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Originally posted by Cypress:I. Jay-Z is one of the better rappers

He certainly is not!!! You should listen to the likes of nas

I've only heard the studio version and quite like it. Bono's main influence is obviously the chorus, which I like. You can't do much about Jay-Z. They're his verses and that stuff either appeals or it doesn't. For me, not bad at all.

gwiz

15 years

Originally posted by AllBeacauseOfZoo:[..]

He certainly is not!!! You should listen to the likes of nas

Yessss, glad to see another nas fan

drewhiggins

15 years

Originally posted by gwiz:[..]

Yessss, glad to see another nas fan

Nas is great.

Now I watched the broadcast taped over the weekend. I'm sure I'm not deaf but they must have put Rhianna's microphone right up (because it was like nails against timber), Jay-Z looked like a complete and utter knob but I couldn't even hear Bono or Edge whatsoever. Was Bono's microphone turned off or blew up, and was Edge even playing guitar or guit-syncing?

And what the hell was Rhianna wearing? A fucking straight jacket with a saucepan on her head??? Good to see it was for charity (can you argue with trying to help others in whatever way you want?) and they are trying to do something but as a proper song it wouldn't have gone anywhere. Well, with me it wouldn't have.

Rhianna bought it right down and should be banned from singing or entertaining ever again unless it's at a work function. Jay-Z tried to bring it up, and he try as he might but I can't comment on Bono or Edge because I couldn't hear fuck all.

Cypress

15 years

I like the song in general, but I think the studio version is slightly better.

yeah

15 years

Considering how weak Bono sounds on the Studio version, it might be a good thing that his mic was turned down for the live version.
He didn't make as much of an idiot of himself as he used to do when performing with musicians of other genres, though. Well done, Bono.

ad87

15 years

i think its a proper song for such a case.

i like it at first listen!

djrlewis

15 years

I've bought the live version now too and see what you all mean about Bono. Given his input on the studio version, that has to have been deliberate on his part - either to appeal more to a youth audience by letting Rhianna sing more or because his voice was knacked that night.

Either way, I like Jay-Z's rap, pretty eloquent I think (especially given the limited time) and I like the main chorus. Not sure about how it tails off at the end.

Lyrics:- taken from a closed topic:-

"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)"
When the sky falls
And the earth quakes
We gonna put this back together
We won’t break
When the sky falls
And the earth quakes
We gonna put this back together
We won’t break

Sa Pa Sé
My Port-Au-Princes
My Haitian goddess
And all of my princesses
Our condolences as you’re fighting against this
We’re right by your side
As we’re trying to make sense of this
Heavenly father
Help us see through these problems
And for those that left
Accept them into your garden
So here’s my theory
The country’s already starving
So we sacrificed many
To shed light on all of them
God please pardon, I speak from the heart
It’s the only way I see this tragedy befalling them
So lets get involved with them
Hand to hand with them, arm to arm with them
Until they get strong again
When the sky falls

Not tomorrow
Can’t wait until tomorrow

Haiti, mon amour
Haiti, mon amour
Not gonna leave you stranded
Oh no, oh no, oh no

When the sky falls
And the earth quakes
We gonna put this back together
We won’t break
When the sky falls
And the earth quakes
We gonna put this back together
We won’t break

Learn from the past
New Orleans was flooded
So we know we just can’t rely on the government
We under the rubble again
Here we go rumbling
When we gonna catch a break
My friend lost his mother and then
And then, Caroline lost her uncles and them
Buried with no caskets
They just put covers on them
And the tears fall, and we fight back
The story ain’t done, it can’t end like that
Nah not like this
Tomorrow’s survivors are gonna carry on your name
You live on inside us
Your memory’s alive with us
You inspired us to rebuild this country
You just guide us

Not tomorrow
Can’t wait until tomorrow
Haiti, mon amour
Haiti, mon amour
Not gonna leave you stranded
Hey, not gonna leave you stranded
Oh no, oh no, oh no

It’s not the angels that are on their way
It’s not the bells of Santa Trinité
The people waiting, position vacant
for hands to help, not just to pray

Ensemble, ensemble, ensemble
Ensemble, ensemble, ensemble

Haiti, mon amour
Haiti, mon amour
Not gonna leave you stranded
Hey, not gonna leave you stranded
Oh no, oh no, oh no

Not gonna leave
Haïti va s’élever
Not gonna leave
Tu vas te relever
Oh no
Nous nous éléverons
Oh no
Ensemble ensemble ensemble

We’re gonna put this back together, we wont break
Not gonna leave stranded
We’re gonna put this back together, we wont break
Not gonna leave you stranded
We’re gonna put this back together, we wont break
Not gonna leave you stranded
We’re gonna put this back together, we wont break
We’re gonna put this back together, we wont break

(This charity single is performed by Bono, the Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna)

wtshnnfb01

15 years

Too everone saying Jay-Z is one of the best rappers: Thats like comparing too turds. At the end of the day its still shit.

wtshnnfb01

15 years

It would have been better if they had done this.

vanquish

15 years

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:Too everone saying Jay-Z is one of the best rappers: Thats like comparing too turds. At the end of the day its still shit.

Ain't that the truth

drewhiggins

15 years

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:Too everone saying Jay-Z is one of the best rappers: Thats like comparing too turds. At the end of the day its still shit.

''You can't polish a turd.''

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