Simone

Simone Greene

Ethnomusicology

 My name is Simone Greene, and i am a current 9th grader and attend Science Leadership Academy High School.In History class, we are creating informal pages about what we are now learning, which is African history. Our pages will be based on ethnomusicology ,the African music and the revolt of how this kind of music relates to African American music.We had to contribute three songs but out of the three songs, one song had to be from "anytime anywhere", and the second song had to be from "1973 or earlier", and the third song had to be from a "non speaking English Country". The three songs that i choose for the ethnomusicology project were "Kiss me thru the phone"is by Soulja Boy" which is for the "anytime anywhere"song."Cant Satisfy Her" was by I- Wayne, and this song is for the "Non speaking English country". The last song that i picked for the "Any song from 1973 or earlier" is "My Girl"sung by The Temptations. Enjoy!  



**1.Anytime/Anywhere: ** ** Soulja Boy "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" **

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__**Year:**__ 2008 **__Musicians:__ Soulja Boy **   __**Genre**__   __**:**__ __ Hip hop/R&B  __ __**Synopisis **__**: ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">T <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">his song talks about a boy who has this girlfriend and he is in a different location then her. Everything in there relationship is okay but....the thing is that,they are talking over the phone and he wants to kiss her, but he cant.So he is telling her how he realized how much he cares for her, even though he is not able to kiss her because they are not near each other,unfortunately. This song is related to African music mostly because of its rhythm, repetition and the beat,which reflects back on certain kinds of instruments such as bass which comes from drums.The drums were a instrument that was one of the most common instruments that were used by the Africans to make they're kind of music. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Ad-Lib] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> (Soulja Boy Tell Em)
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Song __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">:Kiss Me Thru The phone

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Chorus: Sammie] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Baby you know that I miss you I wanna get with you tonight but I cannot babygirl And that's the issue Girl you know I miss you I just wanna kiss you But I can't right now so baby kiss me thru the phone (kiss me thru the phone) I'll see you later on.. Kiss me thru the phone (kiss me thru the phone) See you when I get home

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Verse: Soulja Boy] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Baby, I know that you like me You my future wifey SouljaBoyTellEm yeah you could be my bonnie I could be your clyde You could be my wife Text me, call me, I need you in my life yeah All that, everyday I need ya And everytime I see ya my feelings get deeper I miss ya, I miss ya I really wanna kiss you but I can't

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Sammie] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Six seven eight triple nine eight two one two (678) 999-8212

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Chorus: Sammie] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Baby you know that I miss you I wanna get with you tonight but I cannot babygirl And that's the issue Girl you know I miss you I just wanna kiss you But I can't right now so baby kiss me thru the phone (kiss me thru the phone) See you later on.. Kiss me thru the phone (kiss me thru the phone) See you when I get home

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Verse: Soulja Boy] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Baby, I been thinking lately So much about you Everything about you, I like it, I love it Kissing you in public Thinking nothing of it Roses by the dozen Talking on the phone Baby you so sexy your voice is so lovely I love your complexion I miss ya, I miss ya, I miss ya I really wanna kiss you but I can't

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Sammie] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Six seven eight triple nine eight two one two (678) 999-8212

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Chorus: Sammie] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Baby you know that I miss you I wanna get with you tonight but I cannot babygirl And that's the issue Girl you know I miss you I just wanna kiss you But I can't right now so baby kiss me thru the phone (kiss me thru the phone) See you later on.. Kiss me thru the phone (kiss me thru the phone) See you when I get home

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Bridge: Soulja Boy] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> She call my phone like (da da dadadada da da dadadada da da..) We on the phone like (da da dadadada da da dadadada da da..) We taking pics like (da da dadadada da da dadadada da da..) She dial my number like (da da dadadada da da dadadada da da..)

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Sammie] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Six seven eight triple nine eight two one two (678) 999-8212

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[Chorus: Sammie] //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Baby you know that I miss you I wanna get with you tonight but I cannot babygirl And that's the issue Girl you know I miss you I just wanna kiss you But I can't right now so baby kiss me thru the phone (kiss me thru the phone) See you later on.. Kiss me thru the phone (kiss me thru the phone) See you when I get home <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">

__** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">2.Non- <span style="color: rgb(166, 12, 12);">English <span style="color: rgb(255, 206, 0);">Speaking <span style="color: rgb(9, 119, 43);">Song:  **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> I Wayne<span style="color: rgb(181, 13, 13);"> "Cant <span style="color: rgb(255, 208, 0);">Satisfy Her" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">

media type="file" key="I Wayne - Can't Satisfy Her.mp3" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Song: __** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Cant Satisfy Her __**Year:**__ 2006    __**Musicians:**__            <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">I Wayne             <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> __** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(180, 8, 8);">Genre:   **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(180, 8, 8);">Dancehall/Reggae       <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(180, 8, 8);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(180, 8, 8);">     **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(180, 8, 8);">Synopisis:   __**  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(180, 8, 8);">This Song is about a girl who was a prostitute since she was a small girl, and the way that she survives through the hard times, is to sell her body and be a gold-digger. Unfortunately, she catches a disease and is now in suffering. This song ties in with African music because this song has the same "unusual"     <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">   <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(244, 240, 16);">beat rhythm and sound. Just by hearing this song,you can probably tell the resemblance between it, and African music.They also both have that foreign country vibe to it when you listen to them that actually persuades you to think that they are both relative in some way. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(244, 240, 16);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(244, 240, 16);">  ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(244, 240, 16);">"Cant Satisfy Her" Lyrics   **     <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(64, 143, 20);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(64, 143, 20);">       <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(64, 143, 20);">VERSE 1 Seh she flirt wid ar bwoyrfriend bredren him have money and bling so she go bed wid him catch disease now it started spreading she start to seek penicillinshes dyin Mercy Please! for life she beggin when she hear sehto di morgue she headin seh she bruk out at the age seven she dancing before she reach eleven

CHORUS One man cant satisfy her she needs more wood for the fire sex price getting higher a more money she require housecarand land she desire so from the prostitution work she wont retire FLAMES AND FIREEEE! sun is cool burn the fleshsellerand di fire

<span style="color: rgb(185, 21, 19);"> VERSE 2 Seh she want a man to tek her to the movies then another set to buy her pearls and rubies seh she nuh care bout cuts and bruises thats juss the way she chooses seh she need some man fi bring autumn summer winter spring cash CarnivalSplash and Sting cash new hairstylenailsand bling cash shes doing business juss bring cash

<span style="color: rgb(218, 180, 16);"> (CHORUS) One man cant satisfy her she needs more wood for the fire sex price getting higher a more money she require housecarand land she desire so from the prostitution work she wont retire FLAMES AND FIREEEE! sun is cool burn the sex sellerand di fire <span style="color: rgb(26, 134, 19);"> VERSE 3 Seh she buy har bleaching cream fi get well brown plus har chicken pillso she well round Seh she ready fi try di LZone Seh she sex wid pager and cell phone she nuh know di mathenglishnor the spelling so far all she knowmorning or evening a selling time see it nowlook wah happen soft like a cottonher flesh start to rotten

(CHORUS) One man cant satisfy her she needs more wood for the fire sex price getting higher a more money she require housecarand land she desire so from the prostitution work she wont retire FLAMES AND FIREEEE! burn the flesh sellerand di fire

<span style="color: rgb(219, 10, 10);"> BRIDGE Seh she nuh care about her bwoyfriend bredren him have money bling bling so she go bed wid him catch disease see it nowit started spreading she start to seek penicillin cause shes dying MERCY PLEASE! for life she beggin when she hear sehto di morgue she headin seh she bruk out at the age of seven and now she strip dancing and shes just eleven

(CHORUS TILL THE END) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">   <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">3. __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Any Song From 1973 Or Earlier: **__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">The Temptations "My Girl" media type="file" key="The Temptations-My Girl.mp3"

**__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Musicians: __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> The Temptations **__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Genre: __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Pop,Soul ** __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Synopisis: __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> The song "My Girl" was a very popular song back in 1965-when it first came out. The meaning of the song is basically about a man talking about how his girlfriend makes him feel good in different ways. When hearing this song,I can also relate it back to African music in various ways. For instance, it has a beat, **** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">and people actually talk within the beat, which is how some African music sounds like.Another thing is that the certain movements from way back in Africa, can relate to the movements that the Temptations made to gt with this song. For instance, in both "My Girl" and "African Music", they both have dances that go with they're songs.African music have dances relative to leaning back and forth-which is also an example of a movement that would be done to the song "My Girl". **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Song: __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> My Girl <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Date:__** 1964

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">"My Girl" lyrics **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">

**<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">I've got sunshine On a cloudy day. When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May.

Well, I guess you'll say What can make me feel this way? My girl. (My girl, my girl) Talkin' 'bout my girl. (My girl)

I've got so much honey The bees envy me. I've got a sweeter songThan the birds in the trees.

Well, I guess you'll say What can make me feel this way? My girl. (My girl, my girl) Talkin' 'bout my girl. (My girl)

Ooooh, Hoooo.

Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey.

I don't need no money, Fortune or fame. I've got all the riches, baby, One man can claim.

Well, I guess you'll say What can make me feel this way? My girl. (My girl, my girl) Talkin' 'bout my girl. (My girl)

Talkin' bout my girl. I've got sushine on cloudy day With my girl. I've even got the month of MayWith my girl. ** <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Musician: __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Erup
===__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Genre: __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Reggae/Dancehall <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">  === === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">For more info about this song go here: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|http://www.peppapot.com/getartist/Erup]  ===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> __Genre:__ Dancehall
===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> For more info about this song go here: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> http://www.lyriczz.com/lyrics/beenie-man/4789-dancehall-queen/   ===