{"id":11107,"date":"2018-10-21T09:35:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T07:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/10\/21\/one-more-brother-a-song-about-the-conflict"},"modified":"2019-01-07T13:01:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T11:01:17","slug":"one-more-brother-a-song-about-the-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/10\/21\/one-more-brother-a-song-about-the-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"One More Brother: A Song About the Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t6wcZbceKeE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t6wcZbceKeE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This powerful song<\/a>\u00a0expresses the hopelessness of the endless cycle of violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as a desire for peace. It was w<\/em><em>ritten by Israeli\u00a0rapper The Big Fishi (Adam Ben-Lavi) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hadagnahash.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hadag Nachash<\/a>, a Jerusalem-based hip-hop\/funk band whose songs contain many messages about Israeli politics and society. An English translation of the lyrics can be seen onscreen and below.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>One More Brother<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ltf\">\n<div class=\"par\">\n<p class=\"ll-0-1\">One more brother has gone to his grave,<br \/>\nAnd a mother is sobbing, with piercing cries,<br \/>\nOne more brother has gone to his grave,<br \/>\nThe cries of the father can be heard from all sides,<br \/>\nMan, why is it that your heart is like ice?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-2\">Do you enjoy being a killer?<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-3\">My ears hear the threats from your mouth,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-4\">Why do you speak like that, when I&#8217;m your brother?<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-5\">Each side claims that only they possess the truth,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-6\">Whilst every day another innocent dies,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-7\">Killing people, you don&#8217;t care one bit,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-8\">Shooting people, how can you bring yourself to do it?<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-9\">A mother is grieving and another child is orphaned,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-10\">And the pavement is again stained red,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-11\">Life, it&#8217;s worthwhile and valuable,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-12\">Murder and killing is not the way,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"emptyline\">One more brother has gone to his grave,<br \/>\nAnd a mother is sobbing, with piercing cries,<br \/>\nOne more brother has gone to his grave,<br \/>\nThe cries of the father can be heard from all sides,<br \/>\nSon, what&#8217;s wrong with you, you&#8217;ve lost your mind,<\/p>\n<div class=\"ll-3-2\">Bro, look at the state in which yourself, you find,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-3-3\">Anything goes, you no longer care,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-3-4\">In your eyes there&#8217;s a cold, vacant stare,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-3-5\">Think about the future, the next day,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-3-6\">To try and change things, it&#8217;s never too late,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-3-7\">All the people of Israel, enough with all the violence,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-3-8\">I don&#8217;t want to see another person die,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-3-9\">We&#8217;ll find mercy, find compassion,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-3-10\">Instead of boiling over, we&#8217;ll just find warmth,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-3-11\">Every drop of blood that&#8217;s spilled leaves emptiness in its wake,<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-3-12\">And I&#8217;d rather live than die for my country&#8217;s sake,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"emptyline\">One more brother has gone to his grave,<br \/>\nAnd a mother is sobbing, with piercing cries,<br \/>\nOne more brother has gone to his grave,<br \/>\nThe cries of the father can be heard from all sides,<\/p>\n<p class=\"emptyline\">Maybe the time has come to ask some questions,<br \/>\nLike how long can we keep on living like this?<br \/>\nAnd whether the war on our borders is disconnected,<br \/>\nFrom the violence which is paralysing our lives?<br \/>\nIt seems the tension here never ends,<br \/>\nHaFishi HaGadol was the one who said,<br \/>\nThat we&#8217;re all equal at the end of the day,<br \/>\nSo why should we return each other to dust?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This powerful song\u00a0expresses the hopelessness of the endless cycle of violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as a desire for peace. It was written by Israeli\u00a0rapper The Big Fishi (Adam Ben-Lavi) and\u00a0Hadag Nachash, a Jerusalem-based hip-hop\/funk band whose songs contain many messages about Israeli politics and society. 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