LYRICS "Bang Bang Bang"

 

(Jessie J with Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)

[Verse 1 — Jessie J:]
She got a body like an hourglass, but I can give it to you all the time
She got a booty like a Cadillac, but I can send you into overdrive (oh)
(You've been waiting for that, stop, hold up, swing your bat)
See anybody could be bad to you,
You need a good girl to blow your mind, yeah

[Hook — Jessie J:]
Bang bang into the room (I know you want it)
Bang bang all over you (I'll let you have it)
Wait a minute let me take you there (ah)
Wait a minute 'til ya (ah)
Bang bang there goes your heart (I know you want it)
Back, back seat of my car (I'll let you have it)
Wait a minute let me take you there (ah)
Wait a minute 'til ya (ah)

[Verse 2 — Ariana Grande:]
She mighta let you hold her hand in school, but I'mma show you how to graduate
No, I don't need to hear you talk the talk, just come and show me what your mamma gave (Oh yeah)
(You've got a very big shhhh, mouth but don't say a thing)
See anybody could be good to you,
You need a bad girl to blow your mind

[Hook]

[Verse 3 — Nicki Minaj:]
(You know what girls?
Let me show you how to do)
It's Myx Moscato
It's frizz in a bottle
It's Nicki full throttle
It's oh, oh
Swimming in the grotto
We winning in the lotto
We dipping in the pot of blue foam, so
Kitten so good
It's dripping on wood
Get a ride in the engine that could
Go, Batman robbin' it
Bang, bang, cockin' it
Queen Nicki dominant, prominent
It's me, Jessie, and Ari
If they test me they sorry
Ride us up like a Harley
Then pull off in this Ferrari
If he hanging we banging
Phone ranging, he slanging
It ain't karaoke night but get the mic 'cause I'm singing

B to the A to the N to the G to the uh
B to the A to the N to the G to the hey

See anybody could be good to you,
You need a bad girl to blow your mind (your mind)

[Hook]

[Outro — Nicki Minaj (overlapping):]
Bang bang into the room (I know you want it)
Bang bang all over you (I'll let you have it)
[Nicki Minaj:]
Yo, I said
Bang, bang
Bang, bang, bang, bang
Bang, bang, bang
Bang, bang, bang, bang
[Jessie J:]
Bang bang there goes your heart (I know you want it)
Back, back seat of my car (I'll let you have it)
Wait a minute let me take you there (ah)
Wait a minute 'till ya (ah)

ONEREPUBLIC LYRICS "Counting Stars"

 

[Chorus:]
Lately I been, I been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars
Yeah, we'll be counting stars

[Verse 1]
I see this life
Like a swinging vine
Swing my heart across the line
In my face is flashing signs
Seek it out and ye shall find

Old, but I'm not that old
Young, but I'm not that bold
And I don't think the world is sold
I'm just doing what we're told

I feel something so right
By doing the wrong thing
And I feel something so wrong
By doing the right thing
I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

[Chorus:]
Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!)
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!)
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars
Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!)
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!)
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be, we'll be counting stars

[Verse 2:]
I feel the love
And I feel it burn
Down this river every turn
Hope is our four letter word
Make that money
Watch it burn

Old, but I'm not that old
Young, but I'm not that bold
And I don't think the world is sold
I'm just doing what we're told

And I feel something so wrong
By doing the right thing
I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie
Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly

[Chorus:]
Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!)
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars
Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!)
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!)
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be, we'll be counting stars

Oh, oh, oh.

[Bridge 4x:]
Take that money
Watch it burn
Sink in the river
The lessons I learned

Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

[Chorus:]
Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!)
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!)
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars
Lately I been, I been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be, we'll be counting stars

[Outro 4x:]
Take that money
Watch it burn
Sink in the river
The lessons I learned

MAGIC! LYRICS "Rude"

 

Saturday morning jumped out of bed
And put on my best suit
Got in my car and raced like a jet
All the way to you
Knocked on your door with heart in my hand
To ask you a question
'Cause I know that you're an old-fashioned man, yeah

Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life?
Say yes, say yes 'cause I need to know
You say I'll never get your blessing 'til the day I die
Tough luck, my friend, but the answer is 'No'

Why you gotta be so rude?
Don't you know I'm human too?
Why you gotta be so rude?
I'm gonna marry her anyway

Marry that girl
Marry her anyway
Marry that girl
Yeah, no matter what you say
Marry that girl
And we'll be a family
Why you gotta be so
Rude

I hate to do this, you leave no choice
Can't live without her
Love me or hate me we will be boys
Standing at that altar
Or we will run away
To another galaxy, you know
You know she's in love with me
She will go anywhere I go

Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life?
Say yes, say yes 'cause I need to know
You say I'll never get your blessing 'til the day I die
Tough luck, my friend, 'cause the answer's still 'No"

Why you gotta be so rude?
Don't you know I'm human too?
Why you gotta be so rude?
I'm gonna marry her anyway

Marry that girl
Marry her anyway
Marry that girl
No matter what you say
Marry that girl
And we'll be a family
Why you gotta be so
Rude
Rude

Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life?
Say yes, say yes 'cause I need to know
You say, I'll never get your blessing 'til the day I die
Tough luck, my friend, but 'No' still means 'No'!

Why you gotta be so rude?
Don't you know I'm human too?
Why you gotta be so rude?
I'm gonna marry her anyway

Marry that girl
Marry her anyway
Marry that girl
No matter what you say
Marry that girl
And we'll be a family
Why you gotta be so
Rude
Why you gotta be so
Rude
Why you gotta be so rude?

KATY PERRY LYRICS "Roar"

 

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess
So I sat quietly, agreed politely
I guess that I forgot I had a choice
I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready 'cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now

[Chorus]
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
'Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar

Now I’m floating like a butterfly
Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes
I went from zero, to my own hero

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now

[Chorus]
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You'll hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar...

Ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You'll hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar...

FOTO KING THE KID

PIDGINS & CREOLES: Some Definitions

A lingua franca: is a language used by people whose mother tongues are different in order to communicate.

A Pidgin

• is a contact language or lingua franca that arose naturally (not like e.g. Esperanto) 
•  does not have native speakers
• is reduced in linguistic form and grammar
•  is restricted in contexts of use
•  is typically unstable and highly mixed
•   may sometimes be a stable variety with norms of acceptability,
•   but is NOT a fully adequate natural language.

Also, Pidgins:

• derive from the process of pidginization
• typically evolve from trade or plantation situations...
• ... where many languages occur but no one predominates;
• are the products of incomplete Second Language Acquisition, and thus...
• ... have small core vocabularies, and borrow extensively,
• ... have very surfacy grammar, much variation but little system,
• ... and sociolinguistically have no (or incoherent) norms of interpretation;
• have limited domains for expressive and communicative functions;
• typically either die out or evolve into creoles...
• ... through the process of creolization/nativization.

A Creole, on the other hand:

• does have native speakers
• has developed, thru expansion in linguistic form and grammar,
• and thru extension in use (communicative & expressive functions),
• into a full-fledged, complete and adequate natural language
• which is typically stable and autonomous in its norms

lso, Creoles:

• often evolve from pidgins, thru the creolization/nativization process;
• exist most often in post-colonial areas, where...
• ...they tend to be the vernacular of spontaneous daily use;
• are typically related to one widely-spoken language (often seen as a 'corruption' of it);
• are native languages acquired as mother tongues; thus...
• ...are products of First Language Acquisition, based on inadequate input (Bickerton);
• may either stabilize, decreolize thru contact, or die out
• may or may not be highly mixed, depending on their age & current language contacts;
• have established mechanisms for vocabulary extension (borrowing/integration rules);
• have less elaborate/grammaticalized structures in grammar than older languages do (whether standardized or not), but definitely more than pidgins;
• have much variation but coherent sociolinguistic norms (of evaluation/interpretation)
• have wider domains & are used more for expressive/communicative purposes...
• ... though they resemble non-standard dialects in terms of prestige;
• may remain stable over long periods or merge toward standard languages (decreolize).

Theories of Pidginization and Creolization:

divide up into those that are basically historical, versus those that are basically universalist. The basic facts they are both trying to explain are:

• why Creoles around the world, regardless of superstrate, are similar in structure (are they?)
• why Pidgins around the world, regardless of superstrate, are similar in structure (are they?)
• how and why Creoles and Pidgins are related:
• how they're similar, and how they're distinct
• how Creoles develop out of Pidgins (when and if they do)

Historical explanations:      

The basic idea is, most pidgins and creoles are the product of European colonialism going around the world and colliding with indigenous languages, often either enslaving their speakers or shipping them off to remote non-native areas to work as "indentured servants". So it originally seemed logical to try to explain as much as possible by common descent from the politically-dominant European "superstrate" languages and the "substrate" languages of the people they dominated - African languages in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean, Austronesian and other languages in the Pacific, and so on - taking into account different social circumstances that obtain over such a period of extended contact, which typically result in development of pidgins early on, and creoles later on.

Input languages into Pidgins and Creoles are often referred to by the terms:

• Superstrate: a language spoken by people who held a socially dominant position in the contact that produced them.
• Substrate: a language spoken by people who held a socially subordinate position in the contact that produced them.
• Adstrate: another language involved that's neither in a dominant nor a subordinate situation (often one that came into contact after the initial situation applied).

 Source: http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/Courses/PCs/IntroPidginsCreoles.htm

April Mop

April Mop, dikenal dengan April Fools' Day dalam bahasa Inggris, diperingati setiap tanggal 1 April setiap tahun. Pada hari itu, orang dianggap boleh berbohong atau memberi lelucon kepada orang lain tanpa dianggap bersalah. Hari ini ditandai dengan tipu-menipu dan lelucon lainnya terhadap keluarga, musuh, teman bahkan tetangga dengan tujuan mempermalukan orang-orang yang mudah ditipu. Di beberapa negara seperti Inggris dan Australia serta Afrika Selatan, lelucon hanya boleh dilakukan sampai siang atau sebelum siang hari.Seseorang yang memainkan trik setelah tengah hari disebut sebagai "April Mop"Namun di tempat lain seperti Kanada, Perancis, Irlandia, Italia, Rusia, Belanda, dan Amerika Serikat lelucon bebas dimainkan sepanjang hari.


April Mop dalam pandangan islam.

April Mop atau The April’s Fool Day, berawal dari satu episode sejarah Muslim Spanyol di tahun 1487 M, atau bertepatan dengan 892 H.

Sejak dibebaskan Islam pada abad ke-8 M oleh Panglima Thariq bin Ziyad, Spanyol berangsur-angsur tumbuh menjadi sebuah negara yang makmur. Islam telah menerangi Spanyol. Karena sikap para penguasa Islam yang begitu baik dan rendah hati, banyak orang-orang Spanyol yang kemudian dengan tulus dan ikhlas memeluk Islam. Keadaan tenteram seperti itu berlangsung hampir enam abad lamanya. Selama itu pula kaum non muslim yang masih ada di sekeliling Spanyol tanpa kenal lelah terus berupaya membersihkan Islam dari Spanyol, namun selalu gagal. Maka dikirimlah sejumlah mata-mata untuk mempelajari kelemahan umat Islam Spanyol. Akhirnya mereka menemukan cara untuk menaklukkan Islam, yaitu dengan melemahkan iman mereka melalui pemikiran dan budaya lebral.

Akhirnya Spanyol jatuh dan bisa dikuasai pasukan non muslim. Granada adalah daerah terakhir yang ditaklukkan. Penduduk-penduduk Islam di Spanyol (juga disebut orang Moor) terpaksa berlindung di dalam rumah untuk menyelamatkan diri. Tentara non muslim mengetahui bahwa banyak muslim Granada yang masih bersembunyi di rumah-rumah mereka. Dengan lantang tentara non muslim itu meneriakkan pengumuman, bahwa para Muslim Granada bisa keluar dari rumah dengan aman dan diperbolehkan berlayar keluar Spanyol dengan membawa barang-barang keperluan mereka. Orang orang Islam masih curiga dengan tawaran ini. Namun beberapa dari orang Muslim diperbolehkan melihat sendiri kapal- kapal penumpang yang sudah dipersiapkan di pelabuhan. Setelah benar-benar melihat ada kapal yang sudah disediakan, mereka pun segera bersiap untuk meninggalkan Granada dan berlayar meninggalkan Spanyol. Keesokan harinya, ribuan penduduk muslim Granada keluar dari rumah-rumah mereka dengan membawa seluruh barang-barang keperluan, beriringan berjalan menuju ke pelabuhan. Beberapa orang Islam yang tidak mempercayai pasukan non muslim, memilih bertahan dan terus bersembunyi di rumah-rumah mereka. Setelah ribuan umat Islam Spanyol berkumpul di pelabuhan, dengan cepat tentara non muslim menggeledah rumah-rumah yang telah ditinggalkan penghuninya. Lidah api terlihat menjilat-jilat angkasa ketika mereka membakari rumah-rumah tersebut bersama dengan orang-orang Islam yang masih bertahan di dalamnya. Sedang ribuan umat Islam yang tertahan di pelabuhan, hanya bisa terpana ketika tentara non muslim juga membakari kapal-kapal yang dikatakan akan mengangkut mereka keluar dari Spanyol. Ribuan umat Islam itu tidak bisa berbuat apa-apa karena sama sekali tidak bersenjata. Mereka juga kebanyakan terdiri dari para perempuan dengan anak-anaknya yang masih kecil-kecil. Sedangkan para tentara non muslim telah mengepung mereka dengan pedang terhunus. Dengan satu teriakan dari pemimpinnya, ribuan tentara non muslim segera menyerbu umat Islam Spanyol. Jerit tangis dan takbir membahana. Seluruh Muslim Spanyol di pelabuhan itu tewas sebagai syuhada.

Tragedi itu bertepatan dengan tanggal 1 April.Inilah yang kemudian diperingati oleh dunia barat sebagai April Mop (The April’s Fool Day). Pada tanggal 1 April, orang orang diperbolehkan menipu dan berbohong kepada orang lain. Sebab itulah, April Mop dirayakan dengan melegalkan penipuan dan kebohongan walau dibungkus dengan dalih sekedar hiburan atau keisengan belaka.

Bagi umat Islam, April Mop tentu merupakan tragedi yang sangat menyedihkan. Sebab itu, sangat tidak pantas jika ada orang Islam yang ikut ikutan merayakan tradisi ini.Siapapun orang Islam yang turut merayakan April Mop, maka ia sesungguhnya tengah merayakan ulang tahun pembunuhan ribuan saudara saudaranya di Granada, Spanyol 5 abad silam yang lalu.

Source:
http://blackfiles.mywapblog.com/april-mop-sejarah-kelam-islam-di-eropa.xhtml
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Mop#Peristiwa