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[00:08.56]If my mother got angry or frustrated with me, she'd say..."oh, esh ked? heluwa el hurriya"
[00:14.74]...and the basic translation of that is "Oh,how beautiful is freedom"
[00:22.92]But where is freedom
[00:33.40]Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
[00:46.46]Where is our freedom?
[01:53.22][01:50.39][01:47.65][01:41.29][01:38.44][01:35.66][00:41.67][00:38.67][00:36.05][00:29.75][00:26.87][00:24.12]Oh, esh ked? heluwa el hurriya
[00:48.27]This is for Baghdad, the place of my mothers birth
[00:51.05]The cradle of civilization, for what it’s worth
[00:53.82]The land I’ve never seen, culture I’ve never known
[00:56.67]Iraq is in my heart, my blood, my flesh and bones
[00:59.85]The air I’ve never breathed, fragrance I’ve never smelt
[01:02.58]The pride I never had, the nationality that I never felt
[01:05.53]Saddam was bad, are the American’s even more so?
[01:08.26]They made me groan like I was missing part of my torso
[01:11.34]But I never picked up a grenade in my garden
[01:14.38]I never saw people I love die starving
[01:17.41]I never saw my family die through many years of sanctions
[01:20.40]While the ruler’s family lived in palaces and mansions
[01:23.22]Never had a family member kidnapped for a ransom
[01:26.15]Never lost a friend to violence that was random
[01:29.17]Bombings, occupation, torture, intimidation
[01:32.02]A million dead people doesn’t equal liberation
[01:44.98]Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
[01:54.74]Listen!
[01:57.99]Where is our freedom?
[01:59.53]Forget division based on ethnicity or religion
[02:02.11]Whether you Sunni, Shia, Kurdish or Christian
[02:05.27]Pain is still pain if you’re a person that’s missing
[02:08.22]We all deserve a life in this earth that we live in
[02:11.27]Is there enough words that can say
[02:13.94]How deeply Baghdad is burnin' today
[02:16.89]And it’s not about pity, hands out or sympathy
[02:20.01]It’s about pride, respect, honour and dignity
[02:23.05]Babies being born with deformities from uranium
[02:25.80]Those babies aren’t just Iraqi, they’re Mesopotamian
[02:29.39]What I view on the news is making me shiver
[02:32.02]Cause I look at the victims and see the same face in the mirror
[02:34.72]This system of division makes it harder for you and me
[02:38.03]Peace is a question, the only answer is unity
[02:41.27]So many dreams about this place that I’ve never seen
[02:44.25]The place my family had to leave in the 70’s
[03:04.69][03:01.87][02:59.17][02:52.83][02:49.98][02:47.40]Oh, esh ked? heluwa el hurriya
[02:56.57]Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
[03:09.84]Where is our freedom?
[03:11.25]It rains white phosphorus in Fallujah
[03:14.02]This is for those that won’t live to see the future
[03:16.89]Sorry that I wasn’t there, Sorry that I couldn’t help
[03:19.95]I’m sorry for every tear, Sorry you’ve been put through hell
[03:23.03]Still I feel like an immigrant, Englishman amongst Arabs and an Arab amongst Englishmen
[03:28.68]Like I said they never gave me the culture
[03:31.42]But they did give me Kubdad Haleb,Hakaka and Dolma
[03:34.75]Ana isme Kareem
[03:37.11]Wa ohmre thalatha wa-’ishrun
[03:40.72]Umi min Baghdad, wa abuya min Dover
[03:43.86]And that’s the combination that I carry on my shoulders
[03:47.08]Still I rep, till my death, till they kill and steal my flesh
[03:49.87]From now all the way back to Gilgamesh
[03:53.15]Such a villianized and criticized nation
[03:55.50]You will always be the cradle of civilization
[04:16.50][04:13.54][04:10.88][04:04.73][04:01.71][03:59.00]Oh, esh ked? heluwa el hurriya
[04:08.23]Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
[04:21.28]Where is our freedom?
[04:23.18]In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
[04:28.73]In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
[04:34.87]In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
[04:41.74]I can still feel you calling me
[04:44.65]I can still feel you calling me