Chang Jui-chuan (Taiwan)
Chang Jui-chuan (張睿銓), a Taiwanese native, is a college lecturer of English composition who released in 2006 his first hip-hop album, Genesis. While politically and historically charged, both of his Taiwanese and English lyrics are calm, poetic, and truthful, and the themes in his lyrics can be easily traced back to the roots of justice, freedom, and true brotherhood. He is also one of those ultrarare MCs whose rhymes maintain the same level of sharpness and penetration when switching to a foreign language. His crew member, DJ Point, is one of the best crossover turntablists in Taiwan , driving a powerful mixture of Eastern and Western elements beyond any genre. Their first album as a duo, Resurrection, strengthened by MoShang and Red-I & the Riddim Outlawz, was released in July 2007.
Hey Kid
- [Translation]
- Hey kid, you must remember
- History teaches us to forgive mistakes, not forget them
- You have to turn around, see where you’ve come from
- If you want to figure out where you should go
- Hey kid, you must remember
- History says that people may disagree with you, anger you
- Understand and respect each other, work it out together
- If you oppress and exploit them, one day the tables will turn
- And you’ll have nowhere to hide
- In 1945, a group of people landed on this yam-shaped island
- Saying Taiwan was a province of Great China
- “Come back to us. We KMT will love and look after you.”
- Within two years, the people’s expectations crumbled
- Bum soldiers pissing and shitting on the streets
- Loot, abduct, kill, burn, eat free
- Chen Yi’s government confiscated farms and land, corruption via monopoly
- You’re a lowlife if you don’t speak Chinese
- On February 27, 1947
- Their police pistol-whipped an old lady selling cigarettes
- Shot a young bystander
- “Can’t stand it no more. Let’s strike! Let’s go to Toa-tiu-tia (大稻埕)!”
- Then Chinese soldiers went on a cruel shooting spree
- Pierced the palms and ankles of people with a lead wire
- Tie them up. Execute one by one
- 20,000 lives were ended in two weeks
- Hey kid, you must remember
- History teaches us to forgive mistakes, not forget them
- You have to turn around, see where you’ve come from
- If you want to figure out where you should go
- Hey kid, you must remember
- History says that people may disagree with you, anger you
- Understand and respect each other, work it out together
- If you oppress and exploit them, one day the tables will turn
- And you’ll have nowhere to hide
- What ensued was thirty-eight years of the martial-law era called “White Terror”
- Doesn’t matter if you’re a Mainlander, Formosan, Hakka, Holo, or Aborigine
- If you mess with the Party, you’ll vanish in no time
- Or be butchered like the mother and two daughters of Lin Yi-hsiung (林義雄)
- Lei Jhen (雷震) was imprisoned for ten years for criticizing Chiang Kai-shek
- Yin Hai-guang (殷海光) was under surveillance for his political articles until he died
- James Soong (宋楚瑜) banned all the Taiwanese TV shows
- Even puppet shows and Taiwanese Operas must be aired in Chinese
- Brave Taiwanese souls fought and struggled for democracy and freedom
- Beautiful Island Incident for political reform, 520 Farmer Protest
- Jail after jail, kill after kill
- Jheng Nan-rong (鄭南榕) burst into flames that’ll last forever for free speech
- Hey kid, you must remember
- Their blood and sweat, torment and sacrifice, gave you the air you’re breathing
- Don’t forget the revolution for democracy has just begun
- You won’t see the spring buds if you don’t go through the winter snow
- Hey kid, you must remember
- History teaches us to forgive mistakes, not forget them
- You have to turn around, see where you’ve come from
- If you want to figure out where you should go
- Hey kid, you must remember
- History says that people may disagree with you, anger you
- Understand and respect each other, work it out together
- If you oppress and exploit them, one day the tables will turn
- And you’ll have nowhere to hide
- I wish you all the best
- I pray you can distinguish
- I hope you’ll change society in the future
- I wish you all the best
- I pray you can distinguish
- I hope you’ll fight injustice and oppression
- One more strong Taiwanese kid
- One more unbreakable brick of the Taiwanese spirit
- So you must exercise every day and drink eight glasses of boiled water
- No cigarettes and drugs. Drink tea, not coffee
- Read a book every week because knowledge is power
- If you know more you’ll have more control of your life
- Pay attention in school. Ask questions
- Do homework. You don’t need cram school
- You’re fortunate if you can afford buying food, clothes, books, and music
- And go to the mountains and beaches on holidays
- Don’t be greedy, buying stocks and Rolex
- Timothy 6:10, “For the love of money is a root of all evil.”
- Don’t be like those cowards going to China singing and dancing
- Saying they represent Taiwan but calling China the “mainland” all the time
- The KMT’s party property is worth hundreds of billions of dollars
- Who killed Yin Cing-feng (尹清楓)?
- Hey kid, my kid, you must remember
Latest release
- CHANG JUI-CHUAN & POINT
- Genesis Vol.II Resurrection
- Adia's
- adia006
- 2007
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