B*tches in Bookshops, l’hymne aux rats de bibliothèque

Envie de crier votre amour de la littérature sur un gros beat bien accrocheur ? C’est désormais possible, grâce à B*tches in Bookshops, une reprise de Niggas in Paris réalisée par Annabelle Quezada et La Shea Delaney. Dans ce clip, Annabelle et La Shea reprenne l’instru du tube de Jay-Z et Kanye West en y rajoutant des lyrics en rapport avec leur amour des livres et des librairies.

Le rap et la littérature font une merveilleuse alliance.

Et en cadeau bonus, les paroles (si l’une d’entre vous se sent le courage de tout traduire pour celles qui ont un peu de mal avec l’anglais, n’hésitez pas !) :

Read so hard librarians tryin’ ta FINE me­, They can’t identify me, Checked in with a pseudonym, so I guess you can say I’m Mark Twaining.  Read so hard, I’m not lazy. Go on Goodreads, so much rated.  Fountainhead, on my just read, gave it four stars, and then changed it.  Read so hard, I’m literary.  Goosebumps series, TOO SCARY!

Animal Farm, Jane Eyre Barnes & Nobles, Foursquare it No TV, I read instead  Got lotsa Bills, but not bread BURROUGHS , GOLDING, SHAKESPEARE — all dead

Read so hard, got paper cuts On trains while you’re playin’ connect the dots  All these blisters from turning pages  Read so hard, I’m seeing spots 

Your Sudoku just can’t compare Nor Angry Birds cos lookit here My Little Birds is getting stares  (pause) This print’s rare.

Read so hard, I memorize, The Illiad… I know lines. Watch me spit, classic lit, epic poems that don’t rhyme. War and Peace, piece of cake, read Tolstoy in 3 days. Straight through, no delays. Didn’t miss a word. Not one phrase.

Read so hard librarians tryin’ ta fineee me – That shit cray x 3 Read so hard librarians tryin’ ta fineee me — That shit cray x 3

He said Shea can we get married at the Strand  His Friday Reads are bad so he can’t have my hand  You ball so hard, OK you’re bowling  But I read so hard, I’m JK Rowling 

That shit cray  Ain’t it, A? What you readin’? AQ: DeMontaigne. You use a Kindle? I carry spines.  Supporting bookshops like a bra, Calvin Klein. 

Nerdy boy, he’s so slow  Tuesday we started Foucault He’s still stuck on the intro? He’s a no go. It’s sad I had to kick him out my house though — He Mispronounced an author – MARCEL PROUST 

Don’t read in the dark I highlight with markers While laying in the park And wearing Warby Parkers Marriage Plot broke my heart  And it made me read Barthes  I special ordered a  A softcover not hard- HUAH?AHEHA?! 

Read so hard libraries tryin’ ta fine me x 2

I am now marking my place Don’t wanna crease on my page Don’t let me forget this page Don’t let me forget this page I may forget where I left off so I’ll use this little post it… I hope it doesn’t fall out, I hope that it stays stickie… 

I am now marking my place Don’t wanna crease on my page Don’t let me forget this page I got bookmarks at home But I forgot one for the road AQ: I got a bookmark I can loan La Shea: Know how many bookmarks I own?

I am now bookmarking my page x3 Don’t let me forget this PAGE….