Defiant Matisyahu sings ‘Jerusalem’ at Spain festival

[shira]

http://www.timesofisrael.com/defiant-matisyahu-sings-jerusalem-at-spain-festival/

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Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light)
Song by Matisyahu

Jerusalem, if I forget you,
fire not gonna come from me tongue.
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do.

In the ancient days, we will return with no delay
Picking up the bounty and the spoils on our way
We've been traveling from state to state
And them don't understand what they say
3, 000 years with no place to be
And they want me to give up my milk and honey
Don't you see, it's not about the land or the sea
Not the country but the dwelling of his majesty

Rebuild the temple and the crown of glory
Years gone by, about sixty
Burn in the oven in this century
And the gas tried to choke, but it couldn't choke me
I will not lie down, I will not fall asleep
They come overseas, yes they're trying to be free
Erase the demons out of our memory
Change your name and your identity
Afraid of the truth and our dark history
Why is everybody always chasing we
Cut off the roots of your family tree
Don't you know that's not the way to be

Caught up in these ways, and the worlds gone craze
Don't you know it's just a phase
Case of the Simon says
If I forget the truth then my words won't penetrate
Babylon burning in the place, can't see through the haze
Chop down all of them dirty ways,
That's the price that you pay for selling lies to the youth
No way, not ok, oh no way, not ok, hey
Aint no one gonna break my stride
Aint no one gonna pull me down
Oh no, I got to keep on moving
Stay alive

[King_David]

1. Nice

Was a big F--ck you to the bigoted homophobic BDS movement there that tried to stop a Jewish performer from participating while allowing Gay hating bigoted homophobes to perform.

[shenmue]

2. I love that song

[King_David]

4. Me too

[grossproffit]

3. He became a hero to millions last night. What a courageous man.

This show must have been the most difficult show of his life. A lion among a crowd of hunters. God bless him!

"Three thousand years with no place to be, and they want me to give up my milk & honey.”

[grossproffit]

5. I wanted him to close with Hatikvah, but this works.

[leftynyc]

6. Beautiful song

I saw his reception was generally positive but I was terribly worried he'd get hurt.

[oberliner]

7. That song sounds a little Zionist

Which, as we all know, is racist.

I also think his last few lines are plagiarized from Matthew Wilder.

[Mosby]

8. I think it was purposeful

He changed the melody slightly as well.

Samples are legal.

[oberliner]

9. Cool

That was one of the favorite songs of my youth.

I wonder how many people recognized the homage.

On a more serious note, it is interesting how Abuminah/Barghouti and the usual suspects are arguing that the boycott was legit due to his Zionist leanings.

"I came to know Israel as a young man through these incredible images of kibbutzim, and Moshe Dayan, and Golda Meir, and Israel overcoming incredible odds in the ’67 war. The notion of pioneers who set out not only to safeguard a nation, but to remake the world. Not only to make the desert bloom, but to allow their values to flourish; to ensure that the best of Judaism would thrive. And those values in many ways came to be my own values. They believed the story of their people gave them a unique perspective among the nations of the world, a unique moral authority and responsibility that comes from having once been a stranger yourself.

And to a young man like me, grappling with his own identity, recognizing the scars of race here in this nation, inspired by the civil rights struggle, the idea that you could be grounded in your history, as Israel was, but not be trapped by it, to be able to repair the world -- that idea was liberating. The example of Israel and its values was inspiring."

- President Obama

[King_David]

10. After reading your Obama clip it just shows how outrageous that argument of theirs really is

Shame on them. (Abuminah/Barghouti and the usual suspects )