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These are posts from Juniors at Steamboat Springs High School

The poems were written during our unit on Imperialism in the Middle East - Enjoy!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Israel-Palestine Conflict

young Jew is da name and rappin’ is the game.
here to complain about da nation palestane.
after WW two it was the world against the Jew and we didn't know what to do.
so we decided it would be great to have our own state safe from the hate before it was too late.
we were given a piece of land from the middle east.
boy was it grand to say the least but it destroyed the peace.
now we're in a war with the sand peeps.
nobody sleeps knowin' those creeps
are trying to find a way to ruin our day and night,
they return to fight and, yo, this shit aint right.

A-to-da-rab is what I am called. Don’t be hatin' just cuz I’m bald.
I am here to propose a fate for this unjust Israeli state.
After WWII my home was invaded by the Jew.
They tried to argue their side but it was more like a rant of their pride.
They had reasons I know aint true.
Their biblical arguments aren’t thought through.
This has been our land for such a long time and to take it away is an unforgivable crime.
It was Europe who hated on the Jew so they should now take care of them too.
It is my demand that we keep our land.
If Europe is who care then they should be the ones to share.
You have taken our land with all your might, you bet your ass we are going to fight.

How many are gonna cry and how many must die before you decide that we shouldn’t be banned from our own holy land? We gonna build a wall to save us all and it will never fall, guarded 24 7 violators sent to heaven. It’ll create a separation from your unworthy population and guard the real god’s nation.
If this is your plan it does not make you a man
All you want to do is hide so how can you take any pride If you want to build a wall we will set off bombs till you all crawl
There is no way you can trap us all we will surely make it fall
Freedom will be ours; you can’t keep us behind bars

There aint nothing but lead in your toweled head
If you ran the land it would be better off dead
Too many die cause of suicide, bombers decide
That they don’t like the way we live, so they kill women and kids?
How is that justified?
We’re on slippery slope and beginning to slide
Before we make the world divide and choose a side
I think it would be wise to create a compromise

I agree we need to compromise in order to save some lives
Let’s visualize a place where no one dies
But how we gonna find a solution to this violent pollution
Maybe the land could be split so the fighting will finally quit
We shall divide the nation based on population

It would stop the civil violation and protect the next generation
Then we need to move people behind the newly designed green line

Yeah that sounds fine and things will mend over time
The last issue that’s rather shitty, what we gonna do with our holy city?

The only way we can make this fair is if we leave Jerusalem for everyone to share
Let’s keep it a neutral spot, this maybe our last shot

I like that a lot ..so …..why not?

1 comment:

  1. Michael, this rap was so fun to watch in class. You did a great job not only playing with words but also communicating important facts and suggestions. My favorite stanza is the one that starts with "I agree we need to compromise..." You have good rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration there. I would like you to look at more purposful line breaks though.

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