1. |
Samra
03:37
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Yamo Yamo (Oh Mama, Oh Mama)
Leiki Leiki (Lookie Here, Lookie Here)
Leiki Hayye (Look at this Girl)
3am Ta3mel Heike (She’s Doing This Thing)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yamo Yamo (Oh Mama, Oh Mama)
Leiki Leiki (Lookie Here, Lookie Here)
Leiki Hayye (Look At This Girl)
3am Tur2us Heike (She’s Dancing Like This)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Ya 3eini 3ein 3ala Hal Samra (Oh My Eye, What a Pretty Tan Lady)
Shoo Ma Bidda Ana Ta7t 2amra (Her Wish is My Command)
B’shoofha b’manami b’2a7lami (I See Her In My Sleep, In my Dreams)
Ma fee a2la Min Hal Tamra (There’s Nothing Sweeter Than This Date)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yamo Yamo (Oh Mama, Oh Mama)
Leiki Leiki (Lookie Here, Lookie Here)
Leiki Hayye (Look at this Girl)
3am Ta3mel Heike (She’s Doing This Thing)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yamo Yamo (Oh Mama, Oh Mama)
Leiki Leiki (Lookie Here, Lookie Here)
Leiki Hayye (Look At This Girl)
3am Tur2us Heike (She’s Dancing Like This)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Shoo Fee Ma Fee (What’s Up / What’s Not)
Mashi 7afee (Walking Barefoot)
Bas Mashi 7alee (But It’s All Good — Still Making Moves)
Ishee Khurafee (It’s Something Fabulous)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Shiftek 3amtaklee (I Saw You Eating)
Liqmet Knafeh (A Bite of Knafeh)
Wu 6ar 3a2lee (& Lost My Mind)
Ma a7lakee (You’re So Gorgeous / Sweet)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Ya 3eini 3ein 3ala Hal Samra (Oh My Eye, What a Pretty Tan Lady)
Shoo Ma Bidda Ana Ta7t 2amra (Her Wish is My Command)
B’shoofha b’manami b’2a7lami (I See Her In My Sleep, In my Dreams)
Ma fee a2la Min Hal Tamra (There’s Nothing Sweeter Than This Date)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Shamiyeh (Lady from Damascus)
7imseeiyeh (Lady from Homs)
7alabiyeh (Lady from Aleppo)
7amwiyyeh (Lady from Hama)
Libnanieh (Lady from Lebanon)
2urduniyeh (Lady from Jordan)
3iraqiyeh (Lady from Iraq)
Filasteeniyeh (Lady from Palestine)
Masriyeeh (Lady from Egypt)
Khaleejiyeh (Lady from the Arabian Gulf)
Hijaziyeh (Lady from The Hijaz)
Yemeniyeh (Lady from Yemen)
Sudaniyeh (Lady from Sudan)
Leebiyeh (Lady from Libya)
Maghribyeh (Lady from Morocco)
3arabiyeh (Arabian Lady)
Yamo Yamo (Oh Mama, Oh Mama)
Leiki Leiki (Lookie Here, Lookie Here)
Leiki Hayye (Look at this Girl)
3am Ta3mel Heike (She’s Doing This Thing)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yamo Yamo (Oh Mama, Oh Mama)
Leiki Leiki (Lookie Here, Lookie Here)
Leiki Hayye (Look At This Girl)
3am Tur2us Heike (She’s Dancing Like This)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Ya 3eini 3ein 3ala Hal Samra (Oh My Eye, What a Pretty Tan Lady)
Shoo Ma Bidda Ana Ta7t 2amra (Her Wish is My Command)
B’shoofha b’manami b’2a7lami (I See Her In My Sleep, In my Dreams)
Ma fee a2la Min Hal Tamra (There’s Nothing Sweeter Than This Date)
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
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2. |
I Love You
02:50
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Nizar Qabbani verses:
دعيني أصب لك الشاي، هل قلت إني أحبك؟
هل قلت إني سعيدٌ لأنك جئت
وأن حضورك يسعد مثل حضور القصيده
ومثل حضور المراكب، والذكريات البعيده..
أكرر للمرة الألف أني أحبك
دعيني أقول بكل اللغات التي تعرفين
والتي لا تعرفين
أحبك أنت..
دعيني أفتش عن مفرداتٍ..
تكون بحجم حنيني إليك..
وعن كلماتٍ.. تغطي مساحة نهديك..
بالماء، والعشب، والياسمين
دعيني أفكر عنك..
وأشتاق عنك..
وأبكي، وأضحك عنك..
وألغي المسافة بين الخيال وبين اليقين..
أأعجبك الشاي؟
Translation:

Allow me to pour you some tea
Have I told you that I love you?
Have I told you that I am happy you arrived?
And that your presence astounds me
Like the arrival of a poem
And like the arrival of ships
Carrying memories of loved ones from afar ...
Allow me to say it in every language
Those which you understand ... and those which you don’t
I love you.
Allow me to find the vocabulary
That is suitable enough to capture my affection for you
And to find the words
That can cover the expanse of your bosom
with water & herb & jasmine
Allow me ...
Allow me to think about you & long for you & cry & laugh for you
And close the gap between imagination & certainty
Allow me to pour you some tea
Have I said that I love you?
Have I said that I am happy that you arrived? And that your presence astounds me
Like the arrival of a poem
And like the arrival of ships
And Memories from afar
And Memories ...
Allow me to say it in Every language
Those which you understand ... and those you don’t I love you.
“Did you enjoy the tea?”
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3. |
Money Money Money
03:10
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My mooooooney
I just wanna make my money
Time is Floo$
Don’t waste my time!
I don’t really think it’s funny
Being broke — Nope
I ain’t gonna lie
That’s why I hustle haaaaaard
That’s just my way
That’s why I thank Gooooood
Every time that I get paid.
Nothing like money gives a man that boost
7alab Pepper - Hot Stepper
Chest out like like a rooster cock
Floo$ to drop
No hurry
Only worry which new blue shoes to cop
Refuse to stop
Shopping sprees
Unless it’s to cop some ...
Tropical Breeze calling — Jeez!
Wallet so big that it pops the wrist
Of the poor old cop tryina stop & frisk
Pig Please.
Watch the moccasins
Money talk so much need lozenges
Wasn’t that a great line?
I think it was...
Never negative vibes
Be positive
As long as it’s halal to the Prophets then
It ain’t rocket science
A jackass can do it
I move product & I get compensated through it
Hell ... Not much to it really
But consistency is key
Slow & steady every time
Brick by brick that’s by design
Build till they can not stop the grind
They may try to knock the hustle
But when they’re that far behind
They can not stop the grind.
No No, they can not stop the grind.
I just wanna make my money
Time is Floo$
Don’t waste my time
I don’t really think it’s funny
Being broke — Nope
I ain’t gonna lie
That’s why I hustle haaaaaard
That’s just my way
That’s why I thank Gooooood
Every time that I get paid.
I am envious of the asinine
Who careth not for this cash of mine
This bulging pocket
This stash of mine
That don’t fit in my wagon
It lags behind
So many zeros it boggles the mind
That’s why my accountants had to resign
You probably make less from the bookings you get
Than the bags from the shows that I’ve had to decline
Nevertheless...
I digress & confess that this bragging is petty
I’m rather refined
What I earn in money
Turns into respect & I’m rather inclined
To spending on others
Contented with less
Haters gonna hate
Zatars gonna Zeit (Thyme & Olive Oil)
& What is the latter but a bunch of thyme?
Time ... Time spent on the grind
Never been wasted
Though it’s lost on a donkey
Chasing a carrot that it’s never tasted
Niyalak ya 7mar (I envy you Donkey)
Ma biddak dollar (You don’t care for a dollar)
Ma bit fakker bi shi abadan
Ismo Ismo floo$ (Nor do you worry about anything called Money)
I just wanna make my money
Time is Floo$
Don’t waste my time
I don’t really think it’s funny
Being broke — Nope
I ain’t gonna lie
That’s why I hustle haaaaaard
That’s just my way
That’s why I thank Goooooood
Every time that I get paid.
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4. |
Omarvelous
02:51
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Oh my God!
Omar Offendum is here
Oh my God!
Watch out here comes Offendum!
Oh my God!
Omar Offendum is here
Ya Allaaaaah!
Nobody can upend him!
Omarvelously eloquent
More verses in my throat
Than fish can float inside a pelican’s
(Pelicans aren’t Kosher b/c the eat shellfish)
I keep it Kosher tho
The key to my forever relevance
Timeless as the oceans’ flow
Crossing the Bosphorus
Feeling prosperous with a goat in tow
Spit fire skill for real
Slow roast the ‘kid’ in Kosovo (Kid = Baby Goat)
قبضاي / A regular 2abadhay
That’s a tough guy
Serving wise guys a slice of my humble pie
In the form of a puffed eye & broken nose
Have you smiling for the camera
With my cane around your neck
Hold the pose
Strictly poetry — hold the prose
From the Pyrenees to the Poconos
More range than the Gran Telescopio in Spain (largest in the world)
The princes & the paupers
Newspapers & the Pope should know I am o-fficial
Oh fa sho
Did you catch that?
I’m hoping so
Remember the name!
Oh my God!
Omar Offendum is here
Oh my God!
Watch out here comes Offendum!
Oh my God!
Omar Offendum is here
Ya Allaaaaah!
Nobody can upend him!
Do I Offendum with my voice?
Offendum with my lyrics?
Offendum with my style?
Offendum with my spirit?
Offendum with my eloquence
Offendum with my elegance
Offendum with my sentiments
Offendum with my merit
Oh my God!
Omar Offendum is here
Oh my God!
Watch out here comes Offendum!
Oh my God!
Omar Offendum is here
Ya Allaaaaah
Nobody can upend him!
My bad ...
Did I step on your feet? — well I suppose
This wasn’t the day for open toes
I’m told I’ve the kinda look in my eye
That can leave a soul exposed
Wish I could see it for myself
But alas
How am I supposed to know?
You prefer my old sh*t?
Well I ask — How am I supposed to grow?
Let it go.
Shout outs to Joey though
More dynamic of a Shami duo
Nobody is ever really going to know
Boy no no — LA!
We flyin high
Your place is so below zero
Hasheesh (Grass) don’t grow
So we won’t go
I leave a stage in better shape
Than I received it tho
My people know
Omar Offendum is Here.
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5. |
Yo Yo
03:23
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Ya Awlad M7areb
Shiddoo Al2awaleb
I don’t call them fans
Nah ... That’s my 7abayeb (Loved Ones)
Pray for the departed
Long as Allah’s lauded
We gonna be alright
Let’s get this Sahra (Night Party) Started Now
Keep people applauding
We gonna be alright
Let’s get this Sahra Started Now
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
I’m in my zone
I’m in my light
I am not black
I am not white
My heart leans left
But always right
Stay poised
Make noise
Alright alright
Alright alright
Kil shee tamam
All light — all night
Tamam tamam tamam tamam
Shoo?
Shami Khayyo
Sha7atta Flow
(Sha7atta means Flip-Flop in Syrian colloquial Arabic)
Labis Maillot (Wearing a Swimsuit)
Allah 7ayyo
Allah 7ayyo
Yeah ya3ni eh La Ya3ni No
Lak shoe sabbat
Sha7atta flow
Pray for the departed
Long as Allah’s lauded
We gonna be alright
Let’s get this Sahra Started Now
Keep people applauding
We gonna be alright
Let’s get this Sahra Started Now
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Sometimes I fly
Sometimes I float
If I’m bogged down
I don’t lose hope
Just keep on smiling
Keep on wildin
Cali vibes
That’s how we cope
Cope ... Cope ... Cope.
Palm trees & fresh Aleppo soap Soap ... Soap.
Tamam tamam tamam tamam
Shoo?
Shami Khayyo
Sha7atta Flow
Labis Maillot
Allah 7ayyo
Allah 7ayyo
Yeah ya3ni eh
La Ya3ni No
Lak shoe sabbat
Sha7atta flow
Pray for the departed
Long as Allah’s lauded
We gonna be alright
Let’s get this Sahra Started Now
Keep people applauding
We gonna be alright
Let’s get this Sahra Started Now
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Ya Awlad M7areb ... Yo-Yo!
Shiddoo Al2awaleb ... Yo-Yo!
Are you American? Shoo?
Not only that!
Soori not sorry Baby
No need to worry baby
Are you American?
Shoo?
Not only that!
Soori not sorry Baby No need to worry Baby
“Baba Raye7 3a Mexico...” (Daddy is going to Mexico)
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6. |
Pacific Syriano
03:37
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Find me — Find me — Find me
In Los Shamgeles — Californi’A
Find me — Find me — Find me
In Los Shamgeles — Californi’A
Feek itla2eene (You can find me)
bi madinat al-malaikeh (In the City of Angels)
Pacific Syriano
Khayyo la Hermano (Brother to Brother)
That’s a Left Coast “Shamreeki”
امريكا كلها غربة
بس مو غريبة شلون
كل ما قربنا غلى غربها
القرابة زادت أكتر لهون؟
كاليفورنيا...
اكلها وصوتها شكلها وكونها
اكتر من لون
قزحية
صحراء ونخل
بحر ورمل
جبال وتلال وأمل
خبز وحشيش وقمر
شوماهي
يلي فكر فيها شوي
لقى جمال الحاج علي
آخر فصل قصة أموية
Translation:
America is a strange place (important to note that strange / stranger & west / western have the same root word in the Arabic language)
But isn’t it strange how
The further West we go, The closer we feel?
California.
Her food, Her Voice, Her Appearance
A colorful Spectrum ...
Deserts & Palm Trees
Beaches & Sands
Mountains, Hills, & High Hopes
Bread, Grass & Moonlight (Nizar Qabbani poem reference)
Whatever it may be ... It’s 100.
Whomever thinks deeply enough about it
May realize the camel trek of al-Hajj Ali
Was perhaps the final chapter in an Umayyad saga.
(Hi Jolly — camel trekker who discovered Route 66 during the US Army's experiment with the U.S. Camel Corps c. 1856)
Find me — Find me — Find me
In Los Shamgeles — Californi’A
Find me — Find me — Find me
In Los Shamgeles — Californi’A
Feek itla2eene (You can find me)
bi madinat al-malaikeh (In the City of Angels)
Pacific Syriano
Khayyo la Hermano (Brother to Brother)
That’s a Left Coast “Shamreeki”
Verse 2 by Niko Is:
Champagne for my real friends
Real pain for my Sham friends
Got perdido in Los Angeles Tan prince
Silk camisa
Lebanon prints
Passion in the pan you hear the lamb minced ... fssss
Meditated by the moon in the desert & did a sand rinse
The bands visit to Milano
Pacific Syriano
Understanding body language turns strangers to Hermanos
Colonizers — dangerous Americanos
Who went & burnt down mosques just to put up a McDonald’s
Vamo chamo
Tamo mostrando que lós Humanos
Tan tocando en los Pianos como un Piano
(“Let’s go my brother we’re showing that the humans are playing with the Plans like keys on a Piano”)
Seismic vibration
Violent migration
But the show must go on
Like Live Nation
What’s bad wine to great wine?
What’s grapevine to a dry raisin?
In LA them red eyes are sky gazing
Mirame!
Find me — Find me — Find me
In Los Shamgeles — Californi’A
Find me — Find me — Find me
In Los Shamgeles — Californi’A
Feek itla2eene (You can find me)
bi madinat al-malaikeh (In the City of Angels)
Pacific Syriano
Khayyo la Hermano (Brother to Brother)
That’s a Left Coast “Shamreeki”
Verse 3 by Offendum (using “L.A.” alliteration)
Lost And
Left Alone
Little About
Lei Arabs
Leaves A
Lad Amused
Luxuries Assumed
Lavishly Adorned
Limited Appearances
Living Amidst
Lands Annexed
Listening Adherents
Led Arbitrarily
Laws Authoritarian
Losing Always
Loving Allah's Library.
Agrarians Levied Against Lethal Armies
Liberating Assyrians
Lyrically At Least
Amongst Levantines, Africans
Legendary Affluence
Lashing At
Legalized Apartheid
Laughing At
Liars Acting
Like Apes
Lying About
Living Arrangements
Lounging At Lakes
All Linguistic Ability Lacking ...
A Long Awaited Lambasting,
Alas, Lackadaisical Assassins Love Acting
Lame Appropriations
Loose Associations
Left Asking
Let Art Lead Adam.
Find me — Find me — Find me!
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7. |
Lost In Translation
04:10
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I was lost in Translation
When she asked for a dance
Said she was from America
Might as well have been France
We tried to do the dabkeh
Couldn’t hit the right stance
We tried to do the tango
Didn’t have the right pants
Too droopy
My head too loopy
She had me in a trance
Unimpressed though by my parlance
Foxtrotted off
Thought I had no chance
No attempting redemption
Alas I stand...
Corrected?
Scribbling digits up on a napkin
Passing it to me
Saying yo let’s make this happen again
She thought my dance moves just needed some practicing
Plus she had heard Damascus was full of passionate men
I’m like — yep that’s true!
None more than I
Naturalized citizen
Not some foreign guy
What I lack in experience
I make up for in cologña
Where you going ya 2amarrr (Moon)
Wayn? (Where)
I’d love to join ya
Not Patagonia ... too cold
Not Macedonia ... too old
Lets move to California
To Southern California
Not Bora Bora ... too far
Not Tora Bora ... too hard
Lets move to California
To Southern California
3am bit 2illo “Come ... Come wiz me, Come.” x 2
Huwweh bil3arabi ma bya3rif thilth al-3ashara kam!
eh ma ba3ref
Huwweh bil3arabi ma bya3rif thilth al-3ashara kam!
lak shu bi 3arrifnee
3arabi Mamas be Like
“It isn’t gonna last”
3arabi Mamas be Like
“You’re moving too fast”
3arabi Mamas be Like
“Are you really trying to be with her?”
3arabi Mamas be Like
”What exactly do you see in her?”
I see my whole future
Spouse, couple of mixed kids
Hillside house, palm trees, & a big staircase
That can take me way up to my happy place
Damascene domesticated
California caliphate / Call of Fate.
What.
Not Patagonia ... too cold
Not Macedonia ... too old
Lets move to California
To Southern California
Not Bora Bora ... too far
Not Tora Bora ... too hard
Lets move to California To Southern California
3am bit 2illo “Come ... Come wiz me, Come.” x 2
Huwweh bil3arabi ma bya3rif thilth al-3ashara kam!
eh ma ba3ref
Huwweh bil3arabi ma bya3rif thilth al-3ashara kam!
lak shu bi 3arrifnee
* Translation / Explanation of Chorus:
She’s telling him to Come
“Come with me, Come.” (كم / “Kam” means “How Much?” in Arabic)
But he doesn’t even know how much 1/3 of 10 is!
I don’t know!
He doesn’t even know how much 1/3 of 10 is!
Well how am I supposed to know!?
— Los Angeloose (Hidden Track)
* A Poetic recitation of Elia Abu Madi’s Arabic poem “Los Angeles”, written in 1948 upon his first & only visit to Southern California for a party in his honor — hosted by the local Syrian / Lebanese community ... Performed by Omar Offendum, featuring Guitar + Organ accompaniment by Ronnie Malley.
أنا لست في دنيا الخيال ولا الكرى ... و كأنّني فيها لروعة ما أرى
ياقوم هل هذي حقائق أم رؤى ... وأنا؟ أصاح أم شربت مخدرا؟
لا تعجبوا من دهشتي وتحّيري ... وتعجبواإن لم أكن متحيرا
كيف التفت رأيت آية شاعر ... لبق تعّمد أن يجيد ليبهرا
مسحت بإصبعها الحياة جفونه ... فرأى المحاسن، فانتقى وتخيرا
ما ”لوس انجلوس“ سوى أنشودة ... الله غنّاها فجن لها الورى
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8. |
The Story of Qahwah
02:05
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According to the AbdelKadir manuscript
Sheikh Omar was the very first man who sipped
This aromatic brown brew
When he was exiled from Mocha
Sent to a desert cave out near Ousab
With little hope of ever returning
A bedouin yearning
This Yemeni learning
That with nothing to quell his hunger
His empty stomach forever churning
He'd better be resourceful
So he resorted to eating the beans
Of nearby shrubs & ne'er remorseful
But they were just too bitter to force through
So he chose to roast the morsels
And when that made them way too hard
He softened them in hot water
Thats when something caught him off guard
The resulting liquid left him feeling
Rejuvenated & jubilated!
Almost forgetting the fact that he'd been excommunicated
And when word had finally gotten round
Of this magic mountain medicine
That cured the sick & gave a kick
They called him back for questioning
He said "in every habitat you're at
You have to find the lessons
Me? I made this drink to think
Plus it's an appetite suppressant
I call it “Qahwa”
It went from Qahwa to Kahve
Caffe to Coffee
From an Ethiopian cherry
To one of the most traded commodities In the world after oil ...
and in a world long before it
It's what Muslims were known for
So of course they tried to ban it
Till Pope Clement VIII felt
He could no longer ignore it
Said it wasn't so satanic after all
& had them pour it for him
Then import it...
Fast forward to today
Where the importance
Of a pour-over in Northeast LA
Can simply not be over stated
And while the hippest hipsters
Have a casual debate
About which spots are overrated
I just try to keep it civil
And highly caffeinated
Engaging in the sort of conversation
That keeps me fascinated
About these little brown beans
Traveling streets of immense silk
From the Far East to the Wild West
Laced with Sweetened Condensed Milk
Maintaining their robustness
No matter how far you send them like
SinSyrianly Yours,
Omar Offendum
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9. |
Wayno
03:48
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Real brothers greet each other
With a kiss on the cheek
Ain’t got a problem handholding
Shooting sh*t in the street
Manhood secure — never skipping a beat
Only stopping for roses
Pick 'em & breathe in
Burning bushes of Moses
Life’s too short to ever listen to posers
Truest of friends know this & take notice
The fake dudes we ain’t close with
Just stay focused
They are hopeless!
When the ego grow big like my nose is
Gotta take a step back & control this
Squash beef — Show love — Seek closures
Otherwise over time it exposes
Weakness like you wouldn’t believe
Stress lodged in the chest
Covert / Covid disease
Best just let it be
Ill recognize ill
No pretending
Offendum & friends
Yousef & Yassin
Where he at — where he at?
Lak waynooo?
This is between me & him
Where he at — where he at?
Lak waynooo?
Y’all seen / Yassin my friend?
(Narcy verse)
Offendum khouya (my brother)
Hollywood Don.
Anee Kullish Za3lan (I’m very sad)
I shoulda got you all in check like Woo Hah!
But I didn’t
Couldn’t visit
Had visions
Wuhan!
First off
Anee ju3an (I’m hungry)
I need a plate of Timmin Bagilla (Rice & Fava Beans, as it is referred to in Iraq)
See I slice the verse with the knife I cut the deal with
I got life to deal with...
(Offendum)
Yeah yeah layk (look)
I’ma let you finish
But not until you have another hit of my Spinach
Pie — my eye — 3eini
Isn’t it delicious?
(Narcy)
I guess brotherhood ain’t a meal ticket
It’s a real ticket
To heal together
Break bread once that’s a meal forever
Keep it real forever
(Offendum)
Eh Lak Takreem il-Dhayf (Arab Hospitality!)
Your commands are my wishes
But I’ll smack that hand if you try to do the dishes...
Where he at — where he at?
Lak waynooo?
This is between me & him
Where he at — where he at?
Lak waynooo?
Y’all seen / Yassin my friend?
(Offendum)
We know
We’re the best things
To come out of the Fertile Crescent
Since the grains that were pressed in sliced bread & then blessed
With a sesame dressing
(Narcy)
Next best thing is testing & resting
We know the free flows will feed folk
Be broke but bespoke you’re beef roast
(Offendum)
No need for impressing
Your presence a blessing
(Narcy)
Hey can we eat already man?
Enough verses.
(Offendum)
Where he at — where he at?
Lak waynooo?
This is between me & him
Where he at — where he at?
Lak waynooo?
Y’all seen / Yassin my friend?
Follow me — Follow me!
Damascene Dragoman
Take my hand & let’s roll
Follow me — Follow me — Follow me!
Los Shamgeles is paved with gold
Follow me — Follow me
Damascene Dragoman
Take my hand & let’s roll
Follow me Follow me Follow me
Los Shamgeles is paved with gold
Or so I'm told ...
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10. |
Yamo
03:24
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Nine long months you effortlessly carried me
Took care of me in every way — you were there for me
When fame & fortune didn’t really fare too well for me
You reminded me what mattered most was in my heart & in my soul
In my head I’m in control
I got this 'cause you got me from day 1
You never let me down
Or let me go
No nincompoop
No imbecile
Sensationalist Twitter troll
Could get to me
Not being offended has been my specialty
Nobody effing with this pedigree
A soldier of composure
The example that you’ve shown to me
Has only grown in scope as you grow older
A glory of a sight to be beholding
Allahi 6awwil 3umrek
Te Amo
Yamo
Yamo I know your love’s simply immeasurable
For you I’d buy the world, for you I’d let it go
Something tells me I’ll never really get it though
How much you’ve sacrificed
Its just incredible
Yamooo ... Yamooo
Ya sit il7abayeb Yamo
Yamooo ... Yamooo
Ya sit il7anayen Yamo
Shami men
Been bombarded & scarred
Guarded & hardened
Still ... our tongues aren’t barbed
No we talk sweet
Make the heart weep
Soft speech — but the bark reach.
Speaking it simple yet the thoughts deep
Working hard so we aren’t cheap
Sparking heat — Grilling, chilling,
Eating charred leaf
Leaving a portion aside to feed the hungry
Bonded from the start
By true love for our moms in every heartbeat
Yamo I know your love’s simply immeasurable
For you I’d buy the world, for you I’d let it go
Something tells me I’ll never really get it though
How much you’ve sacrificed christ its just incredible
Yamooo ... Yamooo
Ya sit il7abayeb Yamo
Yamooo ... Yamooo
Ya sit il7anayen Yamo
*Yamo is the first & last thing I say on this album.
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Omar Offendum New York, New York
Omar Offendum is a rapper / poet based in Los Angeles. Known for his unique blend of Hip-Hop & Arabic poetry, he has been featured on prominent world news outlets, lectured at a number of prestigious academic institutions, and helped raise millions of dollars for various humanitarian relief groups. Offendum was recently named a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow for 2018 / 2019. ... more
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