HIND'S HALL lyrics

Macklemore

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HIND'S HALL

Woo

Yeah, the people, they won't leave

What is threatenin' about divesting and wantin' peace?

The problem isn't the protests, it's what they're protestin'

It goes against what our country is fundin' (Hey)

Block the barricade until Palestine is free (Hey)

Block the barricade until Palestine is free

When I was seven, I learned a lesson from Cube and Eazy-E

What was it again? Oh yeah, fuck the police (Woo)

Actors in badges protecting property

And a system that was designed by white supremacy (Brrt)

But the people are in the streets

You can pay off Meta, you can't pay off me

Politicians who serve by any means

AIPAC, CUFI, and all the companies

You see, we sell fear around the land of the free

But this generation here is about to cut the strings

You can ban TikTok, take us out the algorithm

But it's too late, we've seen the truth, we bear witness

Seen the rubble, the buildings, the mothers and the children

And all the men that you murdered and then we see how you spin it

Who gets the right to defend and who gets the right of resistance

Has always been about dollars and the color of your pigment, but

White supremacy is finally on blast

Screamin' "Free Palestine" 'til they're home at last (Woo)

We see the lies in them, claimin' it's antisemitic to be anti-Zionist

I've seen Jewish brothers and sisters out there and ridin' in

Solidarity and screamin' "Free Palestine" with them

Organizin', unlearnin' and finally cuttin' ties with

A state that's gotta rely on an apartheid system to uphold an occupyin' violent

History been repeating for the last seventy-five

The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied (Woo)

If students in tents posted on the lawn

Occupyin' the quad is really against the law

And a reason to call in the police and their squad

Where does genocide land in your definition, huh? (Hey; hey)

Destroyin' every college in Gaza and every mosque

Pushin' everyone into Rafah and droppin' bombs

The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all

And fuck no, I'm not voting for you in the fall (Woo)

Undecided, you can't twist the truth, the people out here united

Never be defeated when freedom's on the horizon

Yet the music industry's quiet, complicit in their platform of silence (Hey, woo)

What happened to the artist? What do you got to say?

If I was on a label, you could drop me today

I'd be fine with it 'cause the heart fed my page

I want a ceasefire, fuck a response from Drake (Woo)

What you willin' to risk? What you willin' to give?

What if you were in Gaza? What if those were your kids?

If the West was pretendin' that you didn't exist

You'd want the world to stand up and the students finally did, let's get it (Woo)

Brrt

Woo

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BaranGyln

submitted on 8 May 2024 - 12:41

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fuck the police: "Fuck tha Police" is a protest song by American hip hop group N.W.A that appears on the 1988 album Straight Outta Compton as well as on the N.W.A's Greatest Hits compilation. hree members of the group, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and Eazy-E, take the stand to "testify" before the judge as prosecutors. Through the lyrics, the rappers criticize the local police force. Two interludes present re-enactments of stereotypical racial profiling and police brutality.

AIPAC: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is a lobbying group that advocates pro-Israel policies to the legislative and executive branches of the United States.

CUFI: Christians United for Israel (CUFI) is an American Christian organization that supports Israel. Its statement of purpose is; "to provide a national association through which every pro-Israel church, parachurch organization, ministry or individual in America can speak and act with one voice in support of Israel in matters related to Biblical issues."

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"The one who remains silent in the face of oppression is a mute devil"

"HIND'S HALL", released on the 6th of May, 2024, is Macklemore's tribute to Palestinians in Gaza which suffer Israel's attack from October of 2023 and to the protests organized around the world in response to the thousand of casualties and "genocidal" military offensive. The title of the song refers to the renamed "Hamilton Hall" at Columbia University in Manhattan. The building was renamed by students during the protests in memory of a Palestinian girl Hind Rajab murdered by Israeli forces.

All the proceeds made from "Hind's Hall" go to the UNRWA, the aid organization for Palestinians mandated by the UN General Assembly to serve "Palestine refugees". Macklemore announced it in the post on X on the 7th of May, 2024, "HIND'S HALL".

Writer(s): Ben Haggerty, Mansour Rahbany, Assy Rahbany
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