黒人英語(こくじんえいご、英:African American Vernacular English)とは、アメリカの黒人の特徴的な英語の話し方で、ピジン言語の一つとされる。アフリカ人奴隷が奴隷主との英語から学習した際に発展したという説と、言語を異にする奴隷同士がコミュニケーションを図るために英語をもとに発展させたという説がある。
エボニクス(Ebonics:Ebony(黒檀から転じて黒人の意)とPhonics(音声)の合成語)とも呼ばれるが、これは1973年にワシントン大学の心理学者ロバート・ウィリアムス(Robert L. Williams)により提唱された言葉である。 文法
標準英語でbe動詞が短縮出来る場合、be動詞が削除される。 She cute.(She is cute./She's cute.)
習慣を現すのにbe動詞の原形を用いる。 He be runnin'.(彼はいつも走っている。=He is always running.)
二重否定が否定の意で用いられる(彼女は一文無しだ。=She hasn't got any money.もしくはShe has no money.→She ain't got no money.)。
基礎動詞のgetを多用する。
副詞のoutを多用する。
歌の中で They don`t never come correct! や They be laughin` at you while you're crawling on your knees とか使ってますね。
911とは救急車を呼ぶ番号で、黒人地区には救急車が遅れて来ることを批判した歌です。 911 means number of ambulance in U.S.A. He criticize that the ambulance would come late to the slum.
米国のあの出来事とは一切無関係です。
因みに、昔、私は海外のスラム街で絡まれて警察を電話で呼びましたが来てくれませんでした。 笑
Hit me Going, going, gone Now I dialed 911 a long time ago Don't you see how late they're reactin' They only come and they come when they wanna So get the morgue embalm the goner They don't care 'cause they stay paid anyway They teach ya like an ace they can't be betrayed I know you stumble with no use people If your life is on the line they you're dead today Late comings with the late comin' stretcher That's a body bag in disguise y'all betcha I call 'em body snatchers quick they come to fetch ya? With an autopsy ambulance just to dissect ya They are the kings 'cause they swing amputation Lose your arms, your legs to them it's compilation I can prove it to you watch the rotation It all adds up to a funky situation So get up get, get get down 911 is a joke in yo town Get up, get, get, get down Late 911 wears the late crown
911 is a joke
Everyday they don't never come correct You can ask my man right here with the broken neck He's a witness to the job never bein' done He would've been in full in 8 9-11 Was a joke 'cause they always jokin' They the token to your life when it's croakin' They need to be in a pawn shop on a 911 is a joke we don't want 'em I call a cab 'cause a cab will come quicker The doctors huddle up and call a flea flicker The reason that I say that 'cause they Flick you off like fleas They be laughin' at ya while you're crawlin' on your knees And to the strength so go the length Thinkin' you are first when you really are tenth You better wake up and smell the real flavor Cause 911 is a fake life saver
So get up, get, get get down 911 is a joke in yo town Get up, get, get, get down Late 911 wears the late crown