“Luv(sic) pt.2″ by Nujabes with Shing02 // {Cambodia version}

Love the opening. Beautiful new video, shot in Cambodia :

Once again, now where do I start, dear love
Dumb struck with the pure luck to find you here
Every morn’ I awake from a cavernous night,
Sometimes still pondering the previous plight,
Seems life done changed long time no speak,
Nowadays I often forget the day of the week
Taking it by stride if you know what I mean,
No harm done, no offense taken by me
So let’s rap, we’ll catch up to par, what’s the haps?

It’s so neat to have lived there. I miss my Cambodian friends! I definitely knew some people who suffered from landmines and/or working at Handicap International Cambodia as national staff—some of the kindest people in my village.

C’est la vie, as they say L.O.V.E evidently, see every song has a sequel
Never same, everything but the name, all fresh just like back then, how we do everyday
C’est la vie, as they say L.O.V.E eloquently, see dream has a part two
Never same, you got to keep it tight, all fresh just like back then, now hear me out…

The original, shot in Japan:

Rest in peace, Nujabes. Love his music – first heard it walking in a shop in Sawtelle (little Tokyo, Los Angeles). Really love that the producer of the video, Sou Otsuki, brought his music to my Peace Corps country.

Explore the nature of happiness, smile, enjoy what you have, we’re on earth for such a short time.

Let me mention what I’ve been thinking
How to save the children, when the ship is sinking
So I’m singing, no lip syncing to slogans,
Political hooligans with tanks, missiles and guns!
Everything is relative when it’s all in the family of man,
Understand the time has finally come to realize the great power of 1,
All formulas equalize under the Sun, Amen!

The rhymes will heal ’cause I believe in music,
In times of need I won’t be leaving you sick
The beat plus the melody’s the recipe,
Your vibe surely brings out the best in me!
The rhymes will heal ’cause I believe in music,
In times of need I won’t be leaving you sick
The beat plus the melody’s the recipe,
All good souls lost may they rest in peace!
(repeat)
Hiphop worldwide we got to live in peace, like that!