{"id":7281,"date":"2018-12-16T13:26:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T11:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/12\/16\/matisyahu-jerusalem-out-of-darkness-comes-light"},"modified":"2019-01-22T09:48:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T07:48:57","slug":"matisyahu-jerusalem-out-of-darkness-comes-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/12\/16\/matisyahu-jerusalem-out-of-darkness-comes-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Matisyahu: Jerusalem (Out Of Darkness Comes Light)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8ULIw0Zgaw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"G1VCxe kno-fb-ctx\">\n<div><em>This post presents the official music video for <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/H8ULIw0Zgaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matisyahu&#8217;s Jerusalem<\/a>, an upbeat yet solemn song expressing the eternal Jewish yearning for the holy city of Jerusalem, despite thousands of years of exile and persecution. The chorus of the song is based on the famous words from Psalms 137:5-6.\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/matisyahuworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matisyahu i<\/a>s a world-famous Jewish musician\u00a0<\/em><em>known for his deeply spiritual lyrics, beat-boxing, and reggae influence.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Jerusalem<\/h3>\n<p>In the ancient days, we will return with no delay<br \/>\nPicking up the bounty and the spoils on our way<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve been traveling from state to state<br \/>\nAnd them don&#8217;t understand what they say<br \/>\n3, 000 years with no place to be<br \/>\nAnd they want me to give up my milk and honey<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you see, it&#8217;s not about the land or the sea<br \/>\nNot the country but the dwelling of his majesty<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Jerusalem, if I forget you,<br \/>\nFire not gonna come from me tongue.<br \/>\nJerusalem, if I forget you,<br \/>\nLet my right hand forget what it&#8217;s supposed to do.<\/p>\n<p>Rebuild the temple and the crown of glory<br \/>\nYears gone by, about sixty<br \/>\nBurn in the oven in this century<br \/>\nAnd the gas tried to choke, but it couldn&#8217;t choke me<br \/>\nI will not lie down, I will not fall asleep<br \/>\nThey come overseas, yes they&#8217;re trying to be free<br \/>\nErase the demons out of our memory<br \/>\nChange your name and your identity<br \/>\nAfraid of the truth and our dark history<br \/>\nWhy is everybody always chasing we<br \/>\nCut off the roots of your family tree<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you know that&#8217;s not the way to be<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Caught up in these ways, and the worlds gone craze<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you know it&#8217;s just a phase<br \/>\nCase of the Simon says<br \/>\nIf I forget the truth then my words won&#8217;t penetrate<br \/>\nBabylon burning in the place, can&#8217;t see through the haze<br \/>\nChop down all of them dirty ways,<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s the price that you pay for selling lies to the youth<\/p>\n<p>No way, not OK, oh no way, not ok, hey<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t no one gonna break my stride<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t no one gonna pull me down<br \/>\nOh no, I got to keep on moving<br \/>\nStay alive<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post presents the official music video for Matisyahu&#8217;s Jerusalem, an upbeat yet solemn song expressing the eternal Jewish yearning for the holy city of Jerusalem, despite thousands of years of exile and persecution. The chorus of the song is based on the famous words from Psalms 137:5-6.\u00a0Matisyahu is a world-famous Jewish musician\u00a0known for his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":7282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[2403],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7281\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=7281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7281\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7287,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7281\/revisions\/7287\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7282\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=7281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=7281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=7281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}