Will Pan & Akon sing 'morphine'; Hong Kong refuses to release Will Pan & American hip-hop artist Akon's new collaboration 'Be With You' has been kicked away by Hong Kong, because the lyrics contain the word 'morphine'. Will Pan comments that there are big cultural differences, and rushes to change the lyrics with his colleagues. 'Be With You' had just been released in Hong Kong, and immediately got blocked. This made Will feel very distressed. The rare opportunity of collaborating with Akon, unfortunately resulting in problems with his lyrics, because it contains sensitive words and morphine. Will commented: "I lived in a Western country for a while, the culture is very different. Currently, me and my colleagues are trying to solve this problem; really don't know how I'm going to explain this to Akon." Will feels very troubled about this, and worked with his staff and producers to change the lyrics. From the original version: "You like morphine, you soothe me," they will replace the word 'morphine' with 'more'. They will also remove the word 'sh*t' from another line. His record company will promote the new version in Hong Kong & mainland China, and keep the original version in Taiwan. Source: UDN Translation: Sarah @ AsianFanatics
but i bet half the people who listen to the song won't even pick that up. just change it to you're like morphine, still makes sense. you like more? wat's that supposed to mean?
american hip-hot is always abt sex, drugs and gang war... i don't even like Akon... guess i won't b listening...
i think the majority of the poeple wouldn't pay attention to the english lyrics. even if they did they might not know what it is!
