So many weird things happen at the Davis Square T station. I guess the same could be said for most stations.
Screaming isn't out of the ordinary, really. Even though I hear someone shouting obscenities or yelling to themselves quite frequently, it still startles me.
To my pleasant surprise, last week the screaming was song lyrics. Yes, they were slurred a little bit and definitely incorrect, but it was a nice departure from curse words and derogatory racial slings.
(Side note: If you yourself are confused by song lyrics, or often find yourself singing the wrong ones, click here to cross-reference).
The performer was a young girl who was listening to an MP3 player and singing loudly along to N.O.R.E.'s "Oye Mi Canto," a rap song that was popular on the radio a few years ago. I won't claim to be a fluent scholar of Spanish, but my Spanish minor gave me enough insight to realize that "Boooooricua, manana, arrrrriiivicaadooooo, aruuminaaado" wasn't right.
I give this girl credit. She had no idea what was going on but decided to let her heart sing out anyway. That's more that most people can say. When we don't know the lyrics, we just kind of hum and look around awkwardly, hoping no one noticed.
Despite the blatant objectification of women in this video, I am including it for educational purposes only. And there's a beach in it, and I think I might have Seasonal Affective Disorder, so that helps a bit.
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