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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]
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Comments/Interpretations
linda canciòn
matisyahu is my favorita bro....
go reggae/hip hop
Viva la Yihad!!!!!!!!!!!! alá lo mas grandeeee
hes the shit!!!
i fukin love u man
This song is not CRAP!
there are so many other songs that are Crapy! but this ones not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i luv this song its beautiful
I think it's funny how all of you are like "I love this song!" along with profanity. I guess that's each individual's own personal conviction though.
But I love the song, the man's amazing!
free palestine!
enough of the bloodshed and the raping of unarmed civilians. this land was stolen and if one thing is to be learned from history it is that 2 wrongs, never make a right. this song is written about a land filled with violence, there is nothing beautiful about this dispicable place.
Yes, you are right the land was stolen. But not by Jews! By Arabs, by poloticians, by anything other than the Jews! The rightful owners of this land. Tell me, why is it ok for arabs to send rockets, and blow up bombs, killing innocent people; but it isn't ok for the Jews to protect themselves? The rest of the world needs to open their eyes and see that the barbarians are the arabs. The criminals are not the Jews!
And this song is incredably beautiful. Matisyahu is very talented. I love this song too!
"Don't you see, it's not about the land or the sea
Not the country but the dwelling of his majesty"
People cannot own land. It belongs to God/Allah, and it is called "Judeah". Arabs and Jews alike should be grateful for their lives, and stop killing each other over something which does not belong to either.
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...
People seriously need to stop seeing the world in terms of nations. I agree with Abraham
LOL
always have the fanatic muslims coming on dribbling their spit and hate about Israel and Jews...
56 Islamic countries isn't enough for these greedy landgrabbers -- they have to destroy Israel and lie and rant about "stolen land"
Rock on Matis!
i really like this music! yeah!! hahaha..
what are all of you saying? this is really a beautifull song!!!
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
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!!
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
amazing lyrics wow
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.
Hey, Kevin though you are right about Tay going over the line he's still esentially right! The land was promised to the Jews by God himself....I don't get why the Arabs can't except that and move on....the people living in Israel/Jerusalem never attacked without being provoked and even that happens rarely, Jerusalem and the rest of Israel should be left for the Jews and all the other huge and lush and beautiful land masses can be left to the Arabs...why can't it just be that way.....
Great song btw i have a signed pic in my room, his aunt got it for me =)
la mejor cancion que he oido en mi vida, la verdad es lo mejor.
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!
Es Excelente este tema !! otro que me gusta mucho, por lo espiritual que trasmite, es Late Night In Zion...
Muy bueno !
Manuel-BAires !
man i did this song for my yr 5 concert.
i love it man!!! Go rabbi dude
yeah!!!!! i really love this song!!!!
Free Palestine!! if i forget youu (8)
Mashiach is coming!
REGGAE RLZ FOR EVERYBODY DON GET PEACE WITH BABYLON
Incredible lyrics... this is what songs are supposed to bee.. something meanigful
not some crappy shit you get in like fuking mtv
matisyahu you are the best man
I like this song..
It's very nice song.
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 !!
Thx for all the great guys around here
that knows all the crimes of the arabs.. if israel is so bad
why she dont dwstroyed all arabs and killing them ?
israel can do it , we have a nuke
and still we trying and trying and eat shit from the other side arabs blowing them self !!!! send 14 years old kid to blow up in public places ... so sad
and in 47 there were 2 countrys here
israel and palstine
4 arab countrys attack israel beacuse they wanted only 1 country here
and now ? they crying for that ... and lie anyway ... so sad
great song matis ! hope you will succed !
!! matisyahu!!..
..Long Live!!..
dam ur look like benladin..!!
..haha!! prett awesome!!
..
BEAUTIFULL!!!!
Magiczna piosenka. Respect from Poland
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
im from argentina (YES YES MARADONA AND MESSI) and i love this song, well i love matisyahu, i have all his albums..i become adicted to it..i can think with his songs and reach many positive conclusions..ur a genious!
cheers!
@by Haifa - israel on 2/11/2009 3:06pm
Just wow... Have you been diagnosed?
Nazis, sionists... same shit. Israel's an illeagal state of fascist scum. Obv there are exception but that goes for Nazi-germany aswell. Cheers.
mejor de lo mejor XD
hola
cool..............
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.........
PAZ PEACE
Coooooooolllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!11
Dios bendiga a todos los judios, mis mas siceras buenas intenciones para ellos, lo que ocurre está escrito.
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
Great !!!
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.
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
الله يلعن كل يهودي خلق عالارض
matisyahu....i like ur jerusalem song.
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....
but how do we stop killing each other not nice g-d is watching all of us can't be to happy!
One Jew is worth a thousand Arabs!!!
how can someone say 1 person is worth more than 1000 other? I'm not arab nor jew, Jerusalem has been the land of jews, arabs an cristians, its sacred for everyone...I think theres is a world where there could be no boundaries, a white and a black person could work together along side, where an arab and a jew could live together, respecting each other, in jerusalem, with no countries and no flags...
the conflict is not religious, its money, and that is killing thousands of arabs and jews each day. no one should own jerusalem, christians tried, arabs, jews... its everyone's, we are people right? The life of a person IS the most sacred thing, no religion, goberment, interest or believe should be on top of that.
and if there is one thing clear here, is that for 1 jew, for 1 american, 10,000 arabs die
tay, do you seriously think that it was al-quaeda who first killed an american, or the american goverment in lets say...the gulf war? americans have been always trying to dominate the world, just like the spanish before, or the romans, or the babilonics... the arabs live like that because of us! we've taken everything from them, a lot of them have nothing here, we took it...
if we would try to help them, to get them out of misery, they would have something to live for.... but that is never gonna happen bro, we are gonna still prefer to have an iphone 4S than let kids in africa or middle east study and go to university...
the world is messed up....
countries don't make any sense
Tha land dont belong to allah it belongs to god tha one and only god
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
Its not about Israel. Its about remembering your roots.
@Stevo
God is allah. They are both the god of issac, of abraham, of jacob.
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.
long life yisrael, sion for jesus
be the honor and glory be subdued to 'EL'and his people
fanatic muslim are the cancer of our world.
get rid of them and and world will thrive !!