"Under det tjugofemte året av vår förvisning, det fjortonde året efter stadens fall, på nyåret, den tionde dagen i månaden — just den dagen rörde Herrens hand vid mig. Han förde mig dit."
Idag inleds det judiska nyåret, Rosh Hashanah. Vilket föranleder att jag bara måste rekommendera den bäste judiske rapparen, Jew Da Maccabi. Amnon Arama, som han egentligen heter, föddes i Israel men växte upp i USA. Nyligen flyttade han till Tel Aviv med sin fru, där han jobbar på sin första platta. Enda singeln tillgänglig i videoformat är "Iron Like a Lion"; själva videon är en underground produktion. Låttexten finner ni nedan.
My heart was formed like a rock but this water penetrates
These letters help me meditate, our eyes are windows to souls
Hearts trying to get a hold but my minds in control
And my soul be attached like umbilical cord
To the Lord, Hashem Elohim there's one G-d
So remove the fog. Reveille your infinite light
Show site and light up the darkest of nights
And I'm an Israelite which was sworn before birth
To be righteous not evil so for all that its worth
I thank god I was blessed and not cursed
And since Torah like water man I'm dyeing of thirst
So I look up to the heavens yelling stop our crying
Deliver Moschiach and return us to Zion
I had a dream I was standing on some Sinai stone
Blinded from the light that came off of a thrown
Cant mind it, that the sky opened up like a dome
Hashem was shown. I find that my soul was thrown
Rewind kid to the beginning when my soul was blown
Adam the original not talking no clone
Till this time kid that we still flesh and bone
And still living your commandment that were written in stone
Nothing strange nothing been changed or rearranged
Same book with the same page. Different time on the same stage
We're numbered in days but they say it a faze
They say I'm looking for my self, what you think it's a maze?
Yeah it's a new age but we still stuck to the text
We're generation of Moschiach, why they calling us X
Yeah it's a new age but we still stuck to the text
We're generation of Moschiach, why they calling us X
Iron, so now my souls in confinement
My body is Egypt and my heart be the tyrant
We're sitting here silent when we got an assignment
Open up the Torah and read all the fine print
Now if we're in bondage spiritually and there's a balance then physically
And legally we be free to practice what we need to be
Then I see the way that we can break these chains
And switch lanes from the things that pertain to be vain
By clinging to the mighty name bless be he
And I'm blessed to see how its best to be
Cause I'm a vessel of light that's portrayed through a mic.
This land was promised to me man so I'll stand up and fight
And even if I die trying I aint scared of no spies
Telling me that we're dealing with giants
And we'll be Iron Like a Lion In Zion