"What I Will", by Suheir Hammad
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0:02 - 0:09From Brooklyn by the way
of Palestine, Ms. Suheir Hammad. -
0:09 - 0:12Thank you guys so much.
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0:12 - 0:15I will not dance to your
war drum. -
0:15 - 0:19I will not lend my soul
nor my bones to your war drum. -
0:19 - 0:21I will not dance
to your beating. -
0:21 - 0:22I know that beat.
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0:22 - 0:24It is lifeless.
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0:24 - 0:26I know intimately that
skin you are hitting. -
0:26 - 0:31It was alive once hunted stolen
stretched. -
0:31 - 0:33I will not dance to your
drummed up war. -
0:33 - 0:36I will not pop spin break for
you. -
0:36 - 0:39I will not hate for you
or even hate you. -
0:39 - 0:41I will not kill for you.
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0:41 - 0:44Especially I will not die for
you. -
0:44 - 0:47I will not mourn the dead with
murder nor suicide. -
0:47 - 0:50I will not side with you
or dance to bombs because -
0:50 - 0:53everyone is dancing.
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0:53 - 0:54Everyone can be wrong.
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0:54 - 0:58Life is a right not collateral
or casual. -
0:58 - 1:00I will not forget where
I come from. -
1:00 - 1:02I will craft my own drum.
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1:02 - 1:05Gather my beloved near and our
chanting will be dancing. -
1:05 - 1:07Our humming will
be drumming. -
1:07 - 1:09I will not be played.
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1:09 - 1:12I will not lend my name
nor my rhythm to your beat. -
1:12 - 1:17I will dance and resist
and dance and persist and dance. -
1:17 - 1:19This heartbeat is louder than
death. -
1:19 - 1:23Your war drum ain't louder than
this breath.
- Title:
- "What I Will", by Suheir Hammad
- Description:
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Suheir Hammad shares this piece "What I will". Resistance to the Israeli war machine and occupation of Palestine
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================ - Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 01:31
textconversionlab edited English subtitles for "What I Will", by Suheir Hammad | ||
textconversionlab edited English subtitles for "What I Will", by Suheir Hammad | ||
Radical Access Mapping Project edited English subtitles for "What I Will", by Suheir Hammad | ||
Radical Access Mapping Project edited English subtitles for "What I Will", by Suheir Hammad |