To all the girls I cheated on before, it’s a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive but never forget, so the past reappears, uh huh
Yo, Wyclef, It’s time that I confess (Refugee Camp) to all the girls
(Don’t do it, don’t do it)
[singing] To all the girls I loved before
[rapping] To all the girls I cheated on before
[singing] To all the girls I loved before
To all the girls I cheated on before, I tip my hat like Willie Nelson
You got pressure, take a sip of this Molson
Here’s what happened, it wasn’t my intentions
To fall into seduction while playing a temptation
I thought I had it figured out, but games don’t last
The hourglass ran out, I got sprayed with the tear gas
Big men don’t cry, hold my feelings inside
Stress brings me ?, I gotta hold my pride
When I see you with another guy, jealous thoughts of homicide
Call me selfish when I say Abraham has many wives
You say this is the 90’s, either it’s gonna be me or her
I found myself in a blur
Lookin’ into the clouds thinkin’ out loud
«I’m in love with two women, who is it gonna be now?»
To all the girls I cheated on before, it’s a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive but never forget, so the past reappears, uh huh
To all the girls I cheated on before, it’s a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive, but you still think that I’m a ho
Second verse is gonna hurt, based on a true life story
I got married at 24 in New Jersey
You know the feelings start nature take it’s course
Two years later ‘Clef gets a divorce
When I had the cold feet, I shouldn’t’ve walked the altar
With Dionne Warwick, she could predict my future
Went with my feelings even though it wasn’t right
Creepin’ with my secret lover in the middle of the night
Back home, break of dawn, dinner’s at the table
Thin Line Between Love And Hate is on cable
I’m lookin’ at myself thinkin’ out loud
«I’m in love with two women, who is it gonna be now?»
To all the girls I cheated on before, it’s a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive but never forget, so the past reappears, uh huh
To all the girls I cheated on before, it’s a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive, but you still think that I’m a ho
Hotel, (I’m not a) motel, Holiday Inn (you don’t believe me though)
And if your girl acts up at the carnival, then you take her friend
Hotel, (I’m not a) motel, Holiday Inn (you don’t believe me though)
And if your girl acts up at the carnival, then you snatch her friend
(Break it down right here)
One love, you’re lucky to have one love
It sounds bugged, drinking wine from the same jug
One heart, one mind, one soul
She ain’t a gold digger, she don’t care about your bank-roll
Keep your money, she make her own cheddar
All she want from me is respect like Aretha
Cooked me lasagne, stayed in for the winter
Chilled to the summer, now I’m gone ‘til November
Have you seen her?
I think I did
But what I did wrong was take a love for granted
Cause first comes trust, don’t rush into lust
Easier said than done, I lust and I must
Passion is a must, but then we start to cuss
We was just makin’ love, now we tearing up each other’s guts
Like species, she called me an animal
So feel the tongue of the warm-blooded mammal
To all the girls I cheated on before, it’s a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive but never forget, so the past reappears, uh huh
To all the girls I cheated on before, it’s a new year
I got a new change of gear, I swear
I can see clear now the clouds disappeared
You forgive, but you still think that I’m a ho
I’m not a ho [repeat and dimminuendo at the same time]
(You don’t believe me though)
I know you’re diggin’ this
Is it OK if I play my guitar right about now, is it alright?
(You don’t believe me though)
Alright (you don’t believe me though), alright
People in the back, is it OK if I play my guitar right about now?
Alright, alright, alright, alright
People on the side, is it OK if I play my guitar right about now?
Definitivamente, Wyclef no ha vuelto a sacar un disco tan bueno como lo fue «The Carnival»…
¿Cuánto me ha durado? Un día apenas… Está curioso, pero no deja de ser una burda imitación de GTA. Lo que lo cambia un poco son las acrobacias tipo Matrix, lo que se conoce como «tiempo bala» aunque como bien ha apuntado [I] por lo menos en Matrix las balas iban más lentas porque aquí la acción se ejecuta a cámara lenta pero las balas salen disparadas a la misma velocidad, lo que relativamente implica que salen más rápidas de lo normal.
Aparte de ese dato, la historia se ve un poco recortada, porque (si no te has pasado el juego no sigas leyendo):
Te cargas al oficial de la DEA pero el Papa Muerte sigue por ahí danzando, y eso que pensaba que el final iba a ser matarlo a él. Yo creo que decidieron centrar la historia en la venganza por la muerte de su padre y no tanto en la lucha contra la droga y el cabecilla del tráfico.
La banda sonora, muy buena, para ambientar al jugador en el México de la época con música actual a cargo de Molotov, Control Machete o Delinquent Habits, todos grupos mexicanos. También hay algunos guiños a las canciones más conocidas de aquellas tierras, como puede ser «La Cucaracha»:
La cucaracha, la cucaracha
ya no puede caminar
porque no tiene, porque le falta
marihuana que fumar.
C’est la gorge nouée que je pousse la porte de chez moi
Je prie pour que ma femme ne m’entende pas
Il est 4h du mat’ et dans le couloir calme et sombre
Je pense en moi tout bas, lâche-moi
J’en ai marre de me justifier marre d’entendre crier,
Je suis a court d’excuses, mon coeur les refuse
J’en est marre de t’inquiéter, marre de t’supplier s’il te plaît
Ecoute-moi…
Je fonce vers la cuisine et ai droit la même morale
Ces mêmes phrases qui reviennent, tous ces mots qui me font mal
Tu sais parfois j’aimerais pouvoir gagner ta confiance
Chérie, je crois, je pense avoir droit ma chance
Il me semble t’avoir tout dit, comprends que j’ai mûri
C’est ma vie d’artiste alors je m’y plie
J’aimerais tant que tu cesses de m’attendre en regardant les heures
Qui défilent…
Una voz y un piano, en francés… Me gusta mucho esta canción.
Give it out, give it out
give it out, give it out
give it away, give it away
give it out, give it out
give it away,
today today today today today
today today today today
yeah yeah yeah.
Perhaps we’re on own way,
perhaps we’ve gone too far,
perhaps we should slow down,
be where we really are, really are, yeah.
Today, today,
if you believe that there is no other way,
try living, today today,
little by little in your own way.
Today,
little by little,
try living today, today, little by little,
we’re in today today,
if you believe that there is no other way,
try living today, today, little by little,
you’re on your own way,
perhaps we’re on own way,
perhaps we’ve gone too far,
perhaps we should slow down,
be where we really are,
where we really are, ohh,
where we really are
today, today, try living today, today,
today,
little by little,
try living today today, little by little,
be where we really are,
little by little,
today, today,
… be where we really are…
Buena canción, con un estilo al que no nos tiene acostumbrados este dúo londinense. Con la voz de Richie Havens, esta pieza soul suena bastante bien.
Cuando salió la serie de Elfen Lied en televisión la canción del opening, cantada por Kumiko Noma y un coro gregoriano, tenía una letra que no resultó ser la correcta. Ahora que se han editado los DVD’s de la serie está corregido:
Lilium
Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam,
Et lingua eius loquetur indicium.
Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem,
Quoniqm cum probates fuerit accipient coronam vitae.
Kyrie, ignis divine, eleison
O quam sancta, quam serena,
quam benigma, quam amoena
O castitatis lilium
Azucena
La boca del justo meditará sabiduría,
y su lengua hablará el juicio.
Bendito sea el que sufre la tentación,
Después de ser probado recibirá la corona de la vida.
Oh señor, divino fuego, ten piedad
Oh cuan sagrada, cuan serena,
cuan benevolente, cuan amena
oh azucena de la castidad.
De todas maneras, esta es la versión corta, porque existe una versión más larga:
Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam,
Et lingua eius loquetur indicium.
Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem,
Quoniqm cum probates fuerit accipient coronam vitae.
Kyrie, fons bonitatis.
Kyrie, ignis divine, eleison.
O quam sancta, quam serena,
quam benigma, quam amoena
esse virgo creditur.
O quam sancta, quam serena,
quam benigma, quam amoena,
O castitatis lilium.
La boca del justo meditará sabiduría,
y su lengua hablará el juicio.
Bendito sea el que sufre la tentación,
Después de ser probado recibirá la corona de la vida.
Oh señor, fuente de bondad.
Oh señor, divino fuego, ten piedad.
Oh cuan sagrada, cuan serena,
cuan benevolente, cuan amena,
Esa virgen criatura.
Oh cuan sagrada, cuan serena,
cuan benevolente, cuan amena,
oh azucena de la castidad.
Además, esta canción no es totalmente original. El primer y el segundo verso son respectivamente Salmos (37:30)
30 La boca del justo habla sabiduría,
Y su lengua habla justicia.
en latín Psalmi (36:30)
30 fe os iusti meditabitur sapientiam
et lingua eius loquetur iudicium
y Santiago (1:12)
12 Dichoso el que resiste la tentación porque, al salir aprobado, recibirá la corona de la vida que Dios ha prometido a quienes lo aman.
en latín Iacobi (1:12)
12 beatus vir qui suffert temptationem quia cum probatus fuerit accipiet coronam vitae quam repromisit Deus diligentibus se
Además tiene fragmentos de una canción de canto gregoriano llamada «Ave mundi Spes María». ¿No te lo crees? Si sabes algo de solfeo y canto, además de tener ganas de cantar, aquí tienes la partitura y la letra.
