Dido Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
Rickafella
Hi there!
In the lyrics from Rihanna's "umbrella", we find the following sentence: "When the clouds come we gone, we Rocafella". How do you translate the second part of the sentence after the comma? I have problems with the term "Rocafella", is it a synonym for "rock star"? Thanks a lot!
In the lyrics from Rihanna's "umbrella", we find the following sentence: "When the clouds come we gone, we Rocafella". How do you translate the second part of the sentence after the comma? I have problems with the term "Rocafella", is it a synonym for "rock star"? Thanks a lot!
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Song lyrics often contain slang and made-up words that can be hard to understand. Rockerfeller was the name of a very famous American businessman and industrialist - it's a word that almost any Western native English speaker would probably recognise, even if they don't know the meaning. Roc-A-Fella records, according to google, is a hip-hop record label - the name is a play on words - "rock a fellow".
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Song lyrics often contain slang and made-up words that can be hard to understand.
Rockerfeller was the name of a very famous American businessman and industrialist - it's a word that almost any Western native English speaker would probably recognise, even if they don't know the meaning. Roc-A-Fella records, according to google, is a hip-hop record label - the name is a play on words - "r
Rockerfeller was the name of a very famous American businessman and industrialist - it's a word that almost any Western native English speaker would probably recognise, even if they don't know the meaning. Roc-A-Fella records, according to google, is a hip-hop record label - the name is a play on words - "r
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Thanks, obviously, I recognised the name Rockerfeller but it didn't seem right to me when I tried to translate the song. As for asking Rihanna, well, maybe next time....
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Hi! Moreover 'Rocafella records' is owned by Jay-Z, and it's Jay-Z himself to say that words at the beginning of the song 
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