
(…)
You can’t keep a good man down!
Eastern Standard Time – Can’t keep a good man down
