Arabian Knightz ft. Shadia Mansour - Prisoner

Arabian Knightz ft. Shadia Mansour - Prisoner 
السجين - الفرسان العرب مع شادية منصور - Not Your Prisoner

Egypt and Palestine

 Released on February 4, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=schIdC3LdLk

Click here to download the mp3

Lyrics courtesy of Rayya El Zain, Nizar Ghanem, & Shadia Mansour in Shahadat's Winter 2012 issue (16 professionally translated Arabic rap songs with English and Arabic side-by-side. Check it out!)

Interview with Rush, Common Breath Media, July 22, 2010

Common Breath's video interview with Sphinx about the release of "Prisoner," May 1, 2011

HipHop DX's interview with Rush, February 1, 2011

Interview with MC Amin and Arabian Knightz, Al Jazeera English, May 7, 2011

Full Arabic lyrics and their English translation after the jump...

HOOK:

You wanna keep me here forever...

I can't escape what many thousands hear...

Then you completely turn against me...

 and I'm afraid...

فرسان عرب - يي! عرب - يي! عرب - يي! عرب

بلسان فاكريني انو مافيهوش هتكلم عن

كل حلم اترسم من غضبهم اتدفن

انقسم اتحاط بالألم من الفكر فالمرحلة السمعية

والحلول اللي تنقذ عانوين جانبية

 ارهابية من عيون معنية باستقلالية

بعد حروب عالمية محمية متدارية

منسية مرمية على اكتاف مش مرضية

مستخبية بطريقة اتكالية عالاراضي العربية

بسلبية مرئية انتهازية

وراء الاعلام الاسلامية بباينوا النية

احتيالية عنادية سيكوباتية

سرية انانية استراتيجية ضد الانسانية

وبعد المسايسة متابعة من قاعة المشاهدة

لكل عربي بينزل مستانى مساعدة

ماخلاص كسروا بنا كلمة مساندة

ومن عقولنا اخذوا الورق اللي يكسب في اللعبة

CHORUS:

أنا عايز بلد حرة من الظلم

عايز بلد حرة من القهر

عايز بلد حرة من الشر

عايز أرضي و أرض العرب - يي

العرب - يي! العرب - يي! العرب - يي

RUSH:
Destructive destruction destroying my district
Anti-Christ running it, spitting evil wisdom
I’m destroying the oppressors in Arabic settlements
I'm known for blowing up beats and governments
My peeps die in their cribs while y’all close your eyes
Two of y’all are kidnapped you call it a terrorist crime
The media is backing up murderous propaganda
While we fight eternally like immortal highlanders!
Al Durrah, Sheikh Yassin, the pains unseen
Forging your own stories for the blind to see
Want to draw your own opinions bout the bombs we face?
What’s your opinion if you’re enslaved and your mom is raped?
It’s too easy to speak when you’re far from the heat
Through the White House I creep and yes I’m armed to the teeth
With a mic and a pen and a pad here’s your evidence:
“Weapons of Mass Destruction,“ Mr President!
 

CHORUS:

أنا عايز بلد حرة من الظلم

عايز بلد حرة من القهر

عايز بلد حرة من الشر

عايز أرضي وأرض العرب - يي

العرب - يي! العرب - يي! العرب - يي

 

SPHINX:

They’re dropping bombs over Baghdad, Libnan, Afghan Palestinians, Bin Laden, Saddam
Listen, Islam is all about the peace, man
But wars up in these streets, man, got me losin’ sleep, man
Mr. Politician, I got a little question:
How come you are eating and all your peoples isn’t?
I am on a mission to break up out of this prison
If you’re with me and share my vision, let’s start by saving the children!

SHADIA MANSOUR:

احنا منمشي بالكرامة والثقة بالنفس

معّصنا قوانينكم بالثبوت بالدم

لو إن ضميركم بتريحكم بتتكلموا من وراء الفرد؟

قول لي مين ما عم ينام بالليل - عن جد؟

ع بين انتو بتبنوا حواجز احنا بنكبر

عيالنا وبنظلنا نزيد العدد

نحن السبب ليش ما بتسترجوا تغمضوا عين

في فرق كبير بين مقاوم ومقررين

HOOK:
You wanna keep me here forever...
I can't escape what many thousands hear...
Then you completely turn against me...
and I'm afraid...
Knightz! Arabian YEAH! Arabian YEAH! Arabian YEAH! Arabian...

E-MONEY:
They presume the tongue has no art so I will speak
About every dream that was drawn from their anger and got buried
It got divided, surrounded by pain
And the solutions that might work are sidelined and smeared as terrorist
From eyes that are interested in independence
After world wars protected and hidden
Forgotten and thrown on unsatisfied shoulders
Concealed with consent in Arab lands
With obvious opportunism
Beneath Islamic publicity, intentions show through
Fraudulent, stubborn, psychopathic
A secret selfish strategy against mankind
And after politics we keep tabs on things from the screening room
For every Arab who gets humiliated, I am waiting to help
But it’s over, they shattered for us the word “solidarity"
And from our minds they took the cards that win the game

CHORUS:
I want a country free of injustice!
I want a country free of oppression!
I want a country free of evil!

I want [it for] my land and the land of the Arabs - yeah!

The Arabs - yeah! The Arabs - yeah! The Arabs - yeah!

RUSH:
Destructive destruction destroying my district
Anti-Christ running it, spitting evil wisdom
I’m destroying the oppressors in Arabic settlements
I'm known for blowing up beats and governments
My peeps die in their cribs while y’all close your eyes
Two of y’all are kidnapped you call it a terrorist crime
The media is backing up murderous propaganda
While we fight eternally like immortal highlanders!
Al Durrah, Sheikh Yassin, the pains unseen
Forging your own stories for the blind to see
Want to draw your own opinions bout the bombs we face?
What’s your opinion if you’re enslaved and your mom is raped?
It’s too easy to speak when you’re far from the heat

Through the White House I creep and yes I’m armed to the teeth With a mic and a pen and a pad here’s your evidence: “Weapons of Mass Destruction,“ Mr President!

CHORUS:
I want a country free of injustice!

I want a country free of oppression!

I want a country free of evil!

I want [it for] my land and the land of the Arabs - yeah!

The Arabs - yeah! The Arabs - yeah! The Arabs - yeah!

SPHINX:

They’re dropping bombs over Baghdad, Libnan, Afghan

Palestinians, Bin Laden, Saddam
Listen, Islam is all about the peace, man
But wars up in these streets, man, got me losin’ sleep, man
Mr. Politician, I got a little question:
How come you are eating and all your peoples isn’t?
I am on a mission to break up out of this prison
If you’re with me and share my vision, let’s start by saving the children!

SHADIA MANSOUR:

We walk with dignity and confidence in ourselves
We crushed your laws with our steadfastness and blood

If your conscience was giving you peace, you wouldn’t be speaking from behind a gun

Tell me who’s the one not getting sleep at night?

While you build your checkpoints, we raise our kids
And we will keep increasing the number [of them]
We are the reason you don’t dare to blink
There is a big difference between a man of resistance and decision-makers

Down With Military Rule - Ahmed Rock, Revolution Records

Down With Military Rule - Ahmed Rock, Revolution Records
Yasqot 7okm Al 3asskar - يسقط حكم العسكر

Egypt
Released on November 16, 2011

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGz3DR7ChU

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Note: this is my first draft, so corrections are welcome!

Full Arabic and English Lyrics after the jump...

كان وياما كان في يوم من الأيام
شباب اتقال عليه انو كان عايش جبان
فقام وسط الغيوم وفي ١٨ يوم
قرّر يفوق من النوم و يكسر الجدران
ثورة ضد الطغيان .. أسقط فيها النظام
ثبّت كل الحرامية فقرّرو الإنتقام
أصل أبوهم الروحي غارر .. هاتبان كل الأسرار
لازم تلخم الناس! هدِّد الاستقرار
سيادة المشير هاقولك كلمة واحدة
عمرك ما هاتبقي سلطة .. طول محنة ايدنا واحدة
زوّد تسليح الشرطة .. قطّع وزّع في التورتة
كثِّر في المحاكمات .. شوّه الصورة اللي مات
احبس كل الفائقين .. دي عيال عملية وكفرة
المصلحجية ياما .. وبيجرو ورا الجزرة
انتخابات فاكسانة سياسة بلطجية
واللي بينكلّم يلبس وقتي محاكمة عسكرية

شكلهم نسو احنا مين! فاكرينا لسّة خائفين
احما شوفنا الموت قدّامنا وكنّا واقفين مبتسمين
هنفكّرهم لو ناسيين .. احنا جيل الثوريّين
مهما زاد القهر علينا هنكسر كل الزنازين

شكلهم نسو احنا مين! فاكرينا لسّة خائفين
احما شوفنا الموت قدّامنا وكنّا واقفين مبتسمين
هنفكّرهم لو ناسيين .. احنا جيل الثوريّين
مهما زاد القهر علينا هنكسر كل الزنازين

اللي يذوق طعم الحريّة حتّى لو وهم في خياله
عمره ما هيسيبه تاني .. لو مين وقف قدامه
حاول تحبس اصواتنا ارميني ورا القضبان
كلمة الحق هاتطلع لو عليها مليون سجّان
ما حدش فوق القانون كل هايخضع للرقابة
دستور .. و برلمان .. و حكومة حاسة بالغلابة
اتعلّمنا خلاص الدرس .. مش حاسيّين بالتغيير
حوارات العسكر تاني! مش عاوزين يحكمنا مشير
عمّال يقول في وعود كذابة .. كل كلمة بكذا مدلول
عمري ما هالحس البيادة .. عمري ما هاكون دلدول
مش هاتحوّل واحد سلبي مصلحتي تفصيل وأيافه
و لما يجي الدور عليّا هاحوطي في بوقي اللفافة
خليك مسخّر الداخلية  مستنقع امراض نفسية
تبقى خلّي الثورة تنفعكو .. والشعب هو الضحية
عمري ما هارجع تاني أعاني .. ولا في يوم هارجع جبان
عمري ما نسيت عنواني .. انا راجع تاني للميدان

شكلهم نسو احنا مين فاكرينا لسّة خائفين
احما شوفنا الموت قدّامنا وكنّا واقفين مبتسمين
هنفكّرهم لو ناسيين .. احنا جيل الثوريّين
مهما زاد القهر علينا هنكسر كل الزنازين

شكلهم نسو احنا مين! فاكرينا لسّة خائفين
احما شوفنا الموت قدّامنا وكنّا واقفين مبتسمين
هنفكّرهم لو ناسيين .. احنا جيل الثوريّين
مهما زاد القهر علينا هنكسر كل الزنازين

ليه المجلس العسكري حتى الآن لم يقدّم ضابط من الشرطة العسكرية لإي محاكمة!؟
وكأنّه بيعايرنا أنّ الجيش حما الثورة؟
الجيش ما حماش الثورة في الحقيقة! الشعب اللي حمى الثورة.
كنّا موجودين في ميدان التحرير يوم موقعة الجمل
والجيش اللي فتح المكان لفلول مبارك اللي كانو بيحاولو يقتلونا
ويقدم الشباب بيتنفّذو على تويتر للمحاكمة العسكرية بتهمة
ما يسمّي بهاتفات ضد المجلس العسكري ..
المجلس العسكري عليه انو يسلم السلطة بشكلٍ سريع
 .. و انو يسمع من المدنيّين ويبطّل تشكيك و تشعير بهم 
سيادة القانون يعني تطبيقه على الجميع من المشير للغفير
المجلس العسكري فقد رصيده
المجلس العسكري فقد رصيده
المجلس العسكري فقد رصيده
المجلس العسكري فقد رصيده

Once upon a time, one day,
the youth were told that they were living as cowards.
So they rose up amidst the gloom and for 18 days
they decided to arise from sleep and break down the walls.
A revolution against the tyrant in which the regime was overthrown
ended up putting [in power] the thieves who decided to take revenge [against the people].
Their spiritual father [Mubarak] is a traitor. I will show all the secrets!
The people must lose their minds! Threaten stability!
Field Marshal [Tantawi], Your Excellency, I will say one word to you.
You won't stay in power your whole life. Throughout the whole ordeal we'll be united!
Arm the police more. Cut and pass out the cake.
Conduct more military trials. Defile the images of the dead.
Imprison everyone who rises up. It depends on blasphemy.
Opportunists everywhere crawl behind the carrot.
Fixed elections! Gangster politics!
And whoever speaks up does his time in a military tribunal.

They seem to have forgotten who we are! They think that we're still scared!
We saw death in front of us and we stood there smiling!
We'll remind them, if they forget, that we're the generation of revolutionaries!
No matter how much the oppression against us increases, we'll break down all the jail cells!

They seem to have forgotten who we are! They think that we're still scared!
We saw death in front of us and we stood there smiling!
We'll remind them, if they forget, that we're the generation of revolutionaries!
No matter how much the oppression against us increases, we'll break down all the jail cells!

Whoever tastes the taste of freedom, even if it's in his imagination,
never lets it go. Were someone to stand in front of him
or try to imprison our voices, throw me behind bars!
The truth will be set free even if there's a million jailers guarding it!
No one's above the law. Everyone will be subject to its oversight.
A constitution, a parliament, and a government that's responsive to the majority.
We've learned enough of a lesson. We're not feeling the change.
Military dialogues again! We don't want a field marshal to rule us!
Workers say "they are the promises of a liar." Every word like this is significant.
I'll never lick your boots. I'll never be a dalduul [?]
I'll never make a negative person _____ [?]
And when my turn comes, I'll put it in my rapid-fire megaphone.
Keep mocking the Interior Ministry, that swamp of psychological sicknesses.
Let the revolution benefit you. The people are the victim.
I'll never go back to suffering again and I'll never for one day go back to being a coward.
I'll never forget my name. I'll go back to [Tahrir] Square again!

They seem to have forgotten who we are! They think that we're still scared!
We saw death in front of us and we stood there smiling!
We'll remind them, if they forget, that we're the generation of revolutionaries!
No matter how much the oppression against us increases, we'll break down all the jail cells!

They seem to have forgotten who we are! They think that we're still scared!
We saw death in front of us and we stood there smiling!
We'll remind them, if they forget, that we're the generation of revolutionaries!
No matter how much the oppression against us increases, we'll break down all the jail cells!

Why hasn't SCAF, even now, brought any military police officer to trial?
It's as though they're measuring or testing us. The army safeguarded the revolution?
The army didn't actually safeguard the revolution! The people are the ones who guarded the revolution!
We were present in Tahrir Square on the day of the Battle of the Camel.
The army is the one who opened a pathway for the Mubarak fulul [dead-ender loyalists] who were trying to kill us
and brought youth who were infiltrated on Twitter to military tribunals on the pretext
 of what it describes as "calls against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces."
SCAF must relinquish power quickly
and it must heed the civilians and stop undermining them and sowing doubts about them.
The rule of law means its application for all people, from the field marshal to the night watchman.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has lost its stock [of credibility]. 
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has lost its stock [of credibility]. 
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has lost its stock [of credibility]. 
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has lost its stock [of credibility].