Hip Pop Boogie Lyrics + Translation

[aide]

OMGGG SHOO I HATE YOU RIGHT NOWWW. Only the Keio graduate would write words like "prodigal son" and "filial piety" in a fucking song. How do I translate that into English without it sounding like complete crap? Thanks, dude.

Hip Pop Boogie
Vocals: 櫻井翔 / Sakurai Sho

Hey! Hey!　俺ら山　風の登場
Hey! Hey! Orera yama Kaze no toujou
Hey! Hey! Our mountain, the wind's entrance
高嶺の方向　向けてまた攻防
Takane no houkou Mukete mata koubou
The direction of the high peaks, rotating the offence and defence again
結果残しつ未だまだ放蕩息子奏でる“あなた方”孝行
Kekka nokoshitsu mada mada houtou musuko nakaderu "anata ｇata" koukou
In the end what's left is the prodigal son who's still playing "devotion to You" (*)

Jazz band, Hip Hop 取り込んで行く
Jazz band, Hip Hop torikonde yuku
Jazz band, Hip Hop, bound for confusion
是こそご存知のHipなPop (That's right)
Kore koso gozonji no Hip na Pop (That's right)
This, for sure, is hip pop that you know (That's right)
“音と言葉つむぎ描く芸術”
"Oto to kotoba tsumugi egaku geijitsu"
"Sound and words weave drawn art"
いままでこれからもこのメンツです
Ima made kore kara mo kono mentsu desu
Until now, from here on this is still Arashi. (**)

このメンツで(yeah) 届けるぜ(yeah)
Kono mentsu de (yeah) todokeru ze (yeah)
Within these members (yeah) I'm going to deliver (yeah)
歴史のページをいまめくれ
Rekishi no pe--ji wo ima mekere
I'm turning the page of history
(World is mine)
時代is mine
Ji dai is mine
This era is mine
未来is mine
Mirai is mine
The future is mine
アマテラス照らす sunshine
Amaterasu terasu sunshine
Amaterasu illuminates sunshine

大卒のアイドルがタイトルを奪い取る
Daisotsu no aidoru ga taitoru wo ubaitoru
This "University Grad Idol" plunders that title
マイク持ちペン持ちタイトルを奪い取る
Maiku mochi pen mochi taitoru ubaitoru
Holding a mic and a pen I plunder that title
Hip-pop beat yo
ステージ上終身雇用
Sute--ji ue shuushin koyou
Being on stage is a lifelong career

※道なき道を歩いてく
Michi naki michi wo aruiteku
I'm walking on an immoral road
迎合せずただマイペース
Geigou sezu tada mai pe--su
Without flattery, just at my own pace
いま言える いまならば言える
Ima ieru ima naraba ieru
If I can speak now, I will
蒔いてた種たち咲いてく
Maiteta tane tachi saiteku
The seeds I've sown are blooming

Somebody (yeah) Everybody (yeah)
いま時代が手の中に(yeah yeah)
Ima jidai ga te no naka ni (yeah yeah)
I've got this era in the palm of my hand (yeah yeah)
Pass da mic.
Pass da pen.
このmic and pen でRock the world※
Kono mic and pen de Rock the world
Rock the world with this mic and pen

こんなゆっくりでいいんだって　こんな俺らだってでもいいんだって
Konna yukkuri de iindatte Konna orera datte demo iindatte
Going slow like this is fine too, This kind of us even is fine too
こんな景色まで見られるなんて　こんな…　こんなとこ来てたなんて
Konna keshiki made mirareru nante Konna... Konna toko kiteta nante
Until I can see such scenery, How... This kind of end has come
この大草原の先には何が待っているのだろう
Kono tai sougen no saki ni wa nani ga motte iru no darou
At the end of this big meadow something is waiting
道がないなら創ればいい　その先例え果てていたとしても
Michi ga nainara tsukureba ii Sono saki tatoe hate teita to shite mo
If there's no road you should make one from that point even if it's over

これが最初のタイトなパイオニア
Kore ga saisho no taito na paionia
This is the first tight pioneer
きっと笑うぜ最後には
Kitto warauze saigo ni wa
Who''ll certainly be laughing until the end
これが最初で最後のパイオニア
Kore ga saisho de saigo no paionia
This is the first and the last pioneer
きっと笑うぜ最後には
Kitto warauze saigo ni wa
Who'll certainly be laughing until the end

飾りでなく　外野黙り込む　lyrical idol　辺りを巻き込む
Kazari de naku Gaiya damarikomu lyrical idol Atari wo makikomu
Without decorations, the outfield sinks into silence, the lyrical idol involves the neighbourhood
そうHIPなPOP STAR
Sou HIP na POP STAR
Yea, a hip pop star

(※Repeat)

きっとずっと　一方通行
Kitto zutto ippou tsuukou
Certainly, always, one-way traffic
悪いが俺 先急ぐぞ
Warui ga ore saki isoguzo
It's bad that I'm in a hurry
(集合) 津々浦々　八百万の長
(Shuugo) tsutsu uraura yaoyorozu no chou
(Gathering) All over the country, myriads of leaders
万物に宿りし神々の子
Banbutsu ni yadori shi kamigami no ko
In all of creation the children of the gods are taking shelter
人の上下に人作らぬなら
Hito no ue shita ni hito tsukuranu nara
If people can make their own highs and lows
俺がその天の頂いただく
Ore ga sono ten no itadaki itadaku
I'll recieve the summit of heaven
「しばらく…」とかでなく uh
「Shibaraku …」toka de naku uh
There's no such thing as "For a while..."
いままず何が出来るかでしかもう変わらん
Ima mazu nani ga dekiru ka de shikamou kawaran
Now almost anything is possible, and it's already changing

What's going on?
何か違うと思わないかい?
Nanka chigau to omowanai kai
It's sort of wrong, don't you think?
What's going on?
あんな大の大人が
Anna dai no otona ga
Such a big person in
What's going on?
罵り合い大会
Nonori ai taikai
A mudslinging contest (***)

なんて僕らは見たくないんだい
Nante bokura wa mitakunaindai
We don't want to see that

こうなりゃもう… そう咲き乱れる
Kou narya mou... Sou saki midareru
Don't be like that... it's really blooming in profusion
本業の方々顔しかめる
Hongyo no katagata kao shikameru
The faces of the people in this business grimace

温室の雑草がマイク持つRAP SONG
Onjitsu no zassou ga maiku motsu RAP SONG
The rap song of a weed in the greenhouse with a mic
“MY LIFE IS MY MESSAGE”

(※Repeat x2)


(*) This line was a bitch to translate...  Firstly, he uses "あなた方" which is like super polite for "you".  奥さん孝行 means  "devotion to one's wife" so I took "あなた方" 孝行 to mean "devotion to you".  But, I still don't think that's right...
(**) Thanks to martinique617 for pointing out to me that メンシ is a reference to the members of Arashi.  It actually a word that comes from mahjong, meaning the faces of the mahjong tile.  (Reference here. Sorry, it's in Japanese though.)
(***) 罵り合い wasn't in my dictionary so I googled it.  What I found was a picture titled 罵り合い of two bears growling at each other.  罵る  means "to slur, to speak ill of", 打ち合い is "an exchange of blows" so I figured "mudslinging" was a good approximation.  If you have a definition, I'd love to hear it!

Comments

[vicky-coow.livejournal.com]

Thanks again...*big hug*
this song make me feel quite bitchy

[patziepiva.livejournal.com]

i salute you totally for this!
catching up words from rap songs are hard enough and in japanese -- very hard!

good job :D thanks for sharing!

[maiaide.livejournal.com]

I didn't have to transcribe them, thank god. I found the lyrics on a Japanese music site (or I could have read them off scans) but its the translation that was difficult... This one took the longest so far.

[orangeslime.livejournal.com]

uwa!!!!!!!!!! 10Q!!!!!!! XD translate Do my Best!!!!!!!!Do my Best!!!!!!!!Do my Best!!!!!!!!Do my Best!!!!!!!! plsssssssssssssssssssssss :P:):D

[orangeslime.livejournal.com]

sry if im sounding to forceful lol :D but i really like Do my Best

[epunx99.livejournal.com]

i appreciate this soo much! sho is such a writer. thanx.keep it up

[winkychan]

*pats*
This must have been a major headache.
Thank you so much for working on this one *flails some more*
Sho-kun, why such genius! There's so much to say about this song and those lyrics AMSLDKFJ MLSAJFDML KJ

Thank you so much!

[maiaide.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that really does mean a lot, coming from someone like you. :) Though it sounds cheesey, I'm a fan of your work. XD I'm working my way up there.
YES. Headache is one way of putting it. But it was fun too to pick out the meanings (the English lit major in me loves analogy & symbolism).

[winkychan]

eeeeeeh????? ^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
Don't say that, i'm always embarassed when someone says that to me, especially when i always see myself like your average but crazy fangirl XDDDDD
Oh well, I haven't read too much into the Japanese direct transcription, but our favorite Keio boy must have used crazy kanjis as always as well XDDDD

[xanderave.livejournal.com]

What he fails at other things, he makes it up in all the raps/songs he wrote which is another way of saying nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh to the rest of the world.

[banana-babe-qt.livejournal.com]

Ah Sho, such a smart boy. I have to say listening to the song, these weren't the lyrics I expected.. it seemed more like a jazzy fun song not a SCREW YOU song haha Thanks for taking your time to translate it!

Ok, I finally am really listening and looking at the lyrics and wow, what a good message huh? I love the last line on your translation "My life is my message" I think that is the most powerful line because... shouldn't that be true for everyone, that we live life how we would want others to? ^_^ Sho-kun just is so... ^_^

[veracia.livejournal.com]

thanks for your translation!
i'm reading it so many times n thus made some meaning out of it on my blog. haha
http://ineffabilis.blogspot.com/
credited.
thankiew!

[hybrid-hallow.livejournal.com]

Looked for a translation for some time, so yay. Thank you~
By only reading your comments I can see it was difficult x__x;;

I wanted to ask you: may I use your translation to sub his solo performance? Of course, I'll credit you. My DVD is still on the way, but when I receive it I'd really like to make a karaoke for Sho's solo.

[maiaide.livejournal.com]

Sure

[hybrid-hallow.livejournal.com]

Thank you again~
I come with another request ^^' I'm part of the zerocaster and we want to make a discussion topic about Sho's lyrics. Along with reposting the k-clip I made, may we post your translation(only) in the discussion post+link to your post or only link your post? Which do you prefer? If you have anything against it, let me know.

[maiaide.livejournal.com]

That's a really cool idea. Maybe I'll join the discussion. :D I think I'd prefer if you just copied my translation and a link. I don't need lots of people coming to thank me for it (nice as it is) but if they want to come check out other things, they can? Or even just credit my name and link to my translation tag. Really, anything is fine. Haha, whatever you want to do.

[riterandreader.livejournal.com]

thanks so much!!

[jl2020.livejournal.com]

Thank you very very very very very much for your hard work! You are amazing to be able to translate it to this degree! *salutes you*

I am Chinese and can read traditional and simplified Chinese though kanji in Japanese doesnt always carry the same meaning.

I am curious about (*)
In Chinese,
放蕩=prodigal
and 子= son
息however means rest.
yet, 孝行 = filial piety
so, am I incorrect to think that Sho chan wants to say/deliever the messege of:
" no matter the result(or era - as derised from the former line), we'll see prodigal sons/daughters faking their way to show their filial piety"?

Oh and the social sarcasm here is <3 THANK YOU AGAIN!

oh and I'm also a translator but trust me, you are far far far better than I am. I have a team who subs News Zero and post it at a comm we set up namely zerocaster Do drop by someday! Thank you very much indeed!

[maiaide.livejournal.com]

It was really hard to figure out what was going on in each line... this is the hardest song I've ever tackled adn I really should go back and work on things.

Well, in Japanese on their own, 息is breath and 子is child but put them together to get son. So 放蕩息子is prodigal son. Actually, the dictionary definition is "profligate son" which is more like someone who is recklessly prodigal or extravagant. It's hard to jam all this meaning into one line so I had to pare down and pick what fit best. But I wouldn't say your interpretation is wrong.

Oh I see~

[jl2020.livejournal.com]

Dearest Heather/maiaide,

Thank you very much!

Actually, if I am being very picky, 放蕩=prodigal, without contraits in terms of a human or an adjective commonly used for those either overly spoiled or extravagant (as you pointed) or without a direction in life~

I am very happy to hear that my interpretation was not incorrect.

This song is my favourite amongst Sho kun's solos and you have done a wonderful job translating it. *takes hat off and bows* Really, thank you very much! ^___^ Thanks to you, I can fully appreciate the social sarcasm and various ironies Sho kun used~ sasuga Keio graduate~

Cheers
Jenny/jl2020

[masteraura.livejournal.com]

First, thank you for your translation. :)

Second, Sho's lyrics have very deep meanings.

Thank you once again. And congratulations for a great job well done!