Been so long

been so long

Song Information

been so long's banner.

Artist: m-flo
Composition/Lyrics: Lisa, Verbal & Taku
Arrangement/Production: m-flo
Vocals: Lisa, Verbal
Electric Guitar: Masato Ishinari
Additional Production: Ryosuke Nakanishi a.k.a. Studio-R
Recording/Mixing Engineer: Todd Ohkawa
Album: the tripod e.p. (1999)
BPM: 96
Length: 1:38
Genre: JAPANESE HIPHOP
Movie: None
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSION

Lyrics

Original

Verbal, spend the words on this track in the mix, in the mix with UNIKA.
Check it out...

I've been waiting for so long (uh-huh uh-huh)
ねえ ホントにそれでいいの? (that's right, yeah yeah)
Broken promises, (check it out, check it out)
甘い言葉に誘われて (ya heard ya heard)
yeah... (check it out check it out)

気にしない my periphery, 'cause 邪魔者ばかり
噂に聞く melodies 頭ん中に搭載 スケールは壮大
美味しく ate too many MC's, I got 口内炎
the fly 住民 いつも troopin'
the 23区 with love 音の囚人
so throw up your hands 冗談抜きな tech
urbanite 流れ m-flo dialect

you know it didn't have to be this way (that's right)
もう何も言わないで (uh huh)
癒せない この痛みも 聞きたくない 慰め
(no, no)

I've been waiting for so long, (yeah check it out)
時と共に消えて行くの (uh huh, on with the groove)
Broken promises, 甘い言葉に誘われて (ya heard ya heard)
yeah... (yeah, check it out)

Strobelite 非常事態発生 your nonsense
を完全燃やすぜ it's tragic how
何千もの rappers...

Transliteration

Verbal, spend the words on this track in the mix, in the mix with UNIKA.
Check it out...

I've been waiting for so long (uh-huh uh-huh)
nee honto ni sore de ii no? (that's right, yeah yeah)
Broken promises, (check it out, check it out)
amai kotoba ni sasowarete (ya heard ya heard)
yeah... (check it out check it out)

ki ni shinai my periphery, 'cause jamamono bakari
uwasa ni kiku melodies atama n naka ni tousai SCALE wa soudai
oishiku ate too many MC's, I got kounaien
the fly juumin itsumo troopin' 
the nijuusankku with love oto no shuujin
so throw up your hands joudan nukina tech
urbanite nagare m-flo dialect

You know it didn't have to be this way (that's right)
mou nani mo iwanaide (uh huh)
iyasenai kono itami mo kikitakunai nagusame
(no, no)

I've been waiting for so long, (yeah check it out)
toki to tomo ni kiete yuku no (uh huh, on with the groove)
Broken promises, amai kotoba ni sasowarete (ya heard ya heard)
yeah... (yeah, check it out)

Strobelite hijou jitai hassei your nonsense
wo kanzen ni moyasuze it's tragic how
nanzen mono rappers...

Song Connections / Remixes

• A remix of been so long by DJ Hasebe also appears on the single of the same name and on the tripod e.p..
• Another remix of been so long by Zed Bias appears on the promotional vinyl release, been so long (Remix).
• Another remix of been so long by tofubeats appears on m-flo's sixth remix album, BACK2THEFUTURE THEALBUM.

Trivia

• been so long is one of two m-flo songs to appear on a CS beatmania IIDX release, along with L.O.T. (Love Or Truth).
• been so long is the only m-flo song from beatmania IIDX that was not removed in beatmania IIDX 3rd style.
• been so long received a new 14KEY chart in beatmania IIDX substream. This chart later became its Double ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX 2nd style.
  • been so long is the only song in the entire beatmania IIDX series with a Double ANOTHER chart that has never received a Single ANOTHER, nor has its Double ANOTHER chart moved down to a lower difficulty in a later release.
• Unused data of been so long, including its graphics and charts, can be found within DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1.
• been so long is absent from beatstage II 2nd style, the Korean release of beatmania IIDX 2nd style.
• While the game size version of been so long has never been on a beatmania IIDX original soundtrack, its full version did appear on the eighth disc of the beatmania IIDX -SUPER BEST BOX- vol.1 album.

Song Production Information

m-flo's "been so long" gives everyone a taste of taku's sophisticated sense for writing catchy melody lines.
Along with verbal's austere rapping and Lisa's crystal clear vocals, who is the only female member of the group, truly make this m-flo.
We'll continue to keep an eye on m-flo, who has made a big breakthrough in the major music scene.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 in 1st and substream, 1 to 7 in 2nd and 3rd style.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9.

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	-	210	-	-	-	205	215	-
beatmania IIDX	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-
beatmania IIDX substream	-	-	3	-	-	-	※3	-	-
beatmania IIDX 2nd style→3rd style	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	-

※ The notecount of this chart correspond to the later Double ANOTHER chart.

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	143 / 0	145 / 0	164 / 0	- / - / -	152 / 0	164 / 0	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 1	-	※3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	3	5	6	-	3	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON 2	-	3	5	6	-	3	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON	-	3	5	6	-	3	6	-	-

※ This Single BASIC chart is different from the later Single BASIC charts (total notes: 144).

External Link

• been so long's official video