2018年に急死したラップ界の才能の塊、Mac Miller 享年２６歳。
よくThe 27 Clubというのが
欧米のミュージックシーンで 取り沙汰されますけど
彼はそれにも満たず。
このビデオクリップはきしくも なくなる前の日にオンライン上にポストされた
生前最後のライブの模様です。
私は大学時代より ラップも含めいろんなジャンルの音楽を聞いてきましたけど
ナイーブさや メロディラインの美しさ 歌詞のやさしさを
感じたラッパーは この人が初めてでした。
アメリカは本当にドラッグに苦しむ人が多く 彼もその一人。
The 27 Club で死んでいった若い才能たちの多くが
やはり ドラッグ絡み。
簡単に手に入るというのも原因だとは思いますが
やはり そこまで流れつかないとならなかった 社会の歪みや
心理的苦しみ 恵まれない家庭が多いというのもあるのでしょう。
アメリカで見かけた 若いのにホームレスになってる人達。
ワイキキでは キラキラして観光客に溢れていた島も
地元のバスに乗り込んで裏道を走ると あまり裕福そうでない人たちもたくさん。
それは我がホーム沖縄にも似た光景でした。
観光地とローカルの格差、
地元民が潤っているわけでもない現実。
このコロナで倒産、廃業した地元企業が増加の一途、
このコロナで思い知らされた 観光に依存しすぎていた島々。
Mac Miller が死ぬ直前に優しくつぶやく その歌詞を聴きながら
そんなことを考えていました。
Hurt Feelings/Mac Miller
Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Well, okay
I'm always sayin' I won't change but I ain't the same
Everything is different, I can't complain
Don't know what you missing
Shame on you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Shame on you
Everything is strange, that's just a game
Everybody tripping, throwing it away
We was getting lifted, now we getting paid
Shame on you
I pay the cost to see apostrophes
That means it's mine, keep to myself, taking my time
Always into some bullshit, and out of line
Driving with my eyes close, missing all the signs
Turn the ignition, I'm driven and sitting pretty
Listening to Whitney and whipping it through the city yeah
Man on a mission, figure it out
Putting way too much on my shoulders, please hold me down
I keep my head above the water (Water)
My eyes is getting bigger, so the world is getting smaller (Smaller)
I've been getting richer but that only made me crazy
Mama told me I was different even when I was a baby
That Mercedes through the PA when I pull up, sounded like a concert
Or a, or a monster truck, I'm tripping but I'm falling up
I always said I want it all, but it's not enough
O-kay
I'm always saying I won't change but I ain't the same
Everything is different, I can't complain
Don't know what you missing
Shame on you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Shame on you
Everything is strange, that's just a game
Everybody tripping, throwing it away
We was getting lifted, now we getting paid
Shame on you
We only just begun
No, we don't wanna hurt your feelings
I was only just begun
No, we don't wanna
Hurt (Hurt) Feelings (Feelings)
Down go the system, long live the king
Turn the power off and get your water from the spring
I'm bringing everyone with me when shit get iffy
I give a hundred and fifty percent
'This, this shit that I'm dealing with, but wish I forget
Used to be feeling depressed,
Now that I'm living and I'm feeling obsessed
Yes, high in Jacuzzi's I been hitting the jets
I'm showing her some love she been giving me sex
Bless bless bless
Respect the outline, don't fuck around and be a victim of your pride
Why you lying? (Why you lying?)
Tell the truth and step aside I don't got the time to let it slide (Yep)
I'm too grounded, push whips, that move mountains
New crib, blue fountains
These are my surroundings
I've been going through it, you just go around it
But it's really not that different when you think about it
I'm always saying I won't change but I ain't the same
Everything is different, I can't complain
Don't know what you missing
Shame on you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Shame on you
Everything is strange, that's just a game
Everybody tripping, throwing it away
We was getting lifted, now we getting paid
Shame on you
Hurt
Feelings