Most of the world's past conflicts have inspired protest songs to reflect the spirit of resistance. Now Egypt has its own. Inspired by the resilience of the demonstraters, several notable musicians from North America have teamed up to release a rap song. The track is fittingly titled "#Jan25" as a reference to both the date the protests officially began in Egypt, and its prominence as a trending topic on Twitter.
Produced by Sami Matar, a Palestinian-American composer from Southern California, and featuring the likes of Freeway, The Narcicyst, Omar Offendum, HBO Def Poet Amir Sulaiman, and Canadian R&B vocalist Ayah ~ this track serves as a testament to the revolution's effect on the hearts and minds of today's youth, and the spirit of resistance it has come to symbolize for pressed people worldwide.
"First theyignore you
Then they laugh at you
Then they fight you
Then you WIN"
- Ghandi
OMAR OFFENDUM:
I heard em say
The revolution won’t be televised
Aljazeera proved em wrong
Twitter has him paralyzed
80 million strong
And ain't no longer gonna be terrorized
Organized - Mobilized - Vocalized
On the side of TRUTH
Um il-Dunya's living proof
That its a matter of time
before the chicken is home to roost
Bouazizi lit the...
and it slowly ignited the fire
within Arab people to fight it
From Tunis to Khan Younis
the new moon shines bright
as The Man's spoon was
as masses demand rights
and dispel rumors of disunity
communally removing the tumors
of rotten 7ukoomas
we're making headway
chanting down the dictators
getting rid of deadweight
opening the floodgates
like the streets of Jeddah
bawwabit il-thawra maftoo7a
oo ma ba2an sid'ha
we've been empowered to speak
and though the future is uncertain
man at least it isn't bleak
when our children can be raised
not in a cage ~ but on a peak
the inheritors of mother earth are meek
Freedom isn't given by oppressors
It's demanded by oppressed
Freedom lovers ~ Freedom fighters
Free to gather and protest
for their God-given rights
for a Freedom of the Press
we know Freedom is the answer
The only question is…
Who's next?
AYAH:
Time to push, and we aint falling back now
Time to fight, because we are all we have now
Do you hear?
Calling out for back up
Try to keep a look out for better days
THE NARCICYST:
Weathering the storm, pleasure to be born,
news media disseminate at heaven's gate's level of alarm...
3rd Person Dictators couldn't sever them till dawn
3 mill in your streets, we will live in Peace....
you will see it.
But First God Rest the soul of those who choose to be free
from poverty they rose
knee deep in robbery
souls will plummet and burn like Mohammed Bouazizi...
All I see is...
Al-Jazeera Logos,
Pillars of the State can now hear their own souls,
Karma waits for no man,
your presidential charm and armor break,
out of place in your own homeland,
Now Dip like Mezza..
imagine a million human march to Gaza,
From Qahira to Baghdad, siyasatkom saa7ira…..
3alamat Al-akhira...
AYAH:
Time to push, and we aint falling back now
Time to fight, because we are all we have now
Do you hear?
Calling out for back up
Try to keep a look out for better days
FREEWAY:
And that's where the beef ends
you should learn a lesson from oppression where it begins
black white yellow it don't matter what race
before you break us you can push us off the Deep end
different country same struggle we even
contemplate on squeezin when our kids ain't eating
only other difference is it's hot all year round there
winter time and your kids ain't freezing
but we all starving all grieving
and the people with the power ain't got heart enough to feed us
follow the procedures and I study my Quran
this is modern day signs we just waiting on Jesus
you should be the teacher of Quran to your kids
instead of wasting time watching Kelly Ripa and Regis
this is Egypt
home of the ruins last time we needed change it took Musa to move em
operation get rid of the pharaoh
now we getting rid who ain't willing to share no
bread with the people we are all equal
true men of God, Fear God, don't fear no
person that's walking on the face of the earth
if he got a tank, knife, gun, bow or an arrow
long as there's breath
then there's still hope left
so let hope rise like the eye of a sparrow
AYAH:
Time to push, and we aint falling back now
Time to fight, because we are all we have now
Do you hear?
Calling out for back up
Try to keep a look out for better days
AMIR SULAIMAN:
won’t be just niggas
won’t be just spiks
a rabs, pakis, rednecks, and hicks
the leaders ain’t helping them feeding their kids
the leaders helping pigs eating their kids
got me back on my Elijah eating to live
run up in the white house like I got a key to the crib
the house and the senate
ousted in a minute
takes these streets to wall street
this one’s for Kemit
they on that Gandhi
they on that che though
but that che turn Cairo fuego
Hard for the press to find a Scapegoat
When every man woman and child at the table
They think they John Adams
They think they Ben Franklin
they want democracy
what them Arabs thinkin’
the world leaders now can see when
keep people from eating
the people will eat them
AYAH:
Time to push, and we aint falling back now
Time to fight, because we are all we have now
Do you hear?
Calling out for back up
Try to keep a look out for better days
Artist Information:
Omar Offendum (MC #1) - http://twitter.com/Offendum
The Narcicyst (MC #2) - http://twitter.com/TheNarcicyst
Freeway (MC #3) - http://twitter.com/PhillyFreezer
Amir Sulaiman (MC #4) http://twitter.com/AmirSulaiman
Ayah (R&B Vocalist) - http://twitter.com/AyahMusic
Sami Matar (Producer) - http://twitter.com/SamiMatar
Artwork by Ridwan Adhami http://www.ridzdesign.com
Blamethelabel - http://twitter.com/blamethelabel
Mp3 download link: http://www.usershare.net/6cjtbiapu5y8
Lyrics: http://www.facebook.com/notes/omar-of...
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