너무나 많은 분들이 이 노래를 부르고 있네요 - Just a dream by Nelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-1oyRd6bak&list=PL9E6C838E53DC745E


사실은 원래 노래보다도 다른 사람들이 부른 것을 먼저 듣기는 했습니다. 랩이라는 것이 제게 언제나 새롭고 낯선 것이라 노래로 부른 것을 처음 접한 것이 더 익숙하기는 했고요.

I was thinkin' 'bout her, thinkin' 'bout me
Thinkin' 'bout us, what we gonna be
Opened my eyes, yeah
It was only just a dream

So I traveled back down that road
Wish she'd come back, no one knows
I realized, yeah
It was only just a dream

I was at the top and now it's like I'm in the basement
Number one spot, now she found her a replacement
I swear now, I can't take it
Knowing somebody's got my baby

And now you ain't around, baby, I can't think
I should've put it down, should've got that ring
'Cause I can still feel it in the air
See her pretty face, run my fingers through her hair

My lover, my life
My shorty, my wife
She left me, I'm tight
'Cause I knew that it just ain't right

I was thinkin' 'bout her, thinkin' 'bout me
Thinkin' 'bout us, what we gonna be
Opened my eyes, yeah
It was only just a dream

So I traveled back down that road
Wish she'd come back, no one knows
I realized, yeah
It was only just a dream

When I be ridin', man, I swear I see her face at every turn
Tryin' to get my Usher on but I can't let it burn
And I just hope that she know that she the only one I yearn
For, moreover, I miss her, when will I learn?

Didn't give her all my love, guess now I got my payback
Now I'm in the club, thinkin' all about my baby
Hey, she was so easy to love
But wait, I guess that love wasn't enough

I'm goin' through it every time that I'm alone
And now I miss her and wishin' she'd pick up the phone
But she made the decision that she wanted to move on
'Cause I was wrong

I was thinkin' 'bout her, thinkin' 'bout me
Thinkin' 'bout us, what we gonna be
Opened my eyes, yeah
It was only just a dream

So I traveled back down that road
Wish she'd come back, no one knows
I realized, yeah
It was only just a dream

If you ever loved somebody, put your hands up
(모든 사람들이 양 손을 위로 하라는 얘기겠죠, 근본적으로)
If you ever loved somebody, put your hands up
And now they gone and you wishin'
You could give them everything

Said if you ever loved somebody, put your hands up
If you ever loved somebody, put your hands up
And now they gone and you wishin'
You could give them everything

I was thinkin' 'bout her, thinkin' 'bout me
Thinkin' 'bout us, what we gonna be
Opened my eyes, yeah
It was only just a dream

So I traveled back down that road
Wish she'd come back, no one knows
I realized, yeah
It was only just a dream

I was thinkin' 'bout her, thinkin' 'bout me
Thinkin' 'bout us, what we gonna be
Opened my eyes, yeah
It was only just a dream

So I traveled back down that road
Wish she'd come back, no one knows
I realized, yeah
It was only just a dream

분명히 Nelly의 이 훌륭한 노래를 먼저 들었겠지만 아래의 노래가 처음 들었을 때 귀에 쏙 들어오더군요.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2RA0vsZXf8

이렇게 노래할 수 있는 분들을 아마츄어라고 부르면 안 되겠지만 배경도 그렇고 프로가 아닌 듯하다고 느낄 수 있는 면이 더 어필하지 않았나 생각하고 있습니다. 이 노래를 듣고 나서 괜히 같은 노래를 여러 분들이 부른 것을 들었는데 듣가 보니 Nelly라는 아티스트가 얼마나 훌륭한가 하고 다시 알게 되었습니다, 저 혼자 느낀 감정은 아닐 것이라 생각하고 모든 분들이 알만 한 얘기를 다시 적어 봅니다.