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Date Night in Gaza City

by Triz Nathaniel

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These songs are for Bisan I pray that you keep going I don't know how it be, it's true But I want you to know that I see you The number one thing that I know you can help in Is to memorize us to remember us always To tell the world about us and to not ever Never leave us in this unjust and in this oppression When someone is forgotten that means he is no longer existent And that means that people are not seeing or hearing someone Or even remembering anything about his or her life Or having anything from his or her culture That means this person is not existing And that's exactly what we don't want to reach as Palestinians and Gazans I don't want this I don't want to be forgotten, just a forgotten person I want to sit in my homeland, sit between my family and friends, peacefully So this is the most important thing that I really want you to help in To not be forgotten To not be forgotten
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Boy meets girl Girl changes boy's whole fucking world I was out one night with the homies In a place where nobody really know peace And I saw your one, knew she was from Where everyone got guns and neuroses But she was looking so fine Low-key Big brown eyes Doe-ey And you know me I just had to chat Was such a sucker For that accent Add to that she a brainiac With no patience for that Khamenei crap So laid back but she thought that I might Be a dog, like a Animaniac But the way we had This amazing back and forth The conversation Was made to last of course But I'm afraid that Time gon' come When she find out where I'm from And we done 'Cause truth was She from Gaza She be smoking hookah Not grabba And me I'm from a settlement Where we raised to behave Like we better than See Gaza got gunplay Kids in the way Scream Bibi Give me one more chance But nah No soup for you You will not see me say it But you know it's true (yeah) So you see why I might be shy 'Cause ever since We was both knee-high We was told We could never see eye to eye That it's deep in the genes Like Levi (uh) But she might not even notice 'Cause my whole life I had to code-switch You see my mom was Palestinian And under the law that wouldn't get me in But my dad was in a battalion With the so-called best of IDF men And I hate to say, but one day they was On a raid when they raped civilians Mom was just one of the many of them Pop took no part in the sins of these men I was three when Mom died One night he decided to sneak me in with him 'Cause truth was Mom was from Gaza So IDF said Not our problem She is not one We care about So keep your eyes up, mouth shut Balaclava Gaza is gunplay Kids in the way Who scream Bibi Give me one more chance But nah No soup for you You will not see me say it But you know it's true (yeah) One thing me and pop similar in Boy meets girl means a world of friction But this love in the air could be more Legendary than Barney Stinson So don't wait for it brother better regroup How I Met Your Mother, Palestinian reboot I know it's dumb starting on a lie but I don't wanna see that spark fall from her eye So I Copped to it like a donut shop Said my real name's Benny So you know what's what But no need for you to duck What sound like shots 'Cause that booyaka booyaka That's the sound of my heart Thoughts? She leaned in and kissed me Sparks, and then she said so gently Benny if you really wanna get with me You gotta learn some more about your history Cause truth is I'm from Gaza That is not something You can just gloss over I know it's hard For you to see But everything is a part of it And a part of me
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We found love in a hopeless place What You thought Rihanna only one that can say it? Nah I caught a feeling or two, Ja'Marr Chase 'Cause around every corner's a warm embrace (uh) So relax and groove to the throwback Sit down music For that man in the Corona Ad Spirit so large you could never bulldoze that 'Cause where your heart is That's where your home at To be honest first time in Gaza I thought everybody'd be like Go home Roger But nah The kindness of strangers Smiles were contagious Right in the face of That barbed wire cage that surrounds the place With all different kinds of degradation But when I met ol' girl At the old bus station All I could think is she was looking amazing We made our way to where her friends was staying The vibe would say that we was mates for ages Her friends my friends by the end of the day I'm saying As Salaam to my nigga Sadem We found love in a hopeless place What You thought Rihanna only one that can say it? Nah I caught a feeling or two, Ja'Marr Chase 'Cause around every corner's a warm embrace (uh) So relax and groove to the throwback Sit down music For that man in the Corona Ad Spirit so large you could never bulldoze that 'Cause where your heart is That's where your home at We really made it like Willie Mays did We out in the field on some real first date shit I love the way that she understated In a pair of black Vans like Jones and Lathan We stopped at a Kebab shop and ate She told me how it really was around the way Said the government is clowns And they hurting our name While they living underground Like the Crooked Ninja Turtle Gang But she still on that PMS Positive mental shit See, she the best And the lesson was major The kindness of strangers Is kind of contagious We found love in Gaza City man A pretty face in a shitty situation We ain't just rizzing and jizzing We on a mission 'Cause it's nothing but love In this open air prison We had blowback You probably know that Of course we was horsing around like Bojack So relax and groove to the throwback 'Cause where your heart is That's where your home at
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Run It Back 03:36
I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain Ever since that first day Been wanting her in the worst way Tonight she want her shit blown out Like candles on a birthday You water babe, I'm thirsty If you slaughter gang, shit murder me On her say so I take control And she take the poll like a survey This BK, do it your way But I'ma need a little bit more babe 'Cause your silhouette in that doorway Leave a nigga jaw on the floor Way she look at me through them blue glasses Got me hooked like blue magic No stop signs, we blew past 'em She top of the line like new fashion Eat her like dinner, she tasty Down by the river, hanky-panky Drawing all on her walls, Banksy And I swear to God she thanked me But shit I'm clueless 'Cause with ol' girl the truth is She the smartest person I know but yo She turn around, that ass stupid So I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain Even when it's just me I can feel you next to me That soft hand on my chest Yet you holding on to me desperately She got shiksappeal Her playlist got that hit from Seal She ditching all of her clothes I'm kissing all on that rose She wanna run it back, I reload Like Thundercat I'm in beast mode Goin' up, down, left, right Tongue moving like a cheat code (uh) And she know She's the song my soul would sing We both want peace But with her I need that whole thing Said with me she feel so safe And so tonight love Like a Windows update She wanna get tied up No lie her kiss is lethal My Poison Ivy huh Comparing my dick to the people She like the way it's rising up So I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain I run it back Run it back Run it back in my brain Deep down I know Nothing lasts forever So I run it back in my brain Every moment That we had together I run it back in my brain
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I know you made up your mind And it's not like you to change But you know I gotta try To get you to stay Let's leave this war behind And start a new thing 'Cause sometimes It's never too late I know whatever you do in life You'll do it great When I was lost You helped me find a new way I know you made up your mind And it's not like you to change But sometimes It's never too late Saturday morning Before I even saw the news I woke up to my phone I had been dreaming about you That Snap widget gets My endorphins on the move But in a matter of minutes It would turn into the blues Message started off There's no easy way to say this 'Cause I know we both thought A bright future would await us But with everything in This shitty world the way it is I think it's time we admit That we weren't meant to make it Let's just call this what it is Now that it's over A summer romance That lasted into October Everything we had Was brilliant while it lasted But never coming back Like Heath Ledger as Joker I can't stand the heat So I'm getting out the kitchen 'Cause culture wars always bring Casualties with them You helped me grow Please know that I won't forget it But the devil wanna dance So I need my own rhythm I'm gonna miss the way You looked into my eyes and The way our glasses Sat together on the nightstand The best version of memories Like Streisand Just know Hurting you was never my plan I was sad but messaged back You gave me plenty Being present was the best gift You could ever get me Wishing I was the cure Or the remedy And I signed it Predictably yours forever, Benny I know you made up your mind And it's not like you to change But you know I gotta try To get you to stay Let's leave this war behind And start a new thing 'Cause sometimes It's never too late I know whatever you do in life You'll do it great When I was lost You helped me find a new way Let's leave this war behind And start a new thing 'Cause sometimes It's never too late Sometimes it's never too late Sometimes it's never too late I know you made up your mind And it's not like you to change But sometimes It's never too late Sometimes it's never too late Sometimes it's never too late Let's leave this war behind And start a new thing 'Cause sometimes It's never too late
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She traded in her heart For the blue vest No time for regrets Meet the press You feel your purpose But you didn't choose it What you deserve Got nothing to do with it Happiness for you Is an illusion You do what you gotta do No time to lose man So she traded in her heart For the blue vest No tears, no regrets Meet the press You on the path now And you know what that means No looking back now Feel it was all good just a week ago But maybe that was fake, sug Sweet and low They're giving lethal blows So you know we gotta bail They always choosing violence Like that emu named Emanuel Got our back against the wall We gotta tell the story Up to our neck in bodies Like a shorty at a orgy All guts, no glory In these catacombs This a lucky kid He get to live with shattered bones Ain't no room for feelings You in the battle zone Throw them to the side like a gangster Slatt Mahomes They back at home See the TV think it's clear cut Cam Newton energy Like you been watching film huh In this dark, twisted fantasy It's do or die All of the lights they gone out Time for you to shine Made a sacrifice And now your heart hurts But you can't spell sacrifice Without a scar first So keep your head up Let that be your theme 'Cause if you will it Girl it is no dream She traded in her heart For the blue vest No time for regrets Meet the press You feel your purpose But you didn't choose it What you deserve Got nothing to do with it Happiness for you Is an illusion You do what you gotta do No time to lose man So she traded in her heart For the blue vest No tears, no regrets Meet the press
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Tok Blocking 03:03
We're talking about a total blackout of all communication So, no internet at all No TikTok, no Blah, blah, blah Roll your eyes all you want but that's important When communication is out Palestinians can't show the world What's happening to them When them bombs dropping And it's not stopping They don't want y'all talking So they Tok blocking The sound of moms sobbing 'Cause wow it's all shocking Hope nobody's watching So they Tok blocking Look at that, look at that, look what they did Look at that, look at that, look at that kid But they don't want y'all talking So they Tok blocking She took a video clip Don't look away, man look at that shit But they don't want y'all watching So they Tok blocking Ring, ring, ring, then click The tone didn't resonate Oh shit, 'cause you already know what That predicates This is a blackout Don't wanna go to waste Don't wanna detonate Wish I could levitate Feel like a foo' Fighting the likes of Mike Tyson When I am not Even a heavyweight (Ay, hello) Communication's The first thing they take away 'Cause information that's in relation To this invasion means confirmation Of displacement and devastation Hague cases in waiting From laying waste to whole populations In a location with no nation Information is power So communications get taken down In this situation we shouted "Never again," should've taken a vow 'Cause if a tree falls in the forest Or a kid blows up in mortar bits But you swear that you ain't heard of it Shit, did it make a sound? Look at that, look at that, look at that kid Look at that, look at that, look what they did But they don't want y'all talking So they Tok blocking Look, she took a video clip Don't look away, man, look at that shit But they don't want y'all watching So they Tok blocking Content to continue the shelling As kids burn in this new hell An embargo on truth telling So I don't know who you telling Meanwhile on TikTok You see how they spent a lot Turned that into a new weapon Birds of a feather goose stepping No reporters and no press No independent analysts Eliminating any journalists left We swore we wouldn't stand for it If you could do interviews what would you get You'd end up with a manuscript 'Cause place yourself in the shoes of the oppressed And tell me you won't talk every chance you get When them bombs dropping And they not stopping They don't want y'all talking So they Tok blocking The sound of moms sobbing 'Cause wow it's all shocking Hope nobody's watching So they Tok blocking Look at that, look at that, look at that kid Look at that, look at that, look what they did But they don't want y'all talking So they Tok blocking Jamal Khashoggi, y'all forgot him? 'Cause this got a lot in common But who we getting on Depends on who's Tok blocking Bombs dropping Non-stop And we all watch 'em Tok blocking We engage Like it's not a problem Like TMJ It's jaw dropping No Twitter, no X, none of that shit No phone, no internet No questions it's merciless No protection for journalists 'Cause information is power So communications get taken down
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Live from Brooklyn, New York Trizzy Lewis And that's the way the news goes Here in the US The media mission Got nothing to do with us Being consistent It's not hard to say It's wrong to kill innocents But when it come to Gaza You gotta say it different This was a hospital now it's a huge hole Got plenty of shots of it just so you know But boss man said, hey don't include those And that's the way the news goes Say goodbye to any kind of scruples There's rules to this shit But they're finding loopholes Just make sure you get Jake Tap In that cool pose And that's the way the news goes No matter how many times They fail a fact check No matter how many lies Get retracted We just like Welp, IDF said it No questions Yes it's legitimate A five second mention Of thousands of casualties Including civilians That's equal attention 'Cause they'll do anything To get that shot Of their reporters ducking for cover From abbas rockets It's lose-lose When they're dropping bombs All through the city of Khan Younis But turn on the news and it's An interview with a guy Who knew a guy Who went to school with The sister of a hostage, back in Puget They say this carnage Is a necessity Screams be the soundtrack To the elegy Repeating over and over Like a melody But still only reporting From Tel Aviv While hundreds of Americans Were trapped in Gaza They had families around That was down to talk to ya But you'd rather manufacture drama Bring survivors back to the scene And film the trauma This was a hospital now it's a huge hole Got plenty of shots of it just so you know But boss man said, hey don't include those And that's the way the news goes Say goodbye to any kind of scruples There's rules to this shit But they're finding loopholes Just make sure you get Jake Tap In that cool pose And that's the way the news goes When they say No journalists allowed in What you should hear Is alarm bells sounding And at the time That I'm writing this song I know of hundreds of journalists Killed in airstrikes y'all This was a hospital now it's a huge, oh I said that already? Well now you know Repetitive? You bet it is It's the news bro Let's all sing along to the way the news goes Class is in session, this is an intro to How to catch a case of main character syndrome Shoutout to Jake Tap in that cool pose And that's the way the news goes I'll make an exception For PBS Far from perfect But doing they best
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Something I observed Every little girl Is a superhero just 'cause She exists in this world She's so brave She's so brave Ay she's so (hold up) Girls are so brave Showing us how to live a better way Heroically The horrors persist every day But so does she She's so brave She's so brave Girls are so (say it) Girls are so brave South side of Gaza Strip In the city of Khan Younis A little girl with a dream and parents Who believe she gotta pursue it Yeah she living in a prison She wanna improve it Positive every morning Waking up like y'all let's do it Her name is Donia She love her family so much To make 'em proud She gonna be a doctor when she grow up The whole world that she know of Is kids suffering in pain She wanna bring in some relief Like a pitching change She a born winner Opposite of a sinner Couldn't wait to get back To school in September In her parents' eyes She might be headed to a Ivy So they let her get some new threads Like it's IG Back to school she styling on 'em It felt like heaven yo But we know that that would go Straight to hell on the 7th though A war of self-defense against a girl That's only 12 years old Paradox Like a couple medical professionals It's truly absurd We like kids pay the price What did Donia ever do To deserve this way of life One night while they were sleeping The house got bombed She woke up ran to dad And then she found her mom Who was with her little sis They hugged and then she went to go Find her missing siblings And that's when the second missile hit She came to, looked around Saw her father bleeding But got surrounded by a crowd That took her in for treatment After a few days pass at Al-Nasr She learns she lost A brother, a sister Her mom and her dad And they took her leg But that brave girl didn't let that stop her More determined than ever To be one hell of a doctor But when they shelled the hospital And everything around it Donia's was one of The dozens of bodies found in it So next time we get loud With that "never again" Always remember Donia Ayed Abu Moshen Something I observed Every little girl Is a superhero just 'cause She exists in this world She's so brave She's so brave Ay she's so (hold up) Girls are so brave Showing us how to live a better way Heroically The horrors persist every day But so does she She's so brave She's so brave Girls are so (say it) Girls are so brave
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This is the story of a news bureau And the man that ran it Yo this dude's a hero His name Wael Al-Dahdouh Better known in Gaza As Abu Hamza And yeah he got this important job And he's been doing it Since the Intifada But his favorite thing in the world Is being a father And that right there Brings its own drama 'Cause reporters that work in Gaza get Their loved ones as the first ones targeted So the tale of Wael is common, it's War crimes and collective punishment It's astonishing the audacity You just try to hold on to your sanity But it's inevitable the tragedy when The story you're reporting is your own family A journalist is the eyes of the people And truth is a fascist's biggest fear So they aim for the eyes with a force that's lethal If they can't then the bastards will fill them with tears October 25th he's delivering news Live on the air They put the phone to his ear And it was the call That he had always feared Shed tears live on Al Jazeera His grandson Two kids and his wife All lost in the blink of an eye But like How was they hit with a payload When they were in a designated safe zone 'Cause reporters that work in Gaza get Their loved ones as the first ones targeted So the tale of Wael is common, it's War crimes and collective punishment It's astonishing the audacity You just try to hold on to your sanity But it's inevitable the tragedy when The story you're reporting is your own family December 15th at a hospital Another war plane came For Wael and his crew Wael survived but his cameraman didn't so It's getting hard to believe This wasn't intentional Three weeks later They killed his son IDF even claimed some justification But end of the day No investigation And no American condemnation 'Cause see Arkansas is where the profits is Making whites prosperous From white phosphorus A chemical that literally burns flesh off And a violation Of international law And while western kids get the new iPads The kids in Gaza get Used eye patches So sad to see All of these shorties Walk around like Slick Rick and Evil Morty 'Cause reporters that work in Gaza get Their loved ones as the first ones targeted So the tale of Wael is common, it's War crimes and collective punishment It's astonishing the audacity You just try to hold on to your sanity But it's inevitable the tragedy when The story you're reporting is your own family
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Another day and another bombing Another mother clutched to her son's body Another night on the ground going hungry What can I do? I don't know, I don't know Moms drawing on their kids with Sharpies Just to give them identifiable markings How could it not make your heart bleed But what can I do? I don't know, I don't know We Netflix and chill While a ethnic cleaning Is happening in real time Best to pretend Because speaking up Could get you into real trouble But how you think it feel Pulling kids out of rubble Everyday after day after day 'Til it's your turn Home blown away, right of no return  If that don't concern you Then you won't feel me 'Cause you treat it like You're missing Chris Wallace That's no Biggie Another day and another bombing Another mother clutched to her son's body Another night on the ground going hungry What can I do I don't know, I don't know Moms drawing on their kids with Sharpies Just to give them identifiable markings How could it not make your heart bleed But what can I do? I don't know, I don't know No movie magic But the movie is graphic It's visible Still we try to see past it It's criminal What I see is truly sad 'Cause with liberals like these Who needs fascists? We know what happening But we waiting to say something We know exactly What the hatred is based on I hate to imagine The hate that it may spawn A danger to international players Like Draymond Another day and another bombing Another mother clutched to her son's body Another night on the ground going hungry What can I do? I don't know, I don't know Moms drawing on their kids with Sharpies Just to give them identifiable markings How could it not make your heart bleed But what can I do? I don't know, I don't know
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These songs are for Bisan I pray that you keep going I don't how it be but I want you to know that I see ya Once upon a time a little bitch named Bibi Had a lot of rich white friends like Phoebe And they believed that he had the right To go and be a demon in Palestine Like a valentine he's finding sweeties Who don't mind violating treaties Take the house, give granny a teepee Even though she had her deed like Gigi Low-key rinse and repeat Ctrl Z on Yitzhak Rabin We know exactly what's happening But we cold family, like Nat King But the last thing in his way from taking What's remaining of Palestine His own people isn't really so keen To be on team genocide But soon Bibi was introduced To a new movement and he knew that He couldn't lose if he used them To prove that making peace is useless Bonus, they'll crackdown On anything democratic, wow That's a win-win for Benjamin 'Cause he can send in the Likud clowns And now with abbas in charge of Gaza He can sit back and just watch the drama Soon enough he'll release the bombs and then Soon enough they'll be Egypt's problem Not making deals, just playing their cards And making a meal of it, carnage asada Treat 'em like cinnamon, lesser babka Send 'em to heaven or send 'em through Rafah But then he went a little too far Too zealously he overstepped When he tried to change what the rules are And Tel Aviv was protesting But having the threat of abbas was handy 'Cause he had plans for post the 7th Like he quit spinning cotton candy He won't be making no concessions Might find himself under pressure Like Vanilla Ice, he'll take that You could pull some funds if you want He still holding arms like a straight jacket See these bombs that he gon' throw Is sponsored by McDonalds These missiles they Tomahawks And brought to you by Starbucks Seems Bibi and his Uncle Sam Is really trying to get them off the land Joe's still playing with that asshole Through backdoor shenanigans Warnings to evacuate The messages in English 'Cause this all for the international stage It's a play and it's meaningless So me and my cousin is cussing because when Discussing disgusting apartheid states You gotta remember that treating this shit As legitimate is part of the far right game Make some borders, they get ignored Make some noise, it isn't heard They make excuses that's piss-poor So I'm making my music with diss chords 'Cause what the fuck else can I do Fuck Nakba 2 Apathetic boogaloo
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From the river to the sea Palestine will be free Water has no enemy Respect is the realest remedy With hearts open like sesame Remembering our shared humanity From the river to the sea Palestine will be free First of all, yikes Second, why? The community confirmed That this is the darkest timeline Get on Twitter, your pick of the litter Of 50 million sponsored ads All in a bid just to convince you The Palestinian cause is bad It's all one struggle baby We don't want trouble They wanna ransack We just want land back We've seen the script before With a war that never ends Got me on that George Bush Fool me, can't get fooled again Our revenge will be The laughter of our children And the world will see The people of Gaza rise again From the river to the sea Palestine will be free Water has no enemy Respect is the realest remedy With hearts open like sesame Remembering our shared humanity From the river to the sea Palestine will be free Feeling insignificant Whispering in a windstorm What the hell do these children Got to do with this war Forget your Apple Vision 'Cause you gotta see what's coming This is radioactive, man The goggles do nothing Can't be sitting on my tuchus Just looking at this malice The boots of soldiers On kids' necks like a Tallis So we at your door Like a mezuzah with this medicine 'Cause the movies taught me To root for the rebel scum (An eye for an eye) Believe me I see your pain I get ya (Leaves the whole world blind) Good deeds in these rhymes Every bar is a mitzvah From the river to the sea Palestine will be free Water has no enemy Respect is the realest remedy With hearts open like sesame Remembering our shared humanity From the river to the sea Palestine will be free Our revenge will be The laughter of our children And the world will see The people of Gaza rise again

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Triz Nathaniel Brooklyn, New York

I got started on my musical pilgrimage on the north side of Dublin 🇮🇪 remaking those old Irish rebel songs. My latest album is an inclusive & unapologetic attack on misogyny. Anyone down to smash the patriarchy, eat the rich, & shift the paradigm, keep it locked right here. Everyone's welcome ♿ & I take requests - let's figure this out together 🏳️‍⚧️ our day will come 🌙 ... more

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