Banyak cara untuk men-support perjuangan rakyat Palestina di Gaza, salah satunya dengan lagu. Seorang penyanyi di Los Angeles Amerika Serikat – Michael Heart, membuat sebuah lagu khusus yang dia tujukan untuk rakyat Gaza yang sampai saat ini masih jadi sasaran pembantaian oleh Zionis Israel .
Sejak dia merilis lagu yang berjudul "We will not go down" (Song for Gaza ) , lagu tersebut mendapat banyak respon, berupa komentar dukungan, sampai ia sendiri kewalahan menjawab dan membalas berbagai email yang masuk.
Walaupun lagu itu baru di rilis, namun telah ratusan ribu orang melihatnya di youtube dan mendownload MP3 nya.
Lirik lagu “We will not go down" sendiri sangat menyentuh.
Salah satu bait lirik dari "We will not go down"
Women and children alike
Murdered and massacred night after night
While the so-called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who’s wrong or right
Michael Heart menggambarkan kondisi rakyat Gaza akan gempuran Zionis Israel dalam lagunya itu membuat kita merasa tersindir dan sedih akan nasib rakyat Gaza .
Awalnya dia berencana dengan menjual CD lagu MP3 nya itu dan hasil penjualannya akan dia donasikan untuk kepentingan amal kemanusiaan untuk penduduk Gaza, tapi karena dia merasa sulit kalau harus sendiri mendonasikan hasil penjualan CD MP3 nya , akhirnya dia memutuskan semua orang bisa mendownload gratis lagu tersebut. Dan dia berharap, setelah mendengarkan lagu itu, orang-orang akan tergerak hatinya untuk membantu rakyat Palestina di Gaza dengan mendonasikan uangnya ke lembaga-lembaga kemanusiaan yang ada atau organisasi yang didedikasikan untuk meringankan penderitaan rakyat Palestina.
Sebagai musisi Michael Heart sangat berterima kasih atas dukungan yang diberikan kepada dia atas lagu tersebut. Dan dia berharap setiap orang yang masih mempunyai hati nurani, mendukung perjuangan rakyat Palestina dan membantu mereka walau hanya dengan berupa doa.
Sebelumnya sudah banyak artis barat yang membuat lagu khusus untuk dukungan terhadap rakyat Palestina, salah satunya Outlandish dengan lagunya "Look into My Eyes"
Profil Michael Heart
Michael adalah seorang penyanyi dan penulis lagu independen yang berbasis di Los Angeles . Tahun lalu pada bulan Maret 2008, dia telah merilis album Pop / Rock yang berjudul "Unsolicited Material". Michael juga merupakan seorang produser dan gitaris, dia juga memproduksi trek-trek lagu di rumahnya yang juga menjadi studio untuk berbagai artis lokal di Los Angeles . (fq/michaelheart.com)
WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)
(Composed by Michael Heart)
A blinding flash of white light
Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover
Not knowing whether they’re dead or alive
They came with their tanks and their planes
With ravaging fiery flames
And nothing remains
Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze
We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight
Women and children alike
Murdered and massacred night after night
While the so-called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who’s wrong or right
But their powerless words were in vain
And the bombs fell down like acid rain
But through the tears and the blood and the pain
You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze
We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight
"Look Into My Eyes"
OUTLANDISH
Look into my eyes
Tell me what ya see
U don't see a damn thing
Cuz u can't relate to me
U blinded by our differences
My life makes no sense to u
I'm the persecuted one
U the red, white and blue
Each day u wake in tranquility
No fears to cross your eyes
Each day I wake in gratitude
Thankin' God He let me rise
Ya worry 'bout your education
And the bills u have to pay
I worry 'bout my vulnerable life
And if I'll survive another day
Ya biggest fear is getting a ticket
As ya cruise your Cadillac
My fear is that the tank that's just left
Will turn around and come back
Yet do u know the truth of where ya money goes
Do u let the media deceive your mind
Is this a truth that nobody knows
Has our world gone all blind
Yet do u know the truth of where ya money goes
Do u let the media deceive your mind
Is this a truth that nobody knows
Some one tell me
Oh let's not cry tonight
I promise you one day it's through
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
Oh shine a light for every soul
That ain't with us no more
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
See I've known terror for quite some times
57 years so cruel
Terror breathes the air I breathe
It's the check point on my way to school
Terror is the robbery of my land
And the torture of my mother
The imprisonment of my innocent father
The bullet in my baby brother
The bulldozers and the tanks
The gasses and the guns
The bombs that fall outside my door
All due to your funds
You blame me for defending myself
Against the ways of my enemies
I'm terrorized in my own land
And I'm the terrorist
Yet do u know the truth of where ya money goes
Do u let the media deceive your mind
Is this a truth that nobody knows
Has our world gone all blind
Yet do u know the truth of where ya money goes
Do u let the media deceive your mind
Is this a truth that nobody knows
Some one tell me
Oh let's not cry tonight
I promise you one day it's through
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
Oh shine a light for every soul
That ain't with us no more
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
American do ya realize
That the taxes that u pay
Feed the forces that traumatize
My every living day
So if I won't be here tomorrow
It's written in my fate
May the future bring a brighter day
The end of our wait
Oh let's not cry tonight
I promise you one day it's through
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
Oh shine a light for every soul
That ain't with us no more
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
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