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We are a group of rap

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and our name is R.R

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It stands for Refugee Rappers

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That is the rap of exile

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as we call it.

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There is a reason for this name

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As we see it

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the right of return of the refugees

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is being marginalised

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in political negotiations

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and in the work of politicians

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So we try to carry a simple message

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and the equipment we have is basic

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but we hope it is useful

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The feeling is great

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To be able to transmit a message

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We don't have many ways of communicating

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to the people around

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not just to Palestinians,

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maybe to people outside as well.

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We have a message to transmit

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as sons of the refugee camp

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People think they know what a refugee is

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That a refugee is poor,

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doesn't do anything

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does not think.

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But no,

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It's true we live under difficult conditions,

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but we are creative

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and intellectually mature

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as much as other people

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whose class and living conditions

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might be higher than ours.

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come on boys,

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one, two, three

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the smell of the ground

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the sound of the birds

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the flight of the doves

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 the old man talking about home

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mothers are like flowers

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Our rap talks about us

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as people

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living in a camp

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as refugees

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It  also talks about us

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as Palestinians

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The problems we face

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Rap is a form of expression

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that can describe our lifes

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Leave me this pen

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for it comes from my pain

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I tell you this is my land

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I will not argue or repeat

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it's not my turn,

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nor do I speak in vain,

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I just want to talk about my refugee camp

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the resting place of a martyr

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The smell of the ground

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the song of the birds

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the flight of the doves

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the old man

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that talks about home

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mothers are like flowers

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they can bend

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and they can break

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You don't speak about Dheisheh

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In every country there is Dheisheh

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In Dheisheh there is a Dheisheh

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This is my soul, my heart beats and says

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my camp is my refuge

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and my reality

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since the time of Zacarias

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Let me go back a bit

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When I returned from Italy...

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I would like to talk

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about the equipment we work with

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It is very basic indeed

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the mike...

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we don't have a studio

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but we would like to transmit

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an idea to the whole world

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what we think

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And even if we dont have

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the necessary equipment

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we have worked on it

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We have encountered problems

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but we overcome them

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The idea really

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came from the guys

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I am interested in rap

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foreign and Arab rap

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especially when we started

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hearing the music

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of wellknown groups

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like DAM and others

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from the "inside" (Israel)

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So you know,

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I write poetry as well

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I thought we should try too

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We tried some beats out,

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This was maybe in june

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When it all started

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The whole country is now full of rap

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even if

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it is not really accepted

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by society

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Even some friends

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do not accept it

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So slowly slowly

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we finally decided

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to try our luck out

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to try our voices

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and see what happens

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we recorded some beats

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and we mixed them

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and then wrote the lyrics to them

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And of course, the lyrics come

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from the conditions we live in

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The ideas that the group R.R

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wants to transmit are

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What is youth?

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What does Palestine mean?

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What is a refugee?

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What does suffering mean?

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Not only suffering due to Israel

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but mostly

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We want to talk about our history

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and transmit a message to the world

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Maybe other Arabs are trying

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to transmit this message

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but we are the first

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rappers that are refugees

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our name, that is,

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is Refugee Rappers

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so we would like

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to transmit

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What is exile?

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What is a refugee camp?

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What does it mean to be young

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and live in a refugee camp?

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so we started the trip

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with R.R

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As a member of Refugee Rappers

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The idea for me

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living in a refugee camp

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or in Palestine

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is to explain our opinion

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is to explain about our feelings

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about the atmosphere we live in

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the conditions we are obliged to accept

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and the injustice we suffer

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leave me this pen

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for it talks of my pain

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I tell you this is my land

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I won't argue or repeat

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my turn has not come

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but I do not speak in vain

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I want to talk about
my refugee camp

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the resting place of the martyr

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The smell of  the ground

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The song of the birds

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the flight of the doves

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the old man speaking

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of his home

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mothers are like flowers

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they bend or they break

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You don't talk about Dheisheh

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in every country there is a Dheisheh

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In Dheisheh there is a Dheisheh

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it's my soul

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and my heart beats and says

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my camp is my refuge

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it is my reality

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and the wind comes from Zacarias

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Let me go back

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and tell you

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when I returned from Italy

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I used to await hearing Hamza

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and sitting under the Dalia,

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I saluted the people

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they are full of feeling

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I want to say it

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they speak from their hearts

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I see kids at home

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like birds in a house

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they choke,

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in the street there's fasting

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but no feasting.

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and after holidays

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 there's a birthday or something!

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let there be...

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Something!

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I won't say it's heaven

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but it's my heaven

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it will be my end

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and the last line

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in my story will be

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my camp,

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my house

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my youth

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my land!