The Spirits of Laborers
(Music & Lyric: simple-person)
Sinuously my body is rambling, perching on the skeletons of buildings
Amidst the cross stitches of city scenes
and the tightly compressed mud, my stories are entombed
For every inhalation of toxics and dust, profit indexes are exhaled
Spiraling with the ups and downs of investments
and the extravagant annual firework display, my breath is flamed
Silently my back relates, how computer eats away at lives
On the heavily burdened shoulders and
inside the work-wretched sinews and bones, my trauma is buried
Oh … oh … … la … … la … …
It is my body condemning the ostentation of prosperity
Leaving the darkened corners, our work-eroded bodies will embrace
our will is unbending
Teardrops will come together, depositing sediments from the heaviness of time
Though dreams maybe trampled and destitute
spirits in the wind will always sing, the stories of laborers
2010年1月1日星期五
CD1-08-How Wonderful Life Is
How Wonderful Life Is
(Music & Lyric: simple-person)
Breathing out a cloud of smoke,
reality is mysteriously cruel
How wonderful it is to sleep for half of the day
I realize with my body under the street light,
money flows via desire
How wonderful it is to remain at a state
in between consciousness and dreaminess
The pain from my attachment becomes worthless;
the hole in my heart cannot be fulfilled
How wonderful it is to remember
a sheer piece of memory in my mind
The flower signals a final warning:
a dream is like an eternal chasing
How wonderful it is to free my soul and
set it running with no regret
(Music & Lyric: simple-person)
Breathing out a cloud of smoke,
reality is mysteriously cruel
How wonderful it is to sleep for half of the day
I realize with my body under the street light,
money flows via desire
How wonderful it is to remain at a state
in between consciousness and dreaminess
The pain from my attachment becomes worthless;
the hole in my heart cannot be fulfilled
How wonderful it is to remember
a sheer piece of memory in my mind
The flower signals a final warning:
a dream is like an eternal chasing
How wonderful it is to free my soul and
set it running with no regret
CD1-06-Why I'm Here
Why I'm Here
(Music & Lyric: simple-person)
Ya ask me why I come here today,
well I tell ya, it's becuz I can't get the frustrations off my chest
I live in a corner somewhere in Hong Kong,
and I just wanna be able to meet the breadline
just a meager wish for a stable and happy life
but then the authorities say they will increase my rent,
and that I've been taking advantage of them
they say the rent in Hong Kong has been doubled, tripled and quadrupled
and they say that I am a "rich tenant" in the poor public housing estates
and that I should pay the market price
Well, ya've got a big mouth but don't take me for an idiot
looking back, I could have been so happy with my cottage and my field
but then ya suddenly played the authority shit
and took my little world away from me
ya even crapped the shit about "improving the quality of my life"
well, I know of a good Old Lee living in Shum Shui Po
he's been working round the clock to get his rent paid
then suddenly the authorities say they wanna renew this city
ha, what choice did he have but to accept the displacing "temporary settlement"
And ya think that the oldies and weakies in the community have no value at all
Ya displace them into faraway godforsaken places,
and ya stuff them into cramped birdcages in crumbling old estates
and oh, for single guys like Ah-Kui, sigh, they're really doomed
it's a real la la la …… …… la …… ……
the authorities just go on la ……la ……… and again they go la …… ….…
in the end they go la la …… …… so it's another la …… …… la ……
There's no justice at all in your unscrupulous hole-and-corner deals
ya reconstructed the public housing alright,
but then ya sold them to affordable homeowners to earn big bucks
it made the people queueing up to get into the public housing hatta wait
again for timeless ages
and then ya say the "rich tenants" are selfish and unreasonable
and ah, the media, they will hype up whatever shit the authorities talk
they hocus-pocus the figures,
hide away real living situations and voices of the communities
the lively energy of mutual help is ignored
and everybody is turned into just another number
Angrily I sing this song to condemn this system
the fat and big authorities and business pepole don't care a shit
about our rights of living, our rights to residency
everyone of us grassrooties in the community
hatta make an effort, gather our voices and change the policies
hey, Hongkong islanders, Kowloonese and folks from the New territories,
let's all gather in solidarity,
let's turn the public space into our discussion platform,
and we will directly voice out our demands
mutual help and encouragement make our action and our will strong
(Music & Lyric: simple-person)
Ya ask me why I come here today,
well I tell ya, it's becuz I can't get the frustrations off my chest
I live in a corner somewhere in Hong Kong,
and I just wanna be able to meet the breadline
just a meager wish for a stable and happy life
but then the authorities say they will increase my rent,
and that I've been taking advantage of them
they say the rent in Hong Kong has been doubled, tripled and quadrupled
and they say that I am a "rich tenant" in the poor public housing estates
and that I should pay the market price
Well, ya've got a big mouth but don't take me for an idiot
looking back, I could have been so happy with my cottage and my field
but then ya suddenly played the authority shit
and took my little world away from me
ya even crapped the shit about "improving the quality of my life"
well, I know of a good Old Lee living in Shum Shui Po
he's been working round the clock to get his rent paid
then suddenly the authorities say they wanna renew this city
ha, what choice did he have but to accept the displacing "temporary settlement"
And ya think that the oldies and weakies in the community have no value at all
Ya displace them into faraway godforsaken places,
and ya stuff them into cramped birdcages in crumbling old estates
and oh, for single guys like Ah-Kui, sigh, they're really doomed
it's a real la la la …… …… la …… ……
the authorities just go on la ……la ……… and again they go la …… ….…
in the end they go la la …… …… so it's another la …… …… la ……
There's no justice at all in your unscrupulous hole-and-corner deals
ya reconstructed the public housing alright,
but then ya sold them to affordable homeowners to earn big bucks
it made the people queueing up to get into the public housing hatta wait
again for timeless ages
and then ya say the "rich tenants" are selfish and unreasonable
and ah, the media, they will hype up whatever shit the authorities talk
they hocus-pocus the figures,
hide away real living situations and voices of the communities
the lively energy of mutual help is ignored
and everybody is turned into just another number
Angrily I sing this song to condemn this system
the fat and big authorities and business pepole don't care a shit
about our rights of living, our rights to residency
everyone of us grassrooties in the community
hatta make an effort, gather our voices and change the policies
hey, Hongkong islanders, Kowloonese and folks from the New territories,
let's all gather in solidarity,
let's turn the public space into our discussion platform,
and we will directly voice out our demands
mutual help and encouragement make our action and our will strong
CD1-05-Before and Thereafter
Before and Thereafter
(Music & Lyric: simple-person)
Without many hoorays, applauses, ovations
A youth in prime ill spent for the rest of life, only half-fed
And how much worries and sorrows to toss behind the back of ones’ mind
Hand in had we are today fearing not the fierce road ahead
Able are we to cry out boldly our rights
Arms in arms entwined before and thereafter
Despite losses and gains our comradeship never fades
Highest regards to all the hardships you have overcome
One cry resounded by a thousand others: hay ho hay ho
The forgotten soul in me now urges to sing
Labour has changed this harbour
Labourers make history before and thereafter
(Music & Lyric: simple-person)
Without many hoorays, applauses, ovations
A youth in prime ill spent for the rest of life, only half-fed
And how much worries and sorrows to toss behind the back of ones’ mind
Hand in had we are today fearing not the fierce road ahead
Able are we to cry out boldly our rights
Arms in arms entwined before and thereafter
Despite losses and gains our comradeship never fades
Highest regards to all the hardships you have overcome
One cry resounded by a thousand others: hay ho hay ho
The forgotten soul in me now urges to sing
Labour has changed this harbour
Labourers make history before and thereafter
CD1-04-Battle of Love
Battle of Love
(Song originate from social movement in South Korea; Lyric: simple-person)
There has never been crowning with cheer
Hard-working has not brought about well-being
Floating and sinking at the bottom of society
Have experienced all oppressions yet the heart has not died
Indignation hidden in my heart
Is like a waken lioness
Walking together at the front line of struggle
Fates have linked up tightly
Fighting together to this moment
Green hills, blue sea and sky
Draw this stroke in the world
Loud cheers rent the air
Even though cannot see in this life
Hope that there will be successors in some other days
Workers will eventually act on their owns
The ones have died for righteous will have places in history
(Song originate from social movement in South Korea; Lyric: simple-person)
There has never been crowning with cheer
Hard-working has not brought about well-being
Floating and sinking at the bottom of society
Have experienced all oppressions yet the heart has not died
Indignation hidden in my heart
Is like a waken lioness
Walking together at the front line of struggle
Fates have linked up tightly
Fighting together to this moment
Green hills, blue sea and sky
Draw this stroke in the world
Loud cheers rent the air
Even though cannot see in this life
Hope that there will be successors in some other days
Workers will eventually act on their owns
The ones have died for righteous will have places in history
2009年12月23日星期三
2009年12月8日星期二
12月18日，3時，包圍立法會！
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一起來！包圍立法會，
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開會審議高鐵669億撥款
反對政府669億高鐵方案！
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《這兒沒有山歌 -- 給菜園村的山歌》 ﹝mp3﹞﹝歌譜﹞
唏 嗬 唏 嗬 這兒是沒有山歌
唏 嗬 唏 嗬 沒有山歌又如何？(也是村莊)
唏 嗬 唏 嗬 我們來寫首山歌
唏 嗬 唏 嗬 這首山歌唱什麼？
留得著村莊 這歌就有個家
留不住村莊 這歌便沒故鄉
留得著村莊 這歌會更響亮
留不住村莊 這歌 …… 去流浪！
唏 嗬 唏 嗬 ……
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