Impara l’inglese con le canzoni – Rude

Stanco? Single? Impegnato? Stai per sposarti? ¿Estás casado? ¿Soltero?
Chiediamo perché la canzone di oggi parla di un uomo che chiede al suocero la mano della figlia. Per gli instancabili romantici! Il suocero però dice di no, al che il cantante (Nasri) risponde “mi sposerò con lei lo stesso!”.

Si tratta del primo single della banda fusion canadese di reggae  Magic. Ti piace?

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2. Impara il vocabolario
3. Canta!

Lyrics

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?

Vocabolario

Suit – abito, completo.

Jet – aereo (a reazione).

Old –fashioned – fuori moda, datato.

Get your blessing – dare l’approvazione, il consenso.

Tough luck – espressione che significa “sfortuna”, indica che la fortuna non è (stata) dalla tua parte.

Rude – scortese, maleducato, grezzo.

Hate – odiare, detestare. disprezzare.

Altar –  altare. L’espressione “you are led to the altar”, significa che ti stai per sposare.

Galaxy – Galassia.

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