Doomed!
© November 2023 – Raji Abuzalaf

You wage war with your death machines
And you target the defenseless
Damn it! It’s all so senseless!

And you massacre the helpless
Rendering innocents hapless

And you butcher the vulnerable
Making families miserable

And you slaughter the hopeless
Leaving children homeless

And you’re never on the level
Cause you’re servants of the devil

You spread lies with your propaganda
And you deceive the uninformed
Damn it! Your hearts are deformed!

And you mislead the oblivious
Adulterating the obvious

And you delude the ignorant
Telling the story different

And you beguile the masses
Corrupting the middle classes

And you’re doomed to upheaval
Cause you’re enslaved by evil

Yeah! You’re doomed!

Doomed!

This creative team met back in high school in Houston, Texas in 1969. They became friends quickly and discovered a unique synergy early on – songwriting. Keith manifested his expressions mostly in the area of lyrics, while Raji fashioned his creativity through melodies and arrangements.

The number of songs that they generated as young teens in a short period of time was incredible. What was even more astonishing was that neither of them could read a musical note, and yet they were able to compose lyrics, tunes, chords, beats, and develop sophisticated arrangements.

School, work, marriage, children, and associations with other bands threw them onto separate life paths. Raji continued composing with other bands and on his own, while Keith officially took a long hiatus.

The team temporarily regrouped in the early 1980’s for a few profound Christian musical offerings. Eventually, Raji found the time and energy to record many of their earlier songs and publish them – both in several of his novels and on soundcloud.com. Then in late 2021 they regrouped once more to continue their creative journey together.

Doomed!

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