1948
By RAGTOP (Nizar Wattad)
Los Angeles, California, USA and Palestine
Lyrics:
1948
by Ragtop of the Philistines
*HOOK*
1 - for the Sun that washes over us all
9 - for the guns they use to defend walls
4 - for the corners of the earth that ain't listen
8 - million strong, buildin' on
*VERSE*
1-9-4-8 that's the date
our catasrophe is commonly placed at
it's a common mistake
imma take it way back,
pre-zionist state
the true purpose of hip-hop:
Please Educate
see Jewish people were persecuted for many a age
European racism manifested in rage
1-8-9-7 the brethren gathered in Oslo
Theodore Herzl the author they all followed, see
his idea was that Jews should move
many options were floated Argentina, U-ganda
you gotta read to believe the deeds of a thief
Falastin was decided as the place that they needed, basically
rich europeans told
poor europeans that
if they'd move then
they'd be moving back
pack of lies, distractin' and disguised
a land without a people even though my peeps resided
right in front of they eyes and wonderin why
these light-skinned / outsiders moved right in
and started buying up guns, dividing they funds
it's sad to say we got used to 'em like Allenby in Jerusalem
*HOOK*
fast forward revolution's now the topic we on
in thirty-six the British murdered Izzadin Al-Qassam
and the people started to riot
sick of sittin lyin lettin anything happen
so we got to clappin
back when / most of the streets were still dirt
the towns were still Arab but the bullets still hurt
didn't work -- last minute the Brits got bailed out
that's how the U.S.A. enters our tale now
after that ain't no one wanna handle the aftermath
pass the map to the U.N. who then
proceeded to cut and slice it pretendin they were nice its
not hard to see through they devices (shysters)
meanwhile back in Europe sh*t got worser see
the Nazi party assumed control of Germany
rounded up non-Aryan people purposely
and sparked the prequel to World War Three
by the end of it many Jews had ended up refugees
stuck on boats floating in between the coasts most turned away
from east europe -- and again in the west
rejected by U.S. so with little option left
they headed to my homeland
colonizers ready to claim they prize and reprise
the pain they'd seen with they own damn
eyes how it felt when they seen & realized that they dream
was a old sham
*HOOK*
now let me break it down:
in 48 the palestinians were eighty percent of the population
thats a win-and-win situation any way that you add it
but crooked politicians equals crooked mathmatics
these rat bastards had mad cash and invested it
into the right pockets and history's the rest of it
hence the decision to partition the land fifty-fifty
shifty -- shift the Arabs to the desert so the Zionists can live we
weren't 'bout to have that
so when the Zionists accepted Arabs a-ttacked
but the facts that they armies was half-assed
caught up in a land grab lacking a knapsack
while mad Arabs passed in the massacres at Deir Yassin
and other villages not there to be seen
...
once the rumors started spreading then the people started fleeing
a long trail of tears to Amman from Jenin
to Beirut from al Quds al Qadeem
feet bleedin / heart broken
lookin back hopin for a brighter day
that ain't come right away
1 million refugees grown up into eight
60 years later still feels like that day
the fact that you probably ain't know is a shame
controlling knowledge is the whole of the game
so what you heard about it?
Nizar Wattad
April-May 2008
**Videography by Haithem El-Zabri, Director, Palestine Online Store.
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Great job your doing, together we can break the Zionist wall down, Peace and Respect from Mr Pity
mrxxpity 1 year ago