I’m a soldier with a purpose With a flag in my hand And my country is a well hiding a story inside The judge is lost, and who followed him got lost too He grow the bear of wisdom on his face , He mixes between the pawn and the king He lined his soldiers on the frontline Leaving a safety distance He ordered to shoot whoever passes He was searching for peace He used to cheat every time he’s being honest His guarantee is a roof to protect him He forgot that the throne chair is broken In his speech, he focuses on the part where his interest is He kept insisting TOZ « to hell with it » If the leader throws rice on his dead soldiers instead of feeding them Stand up ..
No matter how much you stab us with the dagger of death
We don’t feel anymore His flesh is fresh, come touch it How are we equal with “NS” Throw out the graver There is somebody outside breaking down my wall It’s been a while he’s breaking down my strength Tell him to leave my home I’ve been wearing the helmet for years
He leaves me no alternative solution
No matter how big the word is, it won’t bring back a dead person Chorus : I knew from the beginning that our battles will be long The sides of the city are muddy and our legs are short The earth is talking to me saying “be a soldier” The sky is calling me, and I refuse every time it tells me to run for my life Two sides and a thread linking them Two statues and a broken house An angry father of two children In the first scene, the right returns to a country that became two Holding debentures on our shoulders Counting each year as a debt He is drawing a knot with his eyebrows As if he’s imprisoned
He’s willing to move in the country but he’s afraid of its checkpoints He covers his eyes with my rights Look at the greedy on top of me He burns down the country and he runs to me to cool down my burns I would‘ve built a new home But there are no more solid structures left Who told you that those among us who survived are lucky ? I wouldn’t demand my right if it was reserved I would’ve shared my portion with you if we had our portions
Who is the prisoner among us? Is it the one holding the hang robe?
Or the one holding a bank key?
Or the one who trades with souls? We’re supposed to be all equal
Pen and gun are the same, but when we get mad
The difference is the type of cartouche
Arabic :
انا جندي بغاية على زندي راية وبلدي بير مخبي بقلبه حكاية و الحكم تايه و مين لاحقه تاه مربي دقت الحكمة على وشّو بيخلط بين البيدق و الشاه صافف عسكره بالوش تارك مسافة امان امر “مين ما بترش” كان عم يدوّر عالسّلام كان كل ماصدق بغش مأمن بسقف يحميه نسي كرسي العرش بنش وين مصلحته بشد عالكلام ضل يصر طز ان كان القائد بدل ما يطعمي جنوده بضل بزت عالموتى رز فز , قد ما تغز خنجر الموت بطّلنا نحس لحمه طري تع دس ! كيف منستوي مع نس ؟! شيلوا الازميل في مين برّا عم يهد حيطي صرله فتره عم يهد حيلي قلّه يطلع برّا بيتي الي سنين ما شلت الخوذة و ماتاركلي حل بديل الكلمة قد ما كبرت ما رح ترحع قتيل اللازمة: عرفان من يوم قلتها معاركنا طويلة طراف المدينة وحل و رجلينا قصيرة الارض بتحاكيني بتقلي كون جندي السما بتنادي و برفض وقت تقلي انفد بجلدي طرفين و خيط رابط صنمين و بيت هابط
اب لولدين غاضب ,والحق بأول مشهد بيرجع لبلد صارت بلدين ساند عكتافنا سندات حاسب كل سنة دين راسم عقدة على حاجبه بتقول في حدا حابسه ناوي يمرق بالبلد بس بخاف من حواجزه مطمش حاله بحقوقي ليكه الحقود فوقي بيحرق بلد و بيركد لعندي ليطفّي حروقي كنت بعمر بيت جديد , بس ما بقيان بنيان مرصوص مين قلك انو يللي باقي عايش بينانتا محظوظ كنت ما بطالب بحقي لو كان حقي محفوظ كنت بقاسمك بحصتي لو كان فينا محصوص مين فينا المحبوس يللي رابط حبل الشنق ؟ او يللي حامل مفتاح بنك ؟ او يللي تاجر بالنّفوس ؟؟ الكل سواسية المفروض القلم و الفرد واحد .. بس وقت انضوج يللي بيفرق نوع الخرطوش …
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