Samir Ibrahim: Who’s ready for a story?

薩米爾·易卜拉欣（Samir Ibrahim）： 想聽故事嗎？

Audience: Yes.

觀眾：想。

SA: Alright. Once upon a time, in a land very very close to us, there was a planet. And that planet was on fire. But it didn’t start that way. Global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations in parts per million for the past 800,000 years didn’t exceed 300 parts per million. And that peak happened about 300,000 years ago. The annual rate of increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide as measured in parts per... oh... looks like you’ve fallen asleep.

薩米爾·易卜拉欣：好的。 很久以前， 在離我們很近很近的地方， 有一顆星球。 那顆星球熊熊燃燒著。 但它最初并不是這樣的。 在過去的八十萬年中， 全球大氣中的二氧化碳濃度 不超過每百萬 300 單位。 濃度在三十萬年前達(dá)到了峰值。 大氣二氧化碳濃度每年的增率 據(jù)測(cè)量…… 哦…… 你們都要聽睡著了。

Climate change is the most urgent issue facing humanity today. But telling you a boring story like I just did is not going to create the change we need to secure a livable future. We need climate activism to be mainstream. We need the fight against climate change to be cool.

氣候變化是人類目前 所面臨的最緊急的問題。 但是如我剛才那樣， 給大家講述無聊的故事 并不能夠帶來改變， 促使大家創(chuàng)建宜居的未來。 我們需要使氣候行動(dòng)成為主流。 我們需要以炫酷的姿態(tài) 應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化。

Let’s try something different. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome MyVerse and Kristen Warren.

不妨嘗試些不一樣的東西。 女士們，先生們，讓我們歡迎 麥沃斯（MyVerse）和 克里斯汀·沃倫（Kristen Warren）。

MyVerse: Dear children.

麥沃斯：親愛的孩子們。

Hope you listen This is Mother Earth

你們聽著，我是地球母親。

From beyond your birth

I been here when the Sun emerged

I fed you from me for no love returned

To see you grow up and be undeserved

In other words

Let me nurture

Don't let them deceive

You self-sufficient cause you get it from me

That light bill from the sun paid definitely

Don't let them hustle you your power cause the energy free

I gave mountains to guide you

And rivers to ride through

Trees to help you breathe but don't seem to be mindful

that other creatures need ya cause they live here beside you

A Mother's Nature make sure that you fit for survival

Like finish your greens

Eat less than your eyes do

Take the trash out be disciplined and recycle

Seasons getting heated scolding y'all will be frightful

You gon’ learn to clean ya room when you live under my roof

Kristen Warren: Blessed creatures fall and die

Wildfires in their eyes

Stop waiting for a sign

Please ease your Mother's mind

In Eden we could be

Take care of you and me

While waters swell and rise

Please ease your Mother's mind

MV: Dear Mother Earth,

Where do we begin? To change all this mess left for us to fix

We made aesthetics be the reason that this threat exists

They want our votes to address it til' elections end

Cause politicians and these businesses are best of friends

Some cut cost to up profits but at what expense?

Accountability is knowing this affects our kids

It made me realize that my part in this is just as big

Too much convenience kept polluting up my human nature

Minor changes can be mega for future's favor

Reduce waste, reuse plates

I mean actually try

With better habits they can't gas us if we travel on bike

To my family goin' green tryin' to lead the effort

Of less carbon footprints

Be the cleanest steppers

Ain't no favorites climate change it could reach whoever

Cause it don’t matter what class, we still breathe together

KW: Blessed creatures fall and die

Wildfires in their eyes

Stop waiting for a sign

Please ease your Mother's mind.

In Eden we could be

Take care of you and me

While waters swell and rise

Please ease your Mother's mind

MV: Same mother, same truth

Please read this letter

Same sky, same water

We drink together

Same soil, same root

We eat together

It don't matter what class

We still breathe together

KW: Please ease your Mother’s mind

(Cheers and applause)

自你出生之前，

我便已經(jīng)與太陽同在。

我不求回報(bào)地養(yǎng)育你，

看著你長大，辜負(fù)我的喂養(yǎng)。

換句話說，

讓我養(yǎng)育，

別受他們欺騙。

你的自給自足全靠我給與。

來自太陽的電費(fèi)賬單定然要付，

不要購買他們兜售的能量， 這些能量本就免費(fèi)。

我讓大山指引你，

河流任你跋涉，

森林助你呼吸。 但請(qǐng)記住，

其他生靈仰仗于你， 它們與你共生于此。

自然母親保障你的生存。

吃完盤中的蔬菜，

吃多少做多少。

垃圾拎出家門，分類回收。

四季變暖的懲罰， 你們都會(huì)感到恐懼。

在我的屋檐下生活 你必須學(xué)會(huì)自己清理。

克里斯汀·沃倫： 生靈死去，

山火頻發(fā)，

與其等候指示，

不如行動(dòng)起來，讓自然母親安心。

在伊甸園中，我們能夠

照顧好彼此。

當(dāng)河流漲潮，

請(qǐng)行動(dòng)起來讓自然母親安心。

麥沃斯：親愛的地球母親，

我們從哪開始， 收拾這些爛攤子呢？

我們將這些威脅歸咎于美學(xué)追求，

他們希望我們投票解決環(huán)境問題， 可選舉結(jié)束卻絕口不提。

因?yàn)檎秃瓦@些生意的友好關(guān)系。

有人縮減成本提升利益 但代價(jià)不知凡幾？

責(zé)任知道會(huì)影響我們的子孫，

它讓我明白自己在其中的重要意義。

過度的便利持續(xù)污染著我，

微小改變對(duì)自然意義重大。

減少污染，回收餐具。

真正努力養(yǎng)成好習(xí)慣。

騎自行車出行能減少汽車尾氣污染。

家庭環(huán)保帶頭參與，

減少碳足跡，

做最潔凈的行人。

沒人能在氣候變化中獨(dú)善其身，

無論階級(jí)如何，我們同呼吸。

克里斯汀·沃倫：生靈隕落逝去，

山火頻發(fā)。

別再苦等指示，

行動(dòng)起來讓自然母親安心。

在伊甸園中，

我們能夠照顧好自己。

當(dāng)河流漲潮，

行動(dòng)起來讓自然母親安心。

麥沃斯：同一個(gè)母親，同樣的事實(shí)，

請(qǐng)跟我一起唱，

同一片天空，同樣的河流，

我們同飲。

同一塊土地，同樣的根系，

我們同食。

不論階級(jí)如何，

我們同呼吸。

克里斯汀·沃倫： 請(qǐng)讓自然母親安心。

Samir Ibrahim: How do you create a movement? How do you raise the masses? How do you get people behind an idea to inspire action? You make it mainstream.

薩米爾·易卜拉欣： 怎么開啟一項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)？ 怎樣喚起民眾參與？ 怎樣讓持有某種觀點(diǎn)的人行動(dòng)起來？ 把它變成主流文化即可。

In 1993, Snoop Dogg released his song "Gin and Juice," produced by Dr. Dre. Some people know it here. It peaked at number eight on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in the United States, and it was nominated for a 1994 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.

1993 年， 史努比·狗狗（Snoop Dog） 發(fā)布了歌曲《杜松子酒與果汁》， 制作人是德瑞博士（Dr. Dre)。 在座的有人聽過。 這首歌的最好成績， 在美國公告牌排行榜 前一百中排名第八。 還獲得了 1994 年的 格萊美獎(jiǎng)提名， 提名的獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)是最佳說唱個(gè)人獎(jiǎng)。

The lyrics famously go “Sippin’ on gin and juice, laid back, with my mind on my money and my money on my mind."

歌里很火的歌詞是這樣的， “啜一口杜松子酒加果汁，仰躺著 心里想著我的錢， 錢放在心里。”

In the song, Snoop references a brand of gin called Seagram's, and the success of the song "Gin and Juice" led to a roughly 20 percent increase in Seagram's gin sales.

在這首歌里，史努比提到了一個(gè) 叫做施格蘭（Seagram）的杜松子酒品牌。 這首歌的大火， 為施格蘭牌杜松子酒帶去了 將近 20% 的銷售額增長。

Now you may be thinking, "Alright, Samir, I see the point you're trying to make, but using hip hop to sell alcohol is easy. Climate change is a little bit more complex." Fair enough. But there are examples of how hip hop artists have leveraged their cultural capital to influence society's views on and engagement with incredibly serious topics. Take mental health, for example.

現(xiàn)在你也許在想， “好了，薩米爾，我明白你的意思了。 但是用嘻哈音樂賣酒容易， 應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化可就有點(diǎn)難了?！?沒錯(cuò)。 但是也有實(shí)例證明， 嘻哈藝術(shù)家們可以用他們的文化， 來影響社會(huì) 對(duì)于嚴(yán)肅話題的觀點(diǎn)。 就比如說心理健康這個(gè)話題。

In the 1970s, one of the early hip-hop groups called Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five rapped about the day-to-day inequities and injustices faced by Black communities in the United States and how this impacted their mental health. One of their songs called "The Message" was the seventh rap song to ever be on any Billboard Hot 100 chart, and New York Times named it as the most popular pop single of 1982. Sorry, the most powerful pop single of 1982. And then in the '80s and '90s, mental health issues started to become more mainstream in hip hop lyrics.

20 世紀(jì) 70 年代， 早期的一個(gè)嘻哈組合： 王牌大師與狂暴五人組 （Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five） 說唱的內(nèi)容是美國黑人所面對(duì)的 日復(fù)一日的不平等和不公正待遇, 以及這些境遇 對(duì)他們心理健康的影響。 他們有首歌叫《信息》 （The message）， 是公告牌前一百首熱門單曲中 唯一沖到第七位的饒舌歌曲。 紐約時(shí)報(bào)稱其為 1982 年最受歡迎的單曲。 不，是 1982 年最強(qiáng)勢(shì)的流行單曲。 20 世紀(jì) 80 年代和 90 年代， 心理健康問題開始 在嘻哈音樂的歌詞中成為主流。

In 1991, in their classic song "Mind Playing Tricks on Me," hip hop group Geto Boys captured the realities of post-traumatic stress within urban communities. One of the three members of the group named Scarface wrote most of the song. You see, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at a young age, and the lyrics of the song describe the mental anguish and exhaustion for life of minorities in America dealing with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, loneliness, suicidal ideation and paranoia.

1991 年， 在他們的經(jīng)典歌曲《腦子捉弄我》 （Mind Playing Tricks on Me）中， 嘻哈組合鄰家男孩 （Geto Boys）揭示了 城鎮(zhèn)社區(qū)內(nèi)的創(chuàng)傷后應(yīng)激癥的真相。 這個(gè)三人組合中的一個(gè)名叫疤面人 （Scarface）的成員是這首歌的創(chuàng)作主力。 他很小就被診斷出了躁郁癥。 這首歌的歌詞描述了美國少數(shù)族群 在應(yīng)對(duì)創(chuàng)傷后應(yīng)激障礙、 孤獨(dú)、自殺念頭和妄想癥時(shí)的 心理痛苦和精疲力竭。

And then in 2017, hip hop artist Logic released his song "1-800-273-8255" That's the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The week before the song was released, Logic tweeted, "I made this song for all of you who are in a dark place and can't seem to find the light." The director of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline said that on the day the song was released, they had the second-highest call volume in the history of their service. And after Logic performed the song on MTV's Video Music Awards later that year, they reported a 50 percent increase in call volume.

到了 2017 年， 嘻哈藝術(shù)家邏輯（Logic）發(fā)行了 他的歌曲《1-800-273-8255》。 這是美國國家預(yù)防自殺生命熱線。 在這首歌發(fā)行前一周， 邏輯發(fā)了推特 說“這首歌送給所有身處黑暗， 無法尋到光明的人。” 美國國家預(yù)防自殺生命熱線的負(fù)責(zé)人稱， 在這首歌發(fā)行當(dāng)天， 他們接到的來電數(shù)量達(dá)到歷史第二高。 同年，當(dāng)邏輯在MTV 音樂錄影帶大獎(jiǎng)?lì)C獎(jiǎng)禮上 表演完這首歌后， 他們接到的電話量增長了 50%。

You can see that while talking about the problem to raise awareness is important, it's not until Logic started rapping about a solution that things really started changing. And that, that's the power of hip hop. Hip hop has always taken complex topics and made them mainstream and cool. Hip hop has always influenced the behavior of its listeners. Hip hop has always given voice to the underrepresented. What if hip hop took a complex topic like climate change and made it mainstream and cool? Or if hip hop influenced behavior that protected our planet? Or if hip hop gave voice to the environment or future generations who can't speak for themselves.

所以你們看，在討論問題時(shí)， 提升認(rèn)知度很重要。 但直到邏輯開始將解決辦法 作為內(nèi)容進(jìn)行說唱， 事情才真正發(fā)生了變化。 而這， 就是嘻哈音樂的力量。 嘻哈音樂總是可以讓復(fù)雜的話題 成為主流，成為很酷的東西。 嘻哈音樂總能影響聽眾的行為， 嘻哈音樂總是為不受關(guān)注的群體發(fā)聲。 如果嘻哈音樂以氣候變化為內(nèi)容， 將其變成炫酷的主流話題， 那么會(huì)發(fā)生什么呢？ 如果嘻哈音樂影響人們的行為， 促使人們保護(hù)我們的星球呢？ 如果嘻哈音樂為環(huán)境發(fā)聲， 為無法表達(dá)自我的子孫后代發(fā)聲呢?

Now using popular music to raise awareness about climate change has already started happening. Two years ago, the New York Times reported that there have been at least 192 references to climate change in any song that has been made by any artist who has been featured on any of Billboard's domestic charts over the past two decades. So not a lot. And I only knew a handful of the songs.

現(xiàn)在，人們已經(jīng)開始使用流行音樂， 來提升氣候變化認(rèn)知度了。 兩年前，紐約時(shí)報(bào)報(bào)道稱， 在過去的二十年間， 美國公告牌國內(nèi)榜單中的 音樂人的音樂中 有至少 192 處提到了氣候變化。 不是太多。 而我所知的只有一小部分。

We need a lot more of that. But more importantly, we need lyrics of songs to transition from talking about the problem into the solution space. I mean, if you're a rapper, a songwriter, a producer, a musician, we need you. We listen to you. I bet most, if not all of you here have made a decision because of music. I certainly have. I mean, when I was younger, the first Air Force 1s I bought, these are not Air Force 1s, but the first Air Force 1s I bought were because of Nelly's song. Now, imagine if instead of rapping or singing about Maybachs or Cadillacs, the most influential hip hop artists in the world made electric vehicles aspirational. Or instead of rapping about the bling around their necks or in their mouths, they rapped about the solar panel bling on their roofs.

我們需要更多的歌曲。 但更重要的是，這些歌的歌詞 應(yīng)該從討論問題轉(zhuǎn)向解決方案。 如果你是個(gè)饒舌歌手、歌曲創(chuàng)作者、 制作人或音樂家，那么我們需要你。 我們想聽你的作品。 我打賭在座的大部分人， 都曾因?yàn)橐魳范鲞^什么決定。 我就有過。 我小時(shí)候， 我買的第一雙空軍一號(hào)， 我現(xiàn)在穿的不是。 我買的第一雙空軍一號(hào) 就是因?yàn)槁犃藘?nèi)利（Nelly）的歌。 這位世界上最具影響力的嘻哈藝術(shù)家， 唱著邁巴赫和凱迪拉克， 把電動(dòng)汽車唱成了 令人夢(mèng)寐以求的東西。 假如他們口中唱的 不是脖子上戴著的閃亮鏈子， 而是屋頂上閃亮的太陽能板呢。

Don't get me wrong, the songs that I'm referencing helped define my childhood. But what if my childhood was defined by environmentalism? What if next year the Grammy Award for Best Album or Best Song or Best Rap Album went to an artist who used their platform to make one of the most important topics of our generation mainstream? To bring climate to the culture. What if that got climate solutions to be part of our vernacular? Would that create a movement or raise the masses or get people behind an idea to inspire action? I think so. Imagine the influence we can have. See, we have this incredible opportunity to participate in the biggest revolution we have ever seen. The revolution to secure a livable future. And I believe that hip hop and culture are part of the solution.

別誤會(huì)。 我提到的歌定義了我的童年， 但如果我的童年 是被環(huán)保主義定義的呢？ 如果明年的格萊美最佳專輯、最佳音樂 或最佳饒舌音樂頒給的是用自己的音樂 將我們這代人最重大的議題 變成主流話題的藝術(shù)家呢？ 將氣候?qū)懭胛幕?如果這些音樂將氣候問題的解決辦法 變成我們語言的一部分呢？ 那將創(chuàng)造出一場(chǎng)運(yùn)動(dòng)、引起大眾注意 或?qū)⒂^點(diǎn)轉(zhuǎn)化為行動(dòng)嗎？ 我想會(huì)的。 想象我們可以擁有的影響力。 你們看，我們有極大的機(jī)會(huì) 參與到我們所見到的最大變革當(dāng)中。 這是贏得宜居未來的大變革。 我相信嘻哈音樂和文化 是解決方案的組成部分。

Thank you.

謝謝。