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Jerusalem Lyrics

Artist: Matisyahu
Album: Youth

Jerusalem - Matisyahu
[Chorus]
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
fire not gonna come from me tongue.
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do.

In the ancient days, we will return with no delay
Picking up the bounty and the spoils on our way
We've been traveling from state to state
And them don't understand what they say
3,000 years with no place to be
And they want me to give up my milk and honey
Don't you see, it's not about the land or the sea
Not the country but the dwelling of his majesty

[chorus]

Rebuild the temple and the crown of glory
Years gone by, about sixty
Burn in the oven in this century
And the gas tried to choke, but it couldn't choke me
I will not lie down, I will not fall asleep
They come overseas, yes they're trying to be free
Erase the demons out of our memory
Change your name and your identity
Afraid of the truth and our dark history
Why is everybody always chasing we
Cut off the roots of your family tree
Don't you know that's not the way to be

[chorus]

Caught up in these ways, and the worlds gone craze
Don't you know it's just a phase
Case of the Simon says
If I forget the truth then my words won't penetrate
Babylon burning in the place, can't see through the haze
Chop down all of them dirty ways,
That's the price that you pay for selling lies to the youth
No way, not ok, oh no way, not ok, hey
Aint no one gonna break my stride
Aint no one gonna pull me down
Oh no, I got to keep on moving
Stay alive

[chorus]

Comments/Interpretations

by rwn on 5/30/2008 9:36am
linda canciòn

by muhamad yahu on 6/7/2008 7:15pm
Viva la Yihad!!!!!!!!!!!! al� lo mas grandeeee

by booboo on 6/14/2008 8:59pm
hes the shit!!!

by tailz on 6/16/2008 9:00pm
i fukin love u man

by Jo Jo on 6/19/2008 2:33pm
This song is not CRAP!

by Tess on 6/19/2008 2:34pm
there are so many other songs that are Crapy! but this ones not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by lufe on 6/25/2008 2:00pm
i luv this song its beautiful

by P@ican on 7/9/2008 4:28am
ALLahu Akbar!!!.....hanya kepunyaan-Nya semua didunia ini.... The Promise Day almost coming...for all Moslem, get ready for Harvest Day...The day when Judea have to pay their sin...

by Merk on 7/31/2008 5:17pm
People seriously need to stop seeing the world in terms of nations. I agree with Abraham

by a.s on 8/9/2008 2:42am
i really like this music! yeah!! hahaha..

by gerson on 9/1/2008 8:23pm
what are all of you saying? this is really a beautifull song!!!

by Js........ on 9/13/2008 3:25pm
Mire, sinceramente, el mundo debe cambiar su postura frente a la "justicia", pues no se sabe quien es mas injusto, los presidentes o el pueblo, que nisiquiera es de ellos, sino de dios, el unico y verdadero, es el Jah!!!!!el amor y la equidad, la prudencia y la sabiduria es la respuesta, no una bomba y mi9les de muertes

by Sant on 9/18/2008 5:36pm
Good song, really good one. Praise be to God who shows his beauty also through music! Praise be to God who redeemed all humanity and accepted all nations through Christ Jesus his Son. Rock on Mati!!

by kevin on 9/23/2008 11:00pm
hey tay what the hell is wrong with you i live in ohio and arabs arent barabarics in first place we are dont you see we are the country that ocassionates more war. you just think they are barbarics because you felt what they did to us but you were in arabia when usa soldiers killed everything they saw? imagine seeing 1million arabs walking in your street killing everything you are damn blind brother.. just like most americans

by marc on 10/13/2008 8:09am
amazing lyrics wow

by spencer on 10/19/2008 6:26pm
this song always puts me in the best mood. Jerusalem should be a city for all people to enjoy. Not a place for wars. Look at what the Crusades did. and I also agree with Abraham. We all live on this planet together under God, let us join together and have peace.

by joel on 10/29/2008 2:21pm
la mejor cancion que he oido en mi vida, la verdad es lo mejor.

by peipei on 10/31/2008 6:31pm
i really love this song, specially because my boyfriend sings it to me... its lyrics are very touching and being jewish its even more.. love it!

by primo on 11/24/2008 3:55am
yeah!!!!! i really love this song!!!!

by Abukalil on 12/13/2008 4:59pm
Free Palestine!! if i forget youu (8)

by juanddd on 1/15/2009 1:16pm
matisyahu you are the best man

by Aziz on 2/7/2009 8:59am
that's song was grateful, and fuck the maddafucking jews ,that country is ours ,that's country is paletinian country, I say to the jews get u ass up and look after another country that you can live in ,we don't wan't you in our country ,u understand !!

by sequeirathalegend on 3/15/2009 7:37pm
BEAUTIFULL!!!!

by ewa on 3/23/2009 10:30am
Magiczna piosenka. Respect from Poland

by freelingmyway.. on 4/19/2009 5:00pm
this song makes me dance, move my mind to places only few songs do.. i loved it the first time i heard it a few years ago.. i heard it agian recently and it blew me away.. che che bro

by litohoffman on 9/10/2009 7:13pm
mejor de lo mejor XD

by alo on 9/19/2009 4:56pm
hola

by jomar on 10/10/2009 11:00am
cool..............

by GAB on 11/14/2009 1:53am
I LIKIE THIS SONG BUT PALESTINE IS A COUNTRY THAT NEEDS TO BE FREE, ISRAEL IS A POWERFULL STATE AND ARMY AS WELL AND BROTHER OF USA, WE ARE ONE THING, HUMAN BEINGS PALESTINE PEOPLE, ISRAEL PEOPLE, GERMANS, CHILEANS, ARGENTINES, JAPANESE AND SO ON.........

by GAB on 11/14/2009 1:57am
PAZ PEACE

by techo on 3/17/2010 10:25am
Dios bendiga a todos los judios, mis mas siceras buenas intenciones para ellos, lo que ocurre est� escrito.

by non of your beezwacks lol on 6/15/2010 9:24pm
wonerful song!!!! It always puts me in a good mood! and Israel is state made for everyone but not just for the arabs and no matter what arabs do they will never win they just make their lives worse everything that happens is for the best so let them do what they want they wont get anywere and wont acomplish anything g-d is wathcing over jewish people ANYWAY... THIS SONG IS FANTASTIC! and aziz shut the f-ck up ok go find yourself another place to live you maniac

by foreverlovingjah on 6/24/2010 12:02am
Great !!!

by keekee on 7/1/2010 12:02pm
I don't understand u know? though i'm a Catholic, i have tons of jewish friend's, u know, their families have already gone throw so much pain that it seems un fair that the have to go to a war just because de arabs want Jerusalem, and i think Jerusalem is one of the most amazing places in the planet an that we should all be grateful for it and stop killin each other, peace is really important, if we keep this up, there's not going to be anyone left to enjoy Jerusalem or what will be left of it.

by A.P from Colombia on 9/29/2010 8:48pm
I think the song is very deep, the message is so clear, I Love israel and i would like to go there someday I hope that the war ends soon, because this is a big problem

by انا عربي مسلم on 10/16/2010 2:38pm
الله يلعن كل يهودي خلق عالارض

by dirk95 on 3/16/2011 6:40pm
matisyahu....i like ur jerusalem song.

by rajel on 3/30/2011 9:26pm
ohh shut up, I love this guy, people have peace Israel is the jewish land and it will be forever, don't you see is just the way to be arabs try to kill us and try and never suceed cuz is not the way to be so....

by shlomo on 4/3/2011 6:26am
but how do we stop killing each other not nice g-d is watching all of us can't be to happy!

by 789 on 10/29/2011 3:30am
One Jew is worth a thousand Arabs!!!

by Stevo on 3/10/2012 5:05am
Tha land dont belong to allah it belongs to god tha one and only god

by Stevo on 3/10/2012 5:21am
I dont know wat ur on about but everytime i watch the newz its the americanz gettin wiped out stop tryna make ur country sound tuff coz everyone seez america has captured soldierz being ruthlessly killd on video by who eva irak or arabz i duno bt yo man jus cut it out

by jade on 2/3/2013 11:36am
Its a beautiful Jewish song, makes me both proud and upset with what's going on in Israel and all these messages people post actually break my heart. Personally I believe the song relates to being proud of being who you are, no matter who you are! Most of these comments are actually hate post and not something to be proud of. At the end of the day war is war and nothing is gonna change the fact that we have different opinions. We should just accept that we re all different and just be respectful of everyone no matter who they are, or what they believe.

by sergio on 2/28/2013 2:11am
long life yisrael, sion for jesus

by FIJI on 3/13/2013 1:10am
be the honor and glory be subdued to 'EL'and his people