澳大利亚歌手Joel Turner的一首歌曲 其中结合了 blues b-box R&B等元素 在网上有较高的人气。
《these kids》 的歌词
Artist: Joel turner & the modern day poets
Song: These Kids
Album:
These kids trapped in a struggle and
Don't know where they're heading, no
A head full of trouble is all that they're getting
And nobody knows the suffering they go through
And you wouldn't believe 'em if they told you
These kids trapped in a struggle and
Don't know where they're heading, no
A head full of trouble is all they're getting
And nobody knows the suffering they go through
And you wouldn't believe 'em if they told you
So many songs, so many times
The world had to hear so many rhymes
About how life is for strugglers
Minority groups, kids with single mothers
Young homies turn hustlers, stealing for money
It's kinda funny how the crime rate is so high
In suburbs where family ties are low, 'n suicides on the rise
Oh why, so many die coz in their eyes
The mistake they made, cant be erased the only way out is to take their life
And if they dont do it sudden then they'll do it slowly
Polluting themselves with drugs, because they on this world lonely
So we as a nation just class 'em as a waste of space
And if they don't help the economy then strip 'em naked
Put 'em on the streets 'n make sure the police hate 'em
And feed the public phony information on the evening news
Joel Turner，05年世界beatboxing锦标赛的冠军，生于1987年 3月3日，曾参加2003赛季的澳洲偶像，成长于中下阶层， His mother Grace struggled to raise five children on a sole-parent pension, and the family often had to make do with secondhand clothing, no luxuries and little food. [他的母亲Grace 用唯一的单亲养老金抚养五个孩子，他们往往不得不穿二手衣，没有任何奢侈品，只有很少的食物。]
Joel was just seventeen when he appeared on Australian Idol performing his unique style of "beatboxing" -- making drum and other musical sounds with just his voice.[乔在节目 澳洲偶像 上展示他独特风格的beatboxing－－做出鼓声和其他乐器声，同时发出他自己的声音，他才17岁]
" These Kids "是Joel 的哥哥dublt在他的一个朋友自杀后写的
这首These Kids是Joel 与澳洲组合the Modern Day Poets合作的歌。
这首歌讲述的是美国的街头上，那些堕落、腐坏的、被社会遗弃的年轻人。
歌词中，几乎每一个字眼都是在冲击着美国社会的黑暗，把对美国社会的不满完全宣洩出来……不看歌词不知道，其实这首歌有点消极。
这首歌很有节奏感，歌曲中段超快的Rap，Rap的速度比起美国Twista有过之而无不及。
它的曲风特点就是把"Joel Turner"的独特的R&B风格
和"The Modern Day Poets"的Rap的唱功发挥得淋漓尽致，
使听者在听这首歌时，可以在一个充满愤怒、无奈和惋惜的世界之中弥漫着。