[Intro] (Do you think I’m dumb?) No one wants martyrdom (Dum, dee, dum)
[Verse 1] For the sake of principle (Getting down on my knees) Your nonstop pull, pull, pull (Slaughter as you please)
[Chorus] Did you… Sacrifice! (Sacrifice something of great value) Did you? For what it’s worth… Especially life itself (Your wealth… birth on Earth)
[Bridge] Do you think I’m dumb? (No one wants martyrdom) Dum, dee, dum (A martyr to the cause of freedom) This is not your kingdom (A martyr to the cause of freedom) Dum, dee, dum
[Verse 2] For god’s sake what does it take (Do you understand man?) You must give to live (All else… to try to die)
[Chorus] Did you… Sacrifice! (Sacrifice something of great value) Did you? For what it’s worth… Especially life itself (Your wealth… birth on Earth)
[Bridge] Do you think I’m dumb? (No one wants martyrdom) Dum, dee, dum (A martyr to the cause of freedom) This is not your kingdom (A martyr to the cause of freedom) Dum, dee, dum
[Outro] (Do you think I’m dumb?) No one wants martyrdom (Dum, dee, dum)
ABOUT THE SONG It is profoundly disturbing to witness the systematic genocide of a people in real time. Schools and hospitals have been bombed into rubble. Farmland has been contaminated with chemical weapons, ensuring long-term food insecurity and poisoning the soil for generations. The infrastructure—roads, electricity, water treatment plants—has been deliberately destroyed, leaving sewer water running through streets while disease spreads among the displaced.
Tens of thousands of children have been killed by these bombings, with countless others left as amputees, forced to undergo surgery without anesthesia or pain medication due to the total collapse of medical supply chains. Entire families are starving under siege, cut off from food, water, and basic medical care as fuel blockades prevent bakeries from operating and hospitals from functioning.
July 10, 2025 Ahmed shared devastating news:
“Yesterday, my children were shot at, and today, my nephew was murdered. Paradise has received Abu Muhammad. The martyrdom of my nephew, Khaled Abu Hamra, who now joins his brother, the martyr Muhammad. We belong to Allah, and to Him we shall return.”
This is the brutal reality families in Gaza are enduring each day under occupation and siege. It is a call for all who witness these crimes to speak out and demand accountability before more innocent lives are lost.
July 10, 2025
Ahmed said:
Thank you, my friend, for shedding light on this crime. I would also like to inform you that all of Abu Muhammad’s children have been injured. His son Muhammad has been paralyzed due to a spinal injury. His eldest daughter is in intensive care. His youngest daughter had her fingers amputated and her face burned. Their mother had her foot amputated. This is a calamity and a disaster that has befallen this family.
الملتقى الجنة أبو محمد
استشهاد إبن أختي خالد أبو حمرة
ليلتحق بأخيه الشهيد محمد
إنا لله و إنا إليه راجعون
Palestinian Murdered
Evangelical Christianity and Israel If you’re curious about the driving force behind US support for Israel, it’s ironically rooted in Evangelical Christianity. Many Evangelical Christians believe they can hasten the “second coming of Christ” by bringing about the apocalypse. According to their interpretation of the Bible, this involves Israel reclaiming Jerusalem, Jesus returning, and ultimately eliminating all Jews. For numerous “Christian Zionists,” especially influential evangelists aligned with the Republican Party, support for Israel is less about political strategy and more about its supposed role in biblical prophecy. In this worldview, war is not something to be avoided but embraced as a divine necessity—an inevitable and even celebratory step toward Jesus’ rule from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The fate of Jews and Palestinians is, to put it mildly, seen as collateral damage.
[Intro]
Ting dem
(Of the kingdom of freedom)
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
Been finding it strange
The man don’t know
Trying to rearrange
The final blow
[Bridge]
Ting dem
(Of the kingdom come)
[Chorus]
Fi staat fi si di ting dem
(The coming of the kingdom)
Di ting dem a show demself
(How come? The kingdom come)
[Bridge]
Ting dem
(Of the kingdom of freedom)
Mi a get di hint
(To lighten up a bit)
[Verse 2]
Guess it’s not so odd
They worship a golden god
Thinking their greed
Will help them succeed
[Bridge]
Ting dem
(Of the kingdom come)
[Chorus]
Fi staat fi si di ting dem
(The coming of the kingdom)
Di ting dem a show demself
(How come? The kingdom come)
[Outro]
Ting dem
Mi a get di hint
(As it becomes self-evident)
Di ting dem a show demself
(Man’s health is his wealth)
Fi staat fi si di ting dem
(All the things… I see ’em)
ABOUT THE SONG
How you might express the idea of “clues” in Jamaican Patois:
“Information” or “Ting Dem”:
You could use the word “information” or the phrase “ting dem” (meaning “things”) to refer to the pieces of evidence or details that are being gathered.
Descriptive Phrases:
You could use phrases like:
“Fi staat fi si di ting dem” – “Starting to see the things” (implying things are becoming clearer)
“Di ting dem a show demself” – “The things are showing themselves” (suggesting the evidence is becoming apparent)
“Mi a get di hint” – “I’m getting the hint” (using the English word “hint” but with Jamaican pronunciation)
[Verse 1]
Steal the bacon
You can’t win at this game
We’re the beacon
Shining on your shame
[Bridge]
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
My flagboy has your flagboy’s colors
(To bad you ain’t got no scholars)
[Instrumental, Organ Solo]
[Chorus]
Whoa, you can’t capture our flag
Every mag-a (tag, tag, tag)
No, you can’t capture our flag
Stealth over wealth (what a drag)
[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]
[Verse 2]
You can’t take our health
You can’t take our wealth
Our birth on earth
Has more right than your right
[Bridge]
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
My flagboy has your flagboy’s colors
To bad you ain’t got no scholars
(To figure out what it’s about)
[Instrumental, Organ Solo]
[Chorus]
Whoa, you can’t capture our flag
Every mag-a (tag, tag, tag)
No, you can’t capture our flag
Stealth over wealth (what a drag)
[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]
[Bridge]
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
My flagboy set your flagboy’s colors on fire
(Oh, your situation’s growin’ ever dire)
Hard to say if you’ll find a way
(To make it through another day)
[Instrumental, Organ Solo]
[Chorus]
Whoa, you can’t capture our flag
Every mag-a (tag, tag, tag)
No, you can’t capture our flag
Stealth over wealth (what a drag)
[Outro]
[Instrumental, Whistle Solo]
My flagboy set your flag on fire
(Watch us fan it) higher, higher
Time’s expired
[Intro]
Raining on the home fires
(Smoldering)
Reigning on the home fires
(Smoldering)
[Verse 1]
Keep the home fires burning (burning)
We hope to return someday (some way)
The world keeps on turning (turning)
Will we stay to play (OK)
[Bridge]
Raining on the home fires
(Smoldering)
Reigning on the home fires
(Smoldering)
[Chorus]
We were summoned to the graveyard
To lay our bodies down (down, down)
On an Earth marred and scarred
She’ll keep spinning round (round, round)
[Verse 2]
Keep the home fires burning (burning)
We hope to live to see the day
The world keeps on turning (turning)
If we can get out of the way
[Bridge]
Raining on the home fires
(Smoldering)
Reigning on the home fires
(Smoldering)
[Chorus]
We were summoned to the graveyard
To lay our bodies down (down, down)
On an Earth marred and scarred
She’ll keep spinning round (round, round)
[Outro]
(Smoldering)
Reigning on the home fires
(Smoldering)
(Smoldering)
