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Falastin Hurra Huraa

a minimalistic improvisation by:
mazen kerbaj / trumpet
the israeli air force / bombs

recorded by mazen kerbaj on the balcony of his flat in beirut,
on the night of 15th to 16th of july 2006.
© mazen kerbaj 2006

STARRY NIGHT (excerpt) 6.31 min

The Sound System of the State | Tom Tlalim

News clips and a soundbite from Orissa’s Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik introduce the themes of violent struggles plagueing such large swathes of India, contemplated by Delhi Sultanate's fiery and indignant lyrics. Chris McGuinness' deep and innovative riddim samples Bhanwre Ne Khilaya Phool, from the 1982 Raj Kapoor film Prem Rog, infusing the tune with a menacing and tense atmosphere.

LYRICS

I heard the news several days ago
It made me want to blaze arrow
upon dem
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

I heard the news several days ago
It made me wanna blaze arrow - on them
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
some youths turn warrior the state execute them

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
youths fight for freedom the state execute them

people tell me how does it feel
dont have nothing and they make your skin peel
authorities seize you and the truth get concealed
nobody nah do nothing even when it gets revealed
some youths a get desperate 
resort to the steel
rather buss back than continue to live weak
some will get mad and clap off the heat
so bullets start to beat and raise from the concrete

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
some youths turn warrior the state execute them

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
youths fight for freedom the state execute them

Gunman put their guns into the air
and lick shots like they just dont care
when badboy put them tools into the air
and lick shots like they just dont care
I hear these things from me eye them a mi knee
eye them a mi knee
Yes from my eye them a mi knee
I hear these things from me eye them a mi knee
man turn badmen fighting to get free now

gun vs sword

have the license have the title
they give tribal youths the rifle
and now life gets stifled
because money is their idol
government gunmen come pillage your villages
Koya commando start killing kids
PR agent have their clean images
but they all bring death
they run it like business
now ey
the whole of them a run racket
big money man and government a run profit
draw for the (auto)matic unlock it cock it and clap it
and big politicians are in their pocket
say a we?
public enemy number one
say a them
cause they worship destruction

I heard the news several days ago
It made me wanna blaze arrow - on them
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

I heard the news several days ago
It made me wanna blaze arrow - on them
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

Dantewada sufferers
Chattisgarh sufferers
Jungle sufferers
raise up guns like?
Orissa sufferers
Kashmir sufferers
Posco sufferers
raise up the guns like?

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
some youths turn warrior the state execute them

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
youths fight for freedom the state execute them

Word Sound Power - Badang

This song is a Word Sound Power reworking of ‘dongora chadiba nai’. The original song in Oriya was composed and written by Bhagbana Majhi who comes from a family of dundka singers and is one of the most charismatic leaders in the anti-mining movement against Utkal Alumina. The song was first penned down in the mid-nineties and quickly became very popular. It was sung at meetings, gatherings and rallies. Bhagbana often laces his speeches with movement songs. At the young age of twelve he immersed himself in the movement, mounting posters in several villages and accompanying the activists as they visited villages to mobilize people. One of his favorite activities as a teenager, he recalls, was to  grade activist speakers who were giving rousing speeches with marks from 1-10. Small wonder he learnt the ropes through observation and emerged as one of the most articulate speakers that south Orissa peoples movements has produced. Bhagbana is a charismatic performer and has the ability to hold audiences spellbound through his speeches and songs. His songs speak about the unity of peasant communities in the area, their history, their strength and the threat of foreign companies. His songs are full of optimism and a strong will to survive such adversity. Today as the area braces the company, and the people uncertain of their future, hope against hope, that they may secure a ‘decent life’, the voice of Bhagbana transcends as the conscience-keeper of the community.

LYRICS

BHAGBANA

leaders and ministers have sold our land to the company
eating bundles of money they are fattening their bellies
they are tormenting us
they are tormenting us

the leaders will become rich
the company will become rich

our world will be ravaged and destroyed
our ways and our future will be doomed
oh brother
we shall not leave our mountains

our world will be ravaged and destroyed
our ways and our future will be doomed
oh brother
we shall not be dislocated
we shall rather die but we will not be scared
for our mother earth
oh brother
we shall not leave our mountains

we shall rather die but we will not be scared


DELHI SULTANATE

unity is our strength sister persist no matter what
they try to set up the trap and them launch di attack
when some fat belly rat destroys your crops and set up shop
unify all of the youths dem around the block
 
hmmm
 
when your face with the fact – pact with the devil attack we life source
dispossessed and disposed try to force it down we throats
can’t run go in the courts?
cuz them nah show no support
organize - all of my people draw close
 
hmmm

bulldozer them come closer -  send in the central reserve police force
i don’t know what made them so - but some of them kill without remorse
greedy for the earth greedy fi di most 
them greedy fi di most
 
them tear up the earth - build mines, rail lines and roads to ports upon the coast
send off to overseas to build weapons and cell phones
them build prisons for our people and more police posts
some lose heart and start embrace what dem impose

hmmm

over the years some took money and turn informer – stray from the course
some choose to stoop low; we can’t afford to lose hope
it’s a heavy load walk the rocky road
stay strong my people find a way to cope 

Falastin Hurra Huraa

Harshit Singh

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