Washington, Purna Warta – Sebuah lagu baru dari penyanyi dan penulis lagu Amerika Macklemore, yang membahas perang genosida Israel-AS di Gaza, telah menjadi tren dan ditonton jutaan kali di berbagai platform media sosial.
Liriknya menggambarkan kebrutalan pasukan Israel dan ketangguhan bangsa Palestina dalam perang yang akan menandai peringatan satu tahunnya bulan depan, yang telah merenggut lebih dari 41.500 nyawa, sebagian besar dari mereka adalah anak-anak dan wanita.
“Dalam hidup kita, kita akan bebas. Mereka dapat mengubur kita, tetapi mereka akan tahu bahwa kita hanyalah benih,” bunyi salah satu baris yang kuat dari lagu tersebut, yang mengikuti lagu hit Macklemore sebelumnya yang menduduki puncak tangga lagu, “Hind’s Hall.”
Lagu baru tersebut dianggap sebagai sekuel dari “Hind’s Hall,” sebuah lagu penuh perasaan yang menarik perhatian para aktivis pro-Gaza di seluruh dunia.
“Hind’s Hall” didedikasikan untuk gadis Palestina berusia enam tahun, Hind Rajab, yang bersama keluarganya, dibunuh secara brutal oleh pasukan pendudukan Israel di Gaza Januari lalu.
Untuk mengenangnya, para mahasiswa di Universitas Columbia mengganti nama Hamilton Hall menjadi “Hind’s Hall” sebagai protes atas perang Israel-Amerika dan penargetan anak-anak Palestina.
Lagu terbaru tersebut menampilkan artis Palestina-Amerika Anees dan rapper remaja Gaza MC Abdul.
Anees menyumbangkan suaranya untuk bait utama lagu tersebut: “Dalam hidup kita, kita akan bebas. Mereka dapat mengubur kita, tetapi mereka akan tahu bahwa kita adalah benih.”
Video musik yang menyertai lagu tersebut menyoroti kekejaman Israel terhadap warga Palestina selama setahun terakhir, menampilkan adegan sekolah dan rumah sakit yang dibom, kelaparan dan kehancuran serta pembantaian anak-anak dan wanita.
Lagu tersebut juga memuji perlawanan gigih rakyat Palestina dan kelompok perlawanan mereka dalam menghadapi serangan brutal Israel yang didukung Barat.
“Hiduplah perlawanan jika ada yang dapat dilawan,” bunyi bait lain dari lagu tersebut, disandingkan dengan rekaman Tentara Republik Irlandia, Malcolm X, anggota Partai Black Panther, dan orang-orang di Gaza.
Selain itu, lagu tersebut mengkritik Wakil Presiden AS dan calon presiden dari Partai Demokrat Kamala Harris atas peran pemerintahnya dalam memasok dana dan senjata ke Israel.
“Hai Kamala, aku tidak tahu apakah kau mendengarkan, tetapi berhentilah mengirim uang dan senjata atau kau tidak akan menang di Michigan,” demikian bunyi liriknya.
Lirik lengkap lagu tersebut:
In our lifetime we will be free
One day when the light shines we will be free
In our lifetime we will be free
And they can bury us
But they will find out we are seeds
Oo-ohhh, Oo-ohhh
Oo-ohhh, Oo-ohhh
They can bury us
But they will find out we are seeds
Verse 1: Anees
I say free Falasteen because I know of every massacre we suffered
The Nakba, Sabra, Shatila, Rafah
My people have died a million times in their struggles
‘Til they rise from the tidеs
Like a rose through the rubblе
I see God himself in the eye of a refugee
Who’d rather die a martyr than live a life under siege
So if I’m not allowed to say “From the River to the Sea”
Then “From the rind to the seed Palestine will be free”
Still, they know they can’t shake us
Billion-dollar sword to the neck
Death cannot break us
And every Palestinian refugee holds a key
One day we will return
No matter how long it takes us
Chorus: Anees & Choirs, Macklemore
In our lifetime we will be free
One day when the light shines we will be free
In our lifetime we will be free
And they can bury us
But they will find out we are seeds
Oo-ohhh, Oo-ohhh
Oo-ohhh, Oo-ohhh
They can bury us
But they will find out we are seeds
Verse 2: MC Abdul
(Yeah, yeah)
I’ve seen massacres, I’m grateful to be alive
You appreciate life when you survive a genocide
Look in my eyes and tell me what you see
Ran out of tears to cry, rap ’til Palestine is free
Got a problem with the system that doesn’t want us existing
Turn a city to a prison that’s missing living conditions
My mom’s calling, she’s telling me she’s kinda scared
I hear the bombs fallin’, I smell the death up in the air
My uncle lost his children, I lost my cousins
As tears water their grave to let them know he still loves ’em
Our schools turn to shelters for the rich and poor
I just pray for peace
When I speak I don’t wish for war
Bodies layin’ out, ain’t nothing to play about
I give the people hope ’cause I’m the first who made it out
I’m just walking the path, this is God’s plan
Building up my dreams, from the rubble I touched with my hands
Chorus: Amer Zahr & Choirs
From the river to the sea
Palestine will be free (Louder)
From the river to the sea
Palestine will be free (Louder)
Verse 3: Macklemore
They done woke up the world now
We know who you serve at the White House
To kids in Gaza my vow right now
I’ma ride for your life like you were my child
Long live the resistance if there’s something to resist
Had enough of you motherfuckers murdering little kids
PC for a minute I was trynna be a bridge
But there’ll never be freedom by pleading with Zionists
World screaming, “Free Palestine”
We see the Manual we know how you colonized
You’d be surprised by how many fucks we actually really don’t give
When you take away that power of the all-mighty dollar sign
Fuck the allure, we’ll boycott the stores
Capitalism killing us that’s something we can’t afford
They want us to hate each other in the interest of war
Afraid of the mosque and afraid to light the menorah
Hey Kamala, I don’t know if you’re listening
But stop sending money and weapons or you ain’t winning Michigan
We uncommitted, and hell no we ain’t switching positions
Because the whole world turned Palestinian
I see them murdered children in Gaza and I see my babies
Life being stripped from the bombs we’re making
When will Congress decide a Palestinian’s life is just as precious as an Israeli’s
We don’t own the earth, don’t own the earth
We’re killing each other over some lines in the dirt
We bleed the same blood, feel the same hurt
Palestinian life, does it have the same worth?
What happened to us?
What happened to us?
Chorus: Amer Zahr & Choirs
From the river to the sea
Palestine will be free (Louder)
From the river to the sea
Palestine will be free (Louder)