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Mandal (Special Version)

by Assasi

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This special reggae/indie rock version of Assasi’s afrobeat/drill hit “Mandal” is the third release from “Deebak” EP.

“Deebak” (slang for “I got you”) captures the power of musical friendship, with each track reimagining material from Assasi’s 20-year music career as recorded during a day of jam sessions with collaborator Mike O’Hehir of Coyote Island.

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lyrics

LYRICS
ضارب فيكن مندل…
فيكن ما بندل…
لاحقين دنب دندل
دندل دندل دندل دندل
ضارب فيكن مندل…
فيكن ما بندل…
لاحقين دنب دندل
دندل دندل دندل دندل
جوهر فالصو، رصاص خلبي
كله مفكرلي حاله نبي
و نبي wannabe
علقتو بـ لسان الحلبي، تحملو غضبي
بالمخفي بالقفى كل شي بصير
مشكلتي اني بالي كتير طويل
شخصيات مكسورة
باسبور واحد كل صفحة صورة
تدفق فجر ماسورة
ملوك مأثورة بحررن من قصوره
كنت معن دايماً بـ ضهرن سندن
بياعين مواقف أضرب من بلدن
"ضد القمع" ماشيين لي فيها ماراثون
بالواقع خاضعين للجلدن
كلن فرد لون ما بتلاقيني بيناتن
قوس قوزح، "United Colors Of Benetton"
مالي عـ طرفن ولا مع قرفن
عودن طري، صخبي قرفن
شلفن! شلفن!
فضوها سيرة، سدو النيرة
كل ديك عـ مزبلته صياح
أنا ماشي بـ عكس الرياح
عامل بلدية… بلدية!
بلمكن كلكلن بـ زبالتي بحبسكن
عميقي البلوعة ما في طلعه برى
شطفنا الدرج، معلش غير مرة
بجق عـ كيفي عـ سلم موسيقي
ما بهمني ازعاجكن يا صديقي
خليكن انتو "رابرز" عالغيمة
بغير طقس، بخفيكن بـ يوم وليلة
أرض جووووو!
لحالي بعمل جو…
بـ يوم وليلة، بـ يوم و ليلة!

ضارب فيكن مندل…
فيكن ما بندل…
لاحقين دنب دندل
دندل دندل دندل دندل
ضارب فيكن مندل…
فيكن ما بندل…
لاحقين دنب دندل
دندل دندل دندل دندل
مهدنا طريق، فتحنا الباب
لحقو دنب، من قص دناب
مهدنا طريق، فتحنا الباب
لحقو دنب، من قص دناب
يابا يابا و فتحنا الباب
يابا يابا من قص دناب
يابا يابا و فتحنا الباب
يابا يابا من قص دناب
ضارب فيكن مندل...
فيكن ما بندل
ضارب فيكن مندل...
فيكن ما بندل

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Fortune teller, I predicted your behavior
You’re not leading me anywhere
You’re following a dangling tail
Dangling… dangling... dangling… dangling

Fortune teller, I predicted your behavior
You’re not leading me anywhere
You’re following a dangling tail
Dangling… dangling... dangling… dangling

Fake essence, fake bullets
Each one thinks of themselves as prophets
Once a prophet was a wannabe
You’re on my Aleppo tongue, so try to handle my anger
Everything is possible when you are hidden, my problem is that I’m so patient
Broken personalities, they’re like one passport with a different picture on each page
My flow burst the pipes, aphoristic kings
Wisdom, I liberate them of their castles
I was with them always got their back I was reliable
Their hypocritical attitudes worse than their country
They’re running like a marathon against suppression
But in reality they bow down to the one who whips them
They’re all the same color, you never find me between them
I’m like a rainbow they’re like “United Colors of Benetton”
I’m not on their side, and not with their revolting actions
They’re soft, so my hardcore level broke them in half
Threw them away! Threw them away!
Change the subject or you better shut your mouths
Every cock crows on his own garbage
And I’m running against the wind
I’m like a street cleaner
I’ll collect all of you then throw you and lock you in my trash
The deep rappers in the sewage don’t come out
We just washed the steps, maybe another time
I make a mess on a musical scale as I wish
I don’t care about your noise or about bothering you
You stay cloud rappers
I change the weather and make you disappear in a day and a night
Earth to the atmosphere, I create a mood by myself
In a day and a night, day and night!

Fortune teller, I predicted your behavior
You’re not leading me anywhere
You’re following a dangling tail
Dangling… dangling... dangling… dangling

Fortune teller, I predicted your behavior
You’re not leading me anywhere
You’re following a dangling tail
Dangling… dangling... dangling… dangling

We paved the road, we opened the door
Keep following a tail, we cut tails

Yaba! Yaba! We opened the door
Yaba! Yaba! We cut tails

Fortune teller, I predicted your behavior
You’re not leading me anywhere
Fortune teller, I predicted your behavior
You’re not leading me anywhere

credits

released September 16, 2022
Production and instrumental performances by Mike O'Hehir of Coyote Island
Mixed and mastered by Haquin

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Assasi Aleppo, Syria

Assasi dons the red tarboush (fez) and carefully arranges a scarf on his left shoulder before each performance. Every audience enjoys this sight, regardless of venue or country. He seems trapped between the past - a golden era of Arab music and culture - and the utopian future - a society free of today’s hang-ups and conflicts, in which individuals and their unique gifts flourish in safety. ... more

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