T01>> I Can – Nas
T02>> 今宵多珍重 - LMF
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Song: I Can
Artist: Nas
Album: God's Son
Label: Sony
Original Release Date: December 17, 2002
[Kids]
I know I can (I know I can)
Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[Nas]
Be, B-Boys and girls, listen up
You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
But nothing comes easy it takes much practice
Like, I met a woman who's becoming a star
She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version
Hung with the wrong person
Gotta astrung when I heard when
Cocaine, sniffing up drugs, all in her nose
Coulda died, so young, now looks ugly and old
No fun cause when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
Cause she smells of corrosion and death
Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
So if you gonna be the best, I'ma tell you how,
Put your hands in the air, and take a bow
[Chorus - 2x (Nas and Kids)]
I know I can (I know I can)
Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[Nas]
Be, B-Boys and girls, listen again
This is for grown looking girls who's only ten
The ones who watch videos and do what they see
As cute as can be, up in the club with fake ID
Careful, 'fore you meet a man with HIV
You can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey
Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be
Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be
Older than you are, give yourself time to grow
You thinking he can give you wealth, but so
Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
You thinkin life's all about smokin weed and ice
You don't wanna be my age and can't read and write
Begging different women for a place to sleep at night
Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this
[Chorus]
[Nas]
Be, be, 'fore we came to this country
We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
It was empires in Africa called Kush
Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
Asian Arabs and gave them gold when
Gold was converted to money it all changed
Money then became empowerment for Europeans
The Persian military invaded
They heard about the gold, the teachings, and everything sacred
Africa was almost robbed naked
Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
Shot up they nose to impose what basically
Still goes on today, you see?
If the truth is told, the youth can grow
Then learn to survive until they gain control
Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
Read more learn more, change the globe
Ghetto children, do your thing
Hold your head up, little man, you're a king
Young Princess when you get your wedding ring
Your man is saying "She's my queen"
[Chorus]
Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
Save the music
今天頭又很痛鳥，又是痛得快要爆炸…
回來看到咀哥這段新聞，真的很傷心…領隊這番說話，就好像是一些女孩子，明明就已經有要好的男朋友，但當有別的男孩子向她展開追求時，她又偏要說些曖昧的說話，弄得那男孩死心塌地去等她、繼續追求她…I AM FXXKIN’ GUTTED!!我寧願他對咀哥說：「你已經沒有價值，請你離開吧！」現在走出來說這些話，算是甚麼意思？我討厭這樣的拖拖拉拉…
16/02/2007 14:28, Report by Ben Hibbs
SMITH TO STEP OUT OF THE SHADOWS
A year ago this weekend, Alan Smith suffered a horrific injury that has limited him to just two first-team starts since.
As a second-half substitute against Liverpool in the FA Cup on 18 February at Anfield, Smith blocked a shot from John Arne Riise, which broke his leg and dislocated his ankle. The 26-year-old striker hasn’t played for the Reds since getting a 60-minute run-out in the defeat to Southend in the Carling Cup at the start of November.
Smith has been on an intensive fitness programme to get his fitness levels back up. Described as “terrific” in training, Sir Alex Ferguson would have no qualms about throwing the striker back into action against Reading on Saturday – but says the Yorkshireman may just have to be a bit more patient in getting back into the team.
“I could play him against Reading no problem," said Sir Alex. "But the difficulty of course is the form of the team and that I have so many players playing so well. I’m trying to be fair to everyone, but it is hard. All I can say is that he is improving all the time, he has been terrific in training.
“I’m thinking that when Henrik Larsson goes back to Helsingborg in March, Alan could become a very important player to us. I think he sees that himself, and hopefully that is the case.
“It's just a matter of getting his timing and his confidence back again,” added the boss. “He's coming along fine. He's been in the squad over the last few weeks but the team is picking itself at the moment and when everyone is fit it's difficult even to pick the subs.”
誓做美國首位黑人總統
奧巴馬打林肯牌宣戰
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【蘋果日報】美國明年大選，民主黨又多一人競逐總統候選人提名。前第一夫人、現任紐約州聯邦參選員希拉莉（Hillary Clinton）的勁敵，被喻為「黑人甘迺」的政治新星奧巴馬（Barack Obama），前日（周六）以傳承南北戰爭總統林肯（Abraham Lincoln）解放黑奴、統合國家使命的姿態，正式宣布角逐民主黨總統候選人提名。一旦當選，他將成為美國史上首位黑人總統。
45歲的奧巴馬在伊利諾州（Illinois）斯普林菲爾德（Springfield）一幢歷史性建築物外宣布參選。1858年，林肯就是在這發表著名反奴隸制演說：「分裂的家庭必不能持久，一半奴役一半自由的政府絕不能持久。」（"A house divided against itself cannot stand."）1860年，他當選總統，就打起南北戰爭，解放黑奴。
奧巴馬選擇在這歷史性地標宣布參選，除了因為他10年前在斯普林菲爾德當選伊州議員開始從政外，他更要借助林肯種族無分階級的精神，實現他成為美國首位黑人總統的夢想。
「這是翻開新頁的時候，就在這，就在這時。」奧巴馬以傳承林肯統合國家精神的姿態，聲音響亮地說「我們有共同希望和共同夢想」，統合黨派分歧，「建立一個更有希望的美國」。他揚言「是時候將我們的姊弟兵帶回家」，高舉反戰旗幟。
「奧巴馬現象」與甘迺相提並論
奧巴馬在華府資歷尚淺，他於2004年在民主黨全國代表大會發表一場慷慨激昂的演說後，才在同年當選伊州聯邦參議員，是美國目前唯一黑人參議員。但正因為資歷淺，他的新臉孔卻能討好求變的選民，有人將「奧巴馬現象」拿來與甘迺1960年挾帶強大人氣進軍白宮相提並論。
人氣高，但在民調中，奧巴馬聲望還沒有蓋過希拉莉。在一個女人和一個黑人之間，民主黨選民會選誰出戰，是一齣好看的戲。尤其是，兩人都存在爭議：希拉莉太左，會分化票源。奧巴馬有個肯雅移民來的父親，母親是堪薩斯州白人，兩人後來離異，母親改嫁印尼回徒，他曾隨母移居印度，話柄是他那時曾入讀宣揚回激進主義的學校。
美聯社/路透社
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對鳥，今天在報章看到這篇文章，怎麼說呢，說我完全認同又說不上，不過，其實我又真的很怕這重民粹主義。情況似乎已經去到，若你有少許不認同，就會被道德批判。「你都不支持環保呀！很邪惡呀！」…是否我這個人都比較理智和實際呢？保環當然是好，我也不想「明日之後」（The Day After Tomorrow）的劇情讓我親眼目睹，但如果提出少少不認同就要被打成惡魔般，太可怕鳥吧？其實這篇文章我最認同之處就是點出這些團體都在誇大的問題…有的人覺得沒有問題，「要引人注意嘛！要大家有危機感嘛！誇大少許無妨啦！」那麼為甚麼當年葉劉淑儀說「有百多萬人湧來香港」被指責在恐嚇呢？其實有時我都不明白，為甚麼大家都在不滿所謂的HYPE的同時，對於一些他們認同的議題、內容，又從來不會質疑都只是一個HYPE。太多人雙重標準鳥。
P.S.其實，如果他技術好一點，可不需花這麼多氣力啦，一下子就可以把球踢走吧！不過他不是啦，所以才需要三番四次的嘗試囉。不打緊啦，我就是喜歡他這種性格吧。雖然他的決心未為他帶來一張漂亮的成績表，沒關係啦，他是盡鳥力付出過嘛，那已經很足夠鳥。畢竟，能夠憑藉決心而又get the job done的，我只見過一個人能夠做到，這個人叫Michael Jordan。
昨晚看書看到四時半才睡，今天真的累死人鳥！不過我今天終於把「天堂」看完啦，蠻不錯的啊，可是我還是喜歡「星期二」多一點。還是「星期二」感動多一點點、感受多一點點…一點點啦！:-) 雖然「天堂」入面也有教我感動的片段…例如描述他爸爸的死亡真相…哇！實在很難受呀！又例如，他最後見到的小女孩，原來就是「被他燒死」的小女孩…我真的覺得很難接受耶…當我看到這一段，真的說鳥句”OH MY GOD!”。真相有時真的會使人崩潰。某程度上我覺得自己跟故事的主角「艾迪」有點相似。嗯…無論如何，我都要學習少點執著、埋怨，多點放開啦！我們要放開一點，才會得到平靜。而人與人之間，表面上可能並不互相認識，但又確實是有著關連。真的很神奇，但又是事實。令我想起鳥一齣電影，「拉闊愛的人」（PAY IT FORWARD）。我超喜歡這齣電影，喜歡他帶出來的訊息。一個人，去幫三個人，而這三個人，不是要對這個幫助他的人回饋甚麼，而是他們每個人再幫三個人，將愛傳出去；如果每個人照著做的話，那麼接受幫忙、接受這份愛的人就會越來越多鳥。這齣電影令我感動得哭起來啦！（其實我是個很易被感動的人吧！-_-）很多年前MC仁跟我說鳥一句話，我到現在仍然牢牢記著，而且深信不疑，「ONE MORE BETTER NO MORE」；就是鳥，就算三個當中只得一個會將愛傳出去也好，也總好過一個也沒有，你不先去身體力行，那就連這一個的機會都會沒有鳥。有空你們都看看這齣戲啦！我其實很喜歡那童星（Haley Joel Osment）呢！（「鬼眼」The Sixth Sense那位小朋友啊！）
今晚的課有點悶…因為所教的我都懂鳥。不過我會繼續上課的啦，不會輕易放棄的說！不會半途而廢啊…”I’ll get the job done!”嘛！這是近來香港人都必定懂的一句說話啦！哈哈∼
