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DUGRI SONG LYRICS

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LYRICS

I'M NOT A RACIST

Jewish side

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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

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‏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??

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‏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??

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‏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?!

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‏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!”?!

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‏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!

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‏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

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‏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

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‏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!

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‏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

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‏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

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‏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!

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‏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

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‏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

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‏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??

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‏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

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‏Wish our reality was different
‏I'm not racist, I swear

 

Arab side

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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
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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
Join our growing community and help us create a future with maximum good for maximum beings.

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