Jeg elsker musik. (Selv om jeg ikke er musikalsk!) Jeg voksede op med så mange gode gruppe og forbløffende sang fra 70ern og 80erne som jeg stadig kan huske hver ord! Dog siden jeg flyttede til Danmark, har jeg fandt mange gode musik gruppe som jeg ikke kendte før og som jeg elsker! --- en af dem er den danske gruppe Outlandish.
I love music. (Although I am NOT musically talented!!) I grew up with so many good groups and awesome songs from the 70s and 80s that I can still sing every word to! However, since moving to Denmark, I have found lots of new music groups that I never knew before and that I absolutely love--- one of those is the Danish group Outlandish.
(Can you remember that I talked about Outlandish when I wrote about the song "I Danmark er jeg født"?)
Outlandish er kendt for sangtekste som "push the limit"...Faktisk snakker deres hjemmeside om "genfinder den indre rebel". Og alle som kender mig godt ved at jeg også har en "indre rebel" i mig. Jeg "test the limits" (and push them!) og spørger tit "HVORFOR" ...måske mere end jeg skulle. Men jeg tænker bestandig om "storre" ting og min rolle i ændre verden omkring mig. (Selv om jeg har være lidt stille siden jeg flyttede. Jeg havde så mange ting at tænke om mit nye hjem disse første 2 år, men jeg er meget glad at sige..."JEG ER TILBAGE!")
Outlandish is known for their lyrics that "push the limit"... in fact, their website talks about discovering "the rebel within" which anyone that knows me very well, knows that I also have a rebel deep down inside of me... one that pushes the limits and asks "Why" sometimes more than she should. I am constantly thinking about "big" things and my role in making change happen around me. (Although I have been a bit quiet since moving to DK as there was so much more to think about for the first year or two... but now I can say.... "She's back!!")
Sange ligesom dette fra Outlandish siger noget til mig. Noget stor... Lyt til det.... læs sangteksten som stå nedenunder...og lyt igen. Tjek hvis man føler inspireret ligesom jeg var og er.
And songs like this one from Outlandish really make me think.... Listen to it... read the lyrics below and listen to it again. And see if you don't feel moved to DO SOMETHING.
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
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
1 comment:
Heart-breaking and thought-provoking. My thoughts exactly about rich countries that fund wars in the poorer ones.
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