Omar Offendum - Destiny lyrics
Chorus: You are my ... (Destiny) Its hard livin in the West - when I know the East got the best of me ... (Destiny) Could be lookin in my eyes - but you'll never really see the rest of me ... (Destiny) Can you hear me "maseeri" (my destiny)? ... bi-lingual's what im blessed to be ... (Destiny) 7amamet Salameh - ifta7ee ajni7atikee oo 6eeree (dove of Peace - spread your wings & fly) Verse 1: وين الوعي - وين؟ امشوا معي هين وادي بين الجبلين عين حب للطرفين أمهاتنا حبت ذاتنا بس مو عاجبهن مسباتنا هذا الحكي بين اخواتنا زين العرب والأمريكان وألله يرحم كل أمواتنا أغاني 'مثل 'المهاتمة إذا قلنا: العين بالعين ما صفى عندنا عيون بالشام بلاد الشام من فلسطين إلى جبال لبنان قبل ما اخترعوا الحدود من الإسكندرون إلى كردستان فهمان؟ جنجس خان ما خان قد ما خانونا أولاد العم بس دمنا دمهم . . بني أدم - بنو ذنمبهم على أكتافنا - شلنا همهم ليه؟ الله بيعلم . . بس ليك هذا الفتيش والبسكليت احسنلك من ١٠٠٬٠٠٠٬٠٠٠ مسدس تعرف ليه؟ لأن مو عاجبهم بسمتك بس إبتسم برسمتك شابٌ عربيٌ ومثقف أعطيهم ختمتك وإذا لسة مو راضين (ذكرهم بكلام ' إيليية (أبي ماضي ' نسي الطين ساعةً أنه طين ' وهذه هي . . القضاء والقدر يا حبيبي (English translation) Consciousness? What consciousness - where is it? Take a walk with me Here - in this valley between two "mountains" Where the source of love for both "sides" can be found Our mothers like us - but dont like our foul language So lets keep this between the siblings The best of Arabs & Americans And may God have mercy on all our dead Songs i sing like the Mahatma ("aghani-d" means these songs ... which sounds like Ghandi & in turn relates to the next quote) If we say 'an eye for an eye' There won't be any eyes left in Sham Bilad al-Sham (i.e. greater syria ... since "Sham" refers to Damascus ... but "bilad al-sham" means Greater Syria ... the distinction is made for the sake of unity across borders) From Palestine to the mountains of Lebanon Before they made up these borders From Iskandaroon to Kurdistan - understand? Genghis Khan never deceived us quite like our "paternal cousins" (Khan also means deceive in arabic) But our blood is their blood Children of Adam Who built their sins Upon our shoulders We carried their burden Why? God knows But listen, this little firecracker & bicycle are better for you than 100 million guns - wanna know why? Because they dont like seeing you smile But smile you will - in your human being A young cultured/educated Arab male - give them your stamp of approval And if they still dont accept you then remind them of the words of Elliye (Elliye Abi-Madhee is a famous Lebanese poet who wrote a poem that started with the following words) "How soon a piece of dirt can forget that that is all he/she really is ... just dirt" (i.e. we are all from this earth & will come back to it ... so there is no logic in viewing yourself as better than someone else) And that my friend is ... Our Destiny Chorus: You are my ... (Destiny) Its hard livin in the West - when I know the East got the best of me ... (Destiny) Could be lookin in my eyes - but you'll never really see the rest of me ... (Destiny) Can you hear me "maseeri" (my destiny)? ... bi-lingual's what im blessed to be ... (Destiny) 7amamet Salameh - ifta7ee ajni7atikee oo 6eeree (dove of Peace - spread your wings & fly) Verse 2: I write right to left ... You write left to right ... Metaphor of a foreigner's plight... Dressed to type... Stereo & a mic... Scenario of a fight... The burial of a white... Imperial at his height's... A Turkish Rapper's Delight Semetic etiquette might Just have you rollin your "R's" Poetic & light And grab a hold of your sorrows To relieve your tomorrows Make it easier to borrow The aesthetics you bite Like all the Arabic loanwords From Spaniards & Morros The Karma of Inquisition Visions of horror So who's the Explorer? Really was it Columbus? Muhammad al-Idrisi or Alfaragnus Throw a Hobson Jobson While you figure it out Im gonna start with a cipher Thats a "siffir" (zero) - no doubt See you might not have learned to live with me But sure as hell can't without Chorus: You are my ... (Destiny) Its hard livin in the West - when I know the East got the best of me ... (Destiny) Could be lookin in my eyes - but you'll never really see the rest of me ... (Destiny) Can you hear me "maseeri" (my destiny)? ... bi-lingual's what im blessed to be ... (Destiny) 7amamet Salameh - ifta7ee ajni7atikee oo 6eeree (dove of Peace - spread your wings & fly) Verse 3: See 3arab shootin at each other From iraq to falasteen Syria to libnan...algeria to sudan Pedagogy of the oppressed, tricklin' down... Conquerin' through divisions & sadly this isn't the first time... One land - one love - one chance - one blood No fuss, no fight...yeah right young blood AK's cheaper than a book Crooked leaders in a hook Gettin' fished out Missles gettin' dished out... b**hed out by the West Press get a big shout From the people gettin' rich out of this (bout)... Now what's this really all about... Land - money - or power? It was the colonizer's fault But now it's really just ours... Leavin' a sour tase in our mouths... Like generational slave names Whenever speakin out Out-spoken leaders gettin taken out Quicker than belligerent drunks in a bar... We a far cry from livin' as one...