The Accidental Rapper

This song, Press Vest, is dedicated to the journalists in Gaza. Seeing the horrors being committed each day is enough to make anyone lose their faith in humankind but time and time again the courage, compassion and kindness of the press in Gaza has restored our faith in humanity.

Their bravery in documenting this genocide has been a huge factor in driving the global momentum that we’re seeing in every town and city across the world. They truly are an inspiration.

Our group is made up of Irish people and Palestinians living in Ireland. Whether through the sense of solidarity through common struggle that Ireland and Palestine have shared for years or through direct ties to the land of Palestine, we’ve all come together to show our solidarity, resist through art and salute the journalists in Palestine who stand up to a military force with a phone, camera or press vest.

Press Vest – The Accidental Rapper, Leen, Aziz Abushark, Abood Aladham

ة ما بᙬنكᘘـــــــــــــــــــــــت

ّحر ᢝ ᣎᡨلـــــــــــــــم] ᛿My word is free, it won’t be suppressed]
تــــــــــــــــــب᜻الᗷ ـالإعلام ᗷولا لا] Not in the media, nor within books]
وا عـــروش الطواغᘭـــــــــــت
᠓
فك] Break the thrones of tyranny]

وا عـــروش الطواغᘭـــــــــــت
᠓
فك] Break the thrones of tyranny]

مار هᘭخلـــــــــص عـن قᗫᖁـــــــــب
ّ
الد] The destruction will soon cease]
ـــــــــدᘭالع ـــــــــــةᘭلأغن وحــــارجع] And I shall resume my feast (Eid) song]
ᣒᢝ صـــــورة مᘭــــة شــــــــــهᘭد

بــــــــــــــرا] The image of a hundred martyrs is etched in my head]

ᗫـــــــــــــــــــد؟
ᡨ ᣂب اذا تحجبهــــــــــــــا ـــــــــكᘭف] Please, can you censor those instead?]

The IDF get the best jets, endless budgets
Yet the threat they detest is the eyes of the public
Press vests, a helmet and a camera in hand
Even then they get requests to get their Instagram banned
Bear witness online in such impossible times
Using Instagram Live just to document crimes
Press conferences in English held by kids
Begging Western politicians just to let them live
Imagine what it’s like living life through this strife
As the US keeps its grip on the UN tight
And every ten minutes a kid’ll lose our life
So don’t you dare lecture us about human rights
They’re going through hell but they just keep on going
Every day is the worst day, the stress of never knowing
They’ve seen the seventh circle but still they rise
Each day with a smile and say “I’m still alive”

ة ما بᙬنكᘘـــــــــــــــــــــــت

ّحر ᢝ ᣎᡨلـــــــــــــــم] ᛿My word is free, it won’t be suppressed]
تــــــــــــــــــب᜻الᗷ ولا ـالإعلام ᗷ لا] Not in the media, nor within books]
وا عـــروش الطواغᘭـــــــــــت
᠓
فك] Break the thrones of tyranny]

وا عـــروش الطواغᘭـــــــــــت
᠓
فك] Break the thrones of tyranny]

مار هᘭخلـــــــــص عـن قᗫᖁـــــــــب
ّ
الد] The destruction will soon cease]
ـــــــــدᘭالع ـــــــــــةᘭلأغن وحــــارجع] And I shall resume my feast (Eid) song]
ᣒᢝ صـــــورة مᘭــــة شــــــــــهᘭد

بــــــــــــــرا] The image of a hundred martyrs is etched in my head]

ᗫـــــــــــــــــــد؟
ᡨ ᣂب اذا تحجبهــــــــــــــا ـــــــــكᘭف] Please, can you censor those instead?]
Conditioning with lies, the villains are in disguise
They’re killing them from the skies, the figures begin to rise
We listen to children cry, the innocence in their eyes
Villages pulverised, they witness their siblings die
Living in their mind, the images on rewind
Yet somehow they seem to find the willingness to survive
As politicians are blind, they kill them but never mind
Ceasefire declined, this is genocide defined
Heroes who never asked to be
Living through a catastrophe
Each day a disaster scene
Screaming at us like “Can’t you see?”
All they get is apathy and bombs dropping rapidly
Big Tech on a cancel spree, but all it takes is to plant the seed
Shit could change drastically, change up how you act and feel
Find flaws in the fallacies and stand up for humanity
They told us they were safe zones, go there next
But where the fuck should they go when there’s nowhere left?

ة ما بᙬنكᘘـــــــــــــــــــــــت

ّحر ᢝ ᣎᡨلـــــــــــــــم] ᛿My word is free, it won’t be suppressed]
تــــــــــــــــــب᜻الᗷ ـالإعلام ᗷولا لا] Not in the media, nor within books]
وا عـــروش الطواغᘭـــــــــــت
᠓
فك] Break the thrones of tyranny]

وا عـــروش الطواغᘭـــــــــــت
᠓
فك] Break the thrones of tyranny]

مار هᘭخلـــــــــص عـن قᗫᖁـــــــــب
ّ
الد] The destruction will soon cease]
ـــــــــدᘭالع ـــــــــــةᘭلأغن وحــــارجع] And I shall resume my feast (Eid) song]
ᣒᢝ صـــــورة مᘭــــة شــــــــــهᘭد

بــــــــــــــرا] The image of a hundred martyrs is etched in my head]

ᗫـــــــــــــــــــد؟
ᡨ ᣂب اذا تحجبهــــــــــــــا ـــــــــكᘭف] Please, can you censor those instead?]