エミネムの名曲Lose Youselfで使用されているかっこいい単語12選

エミネム自ら主演の自伝映画で使用されている主題歌

エミネムの代表曲のLose Yourself。我を失え。没頭しろ。そんな意味のタイトルですが、日本で最も知られているエミネムの曲でしょう。僕も青年時代にエミネム自らが主演の自伝的な映画「8 Mile」を見て、かっこいいなと思って以来、今でもよく聞いています。

普段仕事でまあまあ英語を使用していますが、やはり歌詞に出てくる単語は聞きなれないものばかりです。特にエミネムの曲は多種多様な単語を使って物凄い数の韻を踏んでいることで有名です。

さて今回は、Lose Yourselfの歌詞に使用されているCoolな単語をピックアップして紹介したいと思います。

まずはどんな曲かおさらいしたいと思います。PVも8 Mileをモチーフしていますね。

実体験をベースに書かれた歌詞？

歌詞は明らかに8 Mileを意識した内容になっています。Trailer house, Rap, Chance, Opportunityといった映画に出てくるキーワードが散りばめられており、エミネムの黎明期を連想させます。

まずは歌詞全体を下記引用したいと思います。青字の単語を後で紹介します。意味は分かるでしょうか？

[Intro]
Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it, or just let it slip? Yo

[Verse 1]
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's choking, how? Everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up, over, blaow
Snap back to reality, ope there goes gravity, ope
There goes Rabbit, he choked, he's so mad but he won't
Give up that easy, no, he won't have it, he knows
His whole back's to these ropes, it don't matter, he's dope
He knows that but he's broke, he's so stagnant, he knows
When he goes back to this mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again, yo, this old rhapsody
Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him, and
[Chorus]
You better lose yourself in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better lose yourself in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better…

[Verse 2]
His soul's escaping through this hole that is gaping
This world is mine for the taking, make me king
As we move toward a New World Order
A normal life is boring; but superstardom's
Close to post-mortem, it only grows harder
Homie grows hotter, he blows, it's all over
These hoes is all on him, coast-to-coast shows
He's known as the Globetrotter, lonely roads
God only knows, he's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose, 'cause here goes the cold water
These hoes don't want him no more, he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose-dove and sold nada, and so the soap opera
Is told, it unfolds, I suppose it's old, partner
But the beat goes on, da-da-dom, da-dom, dah-dah, dah-dah
[Chorus]
You better lose yourself in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better lose yourself in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better…

[Verse 3]
No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this motherfuckin' roof off like two dogs caged
I was playin' in the beginning, the mood all changed
I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin' and stepped right in the next cypher
Best believe somebody's payin' the Pied Piper
All the pain inside amplified by the
Fact that I can't get by with my nine-to-
Five and I can't provide the right type of life for my family
'Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers
And there's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard, and it's gettin' even harder
Tryna feed and water my seed, plus teeter-totter
Caught up between bein' a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama, screamin' on her, too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony's
Gotten me to the point I'm like a snail, I've got
To formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot
Success is my only motherfuckin' option, failure's not
Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got
To go; I cannot grow old in Salem's Lot
So here I go, it's my shot, feet, fail me not
This may be the only opportunity that I got
[Chorus]
You better lose yourself in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better lose yourself in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
You better…

[Outro]
You can do anything you set your mind to, ma

(引用) Lose Yourself / Eminem

日本ではあまり馴染みはないが響きがかっこいいフレーズ

さて、歌詞内で使用されているカッチョいい単語·フレーズを独断と偏見でピックアップしましたので紹介します。

狂詩曲。感情を表現している音楽作品。カタカナでラプソディーと一般的に表記されて見かけたことはあると思います。

新世界秩序。

非常に有名な状態。俳優、スポーツ選手、歌手などに使われる。スーパースター（Superstar）になっている状態とも言えます。

検死。ラテン語でPostは後、mortemは死という意味です。死の後に行うから検死です。

国中で。特にアメリカ。西海岸から東海岸までという意味で。

世界各国を放浪する人。

まぬけ。同義でschmo, schmuck, shmuckなどもあります。

Nothingのスラング。何もないこと。

連続メロドラマ。昔、石鹸メーカーがラジオドラマのスポンサーをしていたことがしばしばあったことが起源とされています。

暗号。

オペラでの主役女性歌手。また、気まぐれな人という意味もあります。ラテン語から来ています。

アメリカの作家Stephen King著のホラー小説に登場する街の名前と思われます。歌詞の中でもネガティブな場所の表現として使用されています。

お気に入りの洋楽の歌詞に使用されている単語を調べてみよう

こうやって並べてみるとヒップホップの雰囲気を彷彿させる単語が多いですね。映画の内容も相まって、聞いているだけで気分が上がります！

普段洋楽で聞き慣れない単語が出てきてもただただ聞き流しがちですが、一歩進んで調べてみると意外な意味や語源があって知的好奇心がくすぐられます。そしてよく聞く曲であればすぐに覚えられます。マニアックな単語も多いので、日常での実用性はあまりありませんが。。

お気に入りの洋楽歌手や楽曲がある方、少し調べてみるとなかなか面白いですよ。