​John Lennon《Woman is the Nigger of the World》

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工人是资本主义社会的奴隶，女工是奴隶的奴隶。

——詹姆斯·康诺利(James Connolly)

歌名:《Woman is the Nigger of the World》

歌者：John Lennon

词曲：John Lennon & Yoko Ono

流派：流行

歌曲评分：满分五星，歌词意境、旋律动听程度（包括歌手的演唱是否优美）、情感的丰富性、配乐水平、流行程度等五个方面判断。

学习难度：最容易的为1星，最难为5星。

歌词

[Chorus]

Woman is the nigger of the world

Yes she is, think about it

Woman is the nigger of the world

Think about it, do something about it

[Verse 1]

We make her paint her face and dance

If she won't be a slave, we say that she don't love us

If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man

While putting her down, we pretend that she's above us

[Chorus]

Woman is the nigger of the world

Yes, she is

If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with

Woman is the slave of the slaves

Ah, yeah, better scream about it

[Saxophone Solo]

[Verse 2]

We make her bear and raise our children

And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen

We tell her home is the only place she should be

Then we complain that she's too unworldly to be our friend

[Chorus]

Oh, woman is the nigger of the world

Yes she is

If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with

Oh, woman is the slave to the slaves

Yeah, alright, hit it!

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

We insult her every day on TV

And wonder why she has no guts or confidence

When she's young, we kill her will to be free

While telling her not to be so smart, we put her down for being so dumb

[Chorus]

Well, woman is the nigger of the world

Yes, she is

If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with

Woman is the slave to the slaves

Yes, she is

If you believe me, better scream about it

[Outro]

We make her paint her face and dance

We make her paint her face and dance

We make her paint her face and dance

We make her paint her face and dance

We make her paint her face and dance

We make her paint her face and dance

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多添一点：

今天分享一首 John Lennon 的《Woman is the Nigger of the World》。

今天是女神节，小E在这里祝各位女神节日快乐，来一首为女性发声的歌曲。这首歌是约翰·列侬和小野洋子1972年的专辑《Some Time in New York City》中的第一首歌曲。因为它的名字和主题在当时引发了争议。

这首歌的名字源自小野洋子的一篇文章。列侬在1971年说：“在我遇见洋子之前，她已经获得了完全的自由。她曾不得不在男人的世界中挣扎——艺术界完全由男人主宰；所以当我们见面时，她充满了革命热情。我很快就明白了，我们必须是完全平等的关系，否则就没有关系。两年多前，她写过一篇关于诺沃妇女的文章，她在文章中说，女人是世界的黑奴。

而小野洋子的文章很大程度受到非裔美国女作家Zora Neale Hurston的小说《Their Eyes Were Watching God（他们的眼睛在看着上帝）》的影响。在小说中，主人公珍妮·克劳福德（Janie Crawford）说过一句话，大意是，“就我所见，黑鬼女人是骡子。”

列侬在接受采访时谈到，这首歌的创作还受到了来自爱尔兰革命家詹姆斯·康诺利(James Connolly)的影响。列侬引用了康诺利在1915年出版的小册子《重新征服爱尔兰》(The Re-Conquest of Ireland)中所说的话，“工人是资本主义社会的奴隶，女工是奴隶的奴隶”，来解释这首歌背后的女性主义的灵感。

这首歌描述了男性对女性的压迫以及所有文化中的男性至上主义。

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