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LYRICS
I'M NOT A RACIST
Jewish side
Let’s talk straight
I don’t get what you Arabs are mad about
You want equal rights
and to live in our country but you don’t serve in the IDF
Haneen Zoabi, Ahmad Tibi (Arab politicians)
no wonder we always elect Bibi (PM Netanyahu)
You flocked the ballots and got screwed over again
believing in co-existence is just being naive
So yeah
when I hear that (Arab) accent I’m always suspicious
Just don’t cry “racism”, stop the whining
you identify as a Palestinian so how can we be neighbors??
Listen, it’s fucked up
Wherever there are Arabs - there are terror attacks
and you actually expect to get into night-clubs
Why don’t you stop harassing our women??
I mean, you’re still stuck in the past
‘Murder for family honor’, come on what the fuck??
You live in clans, fire rifles at weddings,
drive like assholes, abuse your animals,
steal cars, beat your own women
and then always complaining - when will you start fulfilling your duties?!
We seem doomed
Even a Bedouin Arab wearing a (IDF) uniform seems suspicious to me
Well, how can we talk about unity?
For every Arab doctor and pharmacist there’s one that
prefers to live separately. so what, just wait for some
“Mahmoud” to grab a knife and scream “kill all the Jews!”?!
There are no free meals
Learn how to speak proper Hebrew, let’s start there
Pay taxes and build legally like everyone else
forget the Quran already and open up to the world!
I’m positive
I'm not racist, my gardener is Arab
I'm not racist, I buy meat at ‘Hinawi’ and also hookahs
from some Arab In Jaffa
I just lost hope
Hard to imagine the day when we could live in harmony
Guess Kahana was right when we he shouted “separation”
maybe you are better off in Gaza and the west bank
I'm not racist, I swear
but there’s a cultural abyss between us and there’s a reason
Judaism is about life, repairing the world and free love
and you educate children to hate in the name of Islam, for god’s sake!
And all you care about is Allah
and Naqba and the Jihad and the honor that controls your urges
Leaders that preach to fight everyone else
A blind public that doesn’t think and just follows like sheep
Complain about everything, cry about how bad it is
Blame everyone else instead of looking in the mirror
Give us some more reasons to be afraid and avoid trying
To come closer and live together, seems there’s nothing left to do
You’re just ungrateful
Forget serving in the IDF, why not do national service instead?
How dare you take from the country’s budgets?
If you don’t serve the country, I consider you enemies, you Arabs!
I'm not racist
Just keeping distance that’s all
Tzachi married Lucy, yeah right, he’s not a leftist
A star of “Fauda” and an Arab, that’s just cheap publicity
You’ve proven its possible otherwise
After all, you’re already in the Knesset and the national soccer team
but even there, you don’t really want to share
Trojan horse, back stabber, ‘Amalek’ descendants
Mix the stucco, Ahmed! you've always been good at that
just don’t do an “Arab job”, don’t be sloppy
If you’re not satisfied there’s always a substitute
We’ll replace you with some Sudanese, how’s that??
I’m not racist
I know there’s another side to the story, I’m not trippin’
I'm not racist
We share this country, but the hate never stops
Wish our reality was different
I'm not racist, I swear
Arab side
Let’s talk straight
You Jews forgot what it’s like being a minority
You started as a melting pot
But now you’re all about nuclear reactors, apartheid and racism
And enough with the cultural bullshit
Half of your lexicon is Arabic words “Sababa, Dahka, Yalla, Baasa, Achla Dawwin” For real hommie – you’ll never understand true Arabic
Enough, I am Palestinian and that’s it, so shut up
Even if 2000 years passed, I’m still here standing strong
Afraid of my language, you ignorant, your time has passed
I don’t support terror, I’m against violence
But 70 years of occupation – of course there will be resistance
When you do a BBQ and celebrate independence
The Naqba is my grandmother’s reality, motherfucker!
You say “A good Arab is a dead Arab”
and then actually complain that I don’t serve
This government makes me a second-class citizen
Nation-State Bill only adds to the mess
The anthem doesn’t represent me nor does the Star of David
Installing streetlights in our neighborhood is a celebration
The country sees me as a terrorist, not a human being
Don't talk about equal burden, when we have no equality
first thing first - sit down, shut up, and listen,
How will I open a business if I cannot get into a bar?
Mizrahi Jews also eat shit because of the similarity, don't they?
This ain’t normal
in 1948 you kicked out my family
the food was still warm when you broke into our homes
occupying and then denying, the truth isn’t easy
you can’t speak Arabic and you know nothing about your neighbor
you don’t want me to live next to you, but I built your house
You don't know the accelerated heartbeats every visit at the airport
“Feeling like a VIP”, guards on each side - you have no idea!
And everything you say is bullshit
“You have 22 Arab countries”
“Are you a Christian? You don’t look like one”, I’m sick of this!
I am Sameh from Ramla – I will never forget where I came from!
I'm not racist, I’m mad
I miss my family, haven’t seen them in a long time
Yeah right, “educating to hate in the name of Islam”
20 years you’re committing genocide in Gaza, so much spilled blood!
And all you care about is money and power
and the occupation and ruling as the “chosen people”
You think you’ve been through the Holocaust so everything is allowed
You ruined Jaffa and Acre what will happen tomorrow?!
What are you crying? You’re not those who were deported
You were respected guests at our homes while murdered in Europe
Giving me a passport, you aren’t doing me no favor
even if my home is destroyed, fuck it, I hold my head up high
Enough… I’m standing tall
I’m not one of those Arabs you tame
I have dreams and ambitions, I want to fly high
Hear me out, I’m not transparent, remember this face!
You must admit you’re a racist people
Even the “state of Tel Aviv” and all the other leftists
but at least they try not to see us as different
I'm not racist, but I had enough
Thought I’m in a nightmare and only after waking up I realized
My life does not worth a penny, I just want to live
And I’m being deprived of the beautiful life I dreamed of
You take care of yourself, but you hurt me
You’re going to learn to accept me, I’m an Arab
If we would only open our eyes and hearts, my friend
We’d see there’s no difference between a priest, an imam, and a rabbi
I'm not racist
I want to make my son proud for attempting the impossible
I'm not racist
We both have no other country, and this is where the change begins.
MY MIC
Verse 1:
The mic is on? hell ya its on
It's so hot it burns the sun
cant stop
Till the mission is done
you can call me Palestinian phenomenon
when i was a kid goin to school
my pen an my paper weren’t just a tool a weapon
That keep me from gettin stepped on
The Pen is the sword the mic is the gun
Fight fire with fire get burned alive
Fight fire with water that's how I survive
I strive For a world that's better than mine
You fight with a gun I fight with a rhyme
Words And similes expose hypocrisyes
in those fake democracies
The same policy keep on fightin me
One day you all gonna see
Chorus :
My mic is my weapon wanna live forever
My mic is my weapon never say never
My mic is my weapon reaching to the top
My mic is my weapon never gonna stop
Verse 2:
i ain't a bomb I’ll blow your mind
stop call it a game just step a side
let the truth come out, stop the lie
killed the Camel ya haram alladin is dead
replace stones with rhymes instead
don't come too close i'll cut your head
without sword my word will be spread
proud of being the one who leads ahead
Cause i wanna show the world what is honesty
wanna show the world what ive ment to be
A new chapter in hip hop history
keep on marching no one gonna stop me
since i was born i was pro am not gonna knock
am gonna smash the door
you gonna ask for more and more
so 1 2 3 4
B-part
Never gonna stop, Palestinian- Israeli hip hop
Staying humble but very blunt
Singing from the guts straight to the heart
MUNFAS
We are not evil nor stupid
We have a life, and we love to live
Love the family, love the spring,
Love the sea, love to live in peace
Stuck in between worlds,
Between integration and resistance,
Between Ramle and Gaza,
Our lives are complicated
We can’t breathe, we can’t breathe
My voice is silent, I want to scream out loud
Let me be and build myself like my cousin
To taste life and smell my land,
To see a garden and not my neighbor’s ruined house
Like that, straight to the face – This is the way
Enough years have passed – Not waiting one minute
It comes from within me – We want brave voices
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
I know what you’re thinking
Another Ashkenazi licking Arab ass,
But I served in combat, and I contributed to my country
And around me – nothing has changed
Hourly news reports build a narrative,
Songs and ceremonies designed to cause pain
An entire nation with PTSD
Where is the Jewish Nation heading to?
Leaders screaming out loud,
I feel suffocated,
And every moderate voice is silenced
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
Let's tear the webs of hypocrisy,
Come on friends,
Think outside the box
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
We’re the young generation that pays the price
Of racism and corruption and the hard-headedness
So we party in the city, and make a reasonable living
But reality is suffocating, we can’t breathe
Even if we record, on beat, a hit with a catchy message
Nothing will move until we make it clear to those who decide
That enough with this sh*t, build a plan already,
And that there must be peace in every scenario
(And what about Arabic?)
You made us live in illusions, talk and more talk
In practice - zero, not even one meter, but "all is well", not really
Those I considered friends stabbed me in the back, and cursed me
I heard enough idle talk, that’s it, leave me alone
I wasted years, didn’t know what keeps my heart busy
I was reckless, and I only blame myself
I refueled, I became stubborn,
Continue forward on my own, even if the whole world is dark
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
Like that, straight to the face – This is the way
Enough years have passed – Not waiting one minute
It comes from within me – We want brave voices
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
Leaders screaming out loud,
I feel suffocated,
And every moderate voice is silenced
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
Let's tear the threads of hypocrisy,
Come on friends,
Think outside the box
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
We can’t breathe
SABAB
Salam Aleykum people
Nice to meet you
Slowly and wisely
Giving respect
Arabs and Jews
The situation seems lost it’s no secret
How long will we stand by - enough we are here to work
When you say something everyone jumps on you
“Singing with the enemy, what the hell are you doing?”
“Show me ID!” - no voice, only stress
Our lives are ‘Balagan’ - which means big mess
Everything around us is a narrative
Walking only in the lane like sheep
We had enough of fighting so what can we do?
Learn from our mistakes and try again
Even if there is no hope, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
A million reasons to worry, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
Even if we have no money, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
Forget it bro and pour me some, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
“Hey you! Stop right there!”
They tell me “stop creating it won’t help”
“Drop the show, you’re not a rapper yo, you have no flow”
“You dug your own hole, god will save you”
“How are you forgetting who’s responsible for this?”
“Beware of normalization”
“How can you break your word?
“Watch yourself don’t get lost”
Forget it SAZ, receiving some criticism - so what?
For years already nothing is changing
Criticism from left & right, no conversation
Pretending everything is fine
I will say whatever I want, even if it’s not acceptable
Renew the dialogue
So many reasons to worry, no need for a reason to celebrate
Enough turmoil and hassle, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
Enough annoying headache, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
Not only in weddings, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
Turn up the bass, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
What can you do? What can you do?
You can just be happy instead - Yalla Balagan
You make a lot of trouble, you make a lot of trouble
You can stop, stop.
Mama always says - just laugh and everything will be fine
Mama always said to me - smile, all for the better
Time will heal - How long will it take us? How long?
C’mon girls, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
C’mon let’s rave, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
We’ll break the door, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
Party everyone, there’s no need for a reason to celebrate
There’s no need for a reason to celebrate - no need for a reason to celebrate
There’s no need for a reason to celebrate - no need for a reason to celebrate
There’s no need for a reason to celebrate - no need for a reason to celebrate
There’s no need for a reason to celebrate - no need for a reason to celebrate
I AM
I am a human. I belong to the earth; I came from space and time.
I am a machine. I am here for some unknown reason, programed to survive.
I am a Leo, in sign and character. I had to fight like a lion for everything in life.
I was always gentle and naive, until the first time I got backstabbed with a knife
I am a son of dominant parents; I was kind and sensitive as a child.
I am self-observant and full of thoughts; my imagination runs wild.
I am the black sheep of the family. I’m the one who chose to follow his dreams
I am not always practical, but I am ambitious and I tend to go to extremes
I am a brother for my two remaining siblings, I try to get better at it every day.
It isn’t easy to be happy when we’re together, since our older brother passed away.
I was born six years after my brother Shadi, and five minutes after Samah, my twin
Fighting for our parents' attention and acceptance - made us develop a thick skin
I am a curious soul in search of the miraculous, a student of the universe.
I am extremely attentive, and I go deep, it’s both a blessing and a curse.
I am a generous soul, motivated by strong emotions and the desire to give
I am kind, even to my haters, the meaning of my name is to forgive
I am a man of words; I choose them carefully, and I aspire to be direct
I’m usually transparent; the way I feel about something - isn’t hard to detect
I am a natural performer. just give me a mic, a crowd, and a stage
I will never forget my first show - I felt like a beast unleashed from a cage
I am in a permanent search of meaning. I advocate for complexity, and I always try not to lie.
I ask myself a lot of questions; the only thing I know for sure is that one day I will die.
I am in a permanent search for approval. I always feel like something is missing
As a rapper from an unsupportive community, you can imagine – people were dissing
I love to eat, for the wrong reasons. It’s almost like I disappear when food arrives.
I am also a huge basketball fan. I played professionally from age 6 to 25.
I’m a hyperactive artist with ADHD, but I've learned to use it for my own good
when the stakes are high and stress kicks in - I function better than anyone else would
I am a Jew; my grandparents were religious once and I’m familiar with the rituals and books.
I love that moment before Shabbat dinner, I storm the kitchen and taste everything mama cooks.
I am an Arab minority, my early identity crisis made me feel like I have no choice
I worked so hard and opened myself to different perspectives, and eventually found my voice
I was once more connected to my Judaism. I saw it as a symbol of family, unity, and love.
But the older I get, the more I drift away from it, and try to look at things from above.
I come from a diverse family. Some of us celebrate Ramadan, and some decorate a Christmas tree
The older I get, the more I see all humans as one - no matter what religion, we all should be free
I am egocentric. It took years to understand, a couple more to confess, and only now I take pride
I’m the only one that’s gonna stay with me forever, so I need to learn how to be on my side.
Today authenticity is very important to me. I talk straight, I have nothing to hide
I am also a great host, a people's person. Trust me - just come visit and enjoy the ride
We open up, trying to share who we really are, many Uriyas and Samehs are calling out.
The spotlight illuminates each one of them at a time, and in their turn they shout.
we create content and music, a call for a social awakening, like we know what life is all about.
At the same time, we believe in a humble leadership of not knowing - our compass is our doubt.
We are in this together – very different but close friends, who share the same hopes and feelings
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