Egyptian rapper Ramy Donjewan has written a song for the revolution:
Against the Government...!
It has been translated like this:
I am against the government, against the thugs and injustice.
I am against the ruler and the gavernance.
Aganist the government, and the injustice rope is long.
Against the government, and i have a 1000 evidence.
They waste your blood.. they disband your killing.. they invaded your home.. they targeted your religion.. they restrained your voice.. they eat your rights.. they killed your brother.. they exhuasted the people.. if you are existed, u are living a bad life.. if you die, who cares..
If you talk, you will lose ur life..u will be treated cruelly…. its the bullying law… few of gangs… violent government.
They want to eat us..
The oppressor and the oppressed.. the ruler and the ruled..
For whome i will complain.. who i will blame.
Should i blame people who are hit by a shoe without standing up for thier rights..
Or should i blame the government who has a dead heart..
Down with the government..
Down with the law..
Down with the rulers..
Down with coward..
Down with the traitor..
Down with the good guy if his goodness will lead him to dastard..
This is the main point of the song (the song is calling the people to get up and stand up for thier rights….. enough silence, be strong, learn how to say NO….
Link to Ramy Donjewan on Facebook.
On The World there is a nice podcast about the uprisings in Northern Africa and the songs that have now been written about it.
More background info on the reasons why there is a revolution happening in Egypt from a cultural perspective in this Norient article (in German).
