MUSIC♪♬

t-black happiness 

(I bet you won’t understand a word she is saying but this is one of my favourite music, so enjoy :])

T, Tasha, Mirae Yoon, however you want to call her, it doesn’t really matter, because all of them are her names. But I will call her as T, because it’s much shorter

T is the first and one of the best female rappers in Korea. I read an article about her, and she said she learned how to sing and rap, and got the passion of music from her father. In this music, when you hear some guy rapping in English, her father is the one that did featuring.

When I first listen to music was when I was watching Korean TV on Youtube; they show music videos after the show program is over. Like I have written in many of my blogs, I don’t really pay attention to lyrics of the song. So, when I saw this music video, I just thought she has got great rhythm and flavour in music. Also, the music video looked cool enough to attract me. I searched for the song on the Internet, and downloaded it, too. I wanted to look for lyrics of this song, because when she was singing, I could feel that she was singing with her feeling from the experiences and pain.

T is a black-Asian-American. Her father is an African-American, her mother is a Korean, and since she was born in the States, and lived there for all of her youth time, she is considered as an American. This song, Black happiness by T, says many things about her feelings she felt when she was a little girl. Since people in Korea are not very used to racial mixtures, she felt very left out. Also, she felt sorry for her parents who felt pain when people gossiped about their daughter. She always has felt guilty for having dark skin.

However, her father encouraged her many times to keep her head up and be strong since she was young, so that is how she was taught to have self-esteem. Here is some part of the lyrics:

My sweet little girl, Tasha

I guess I can give you a little skit on life I guess

Talk about the good times and the bad times

You gotta be able to blend both of those in your life

You have to know and you have to believe with all you heart that things will always get better

So just keep your head up, Keep your faith and be strong

Never let nobody tell you that you can’t do it, because it can be done

I really loved that part of the song, because it makes me to be strong, even though I barely have any issues with racism. I believe people will feel at least something when they listen to that piece.

This entry was posted on June 5, 2008 at 5:11 pm and is filed under Music.

Tags: Black happiness, 윤미래, racism, T, Tasha, Yoon Mirae