Song on Gaza composed by Michael Heart

[Zainab_M]

I received this on email from a relative.  Please send it around.
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This is a beautiful song by a very famous Canadian singer, Michael Heart, about the plight and courage of the people of Gaza. It is an absolute must to hear his song. Michael is an Oscar Winning artist who wrote and sang the song, 'Sunglasses" some years ago.

Michael comes from a Jewish family in Montreal. It's remarkable that a man of Jewish heritage would write such a beautiful song in praise of the people of Gaza and their courage to face the might of the Israeli Army. This man is a lover of humanity, justice and fair-play. Within a few days, his song has had over 160,000 hits on You- tube. Bravo Michael!!!

Please donate whatever you can for the people of Gaza. To hear the song, click on the website below. Michael has donated the entire proceeds from the song to the people of Gaza.

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A letter from Michael Heart

On Monday night (2 nights ago), I picked up my acoustic guitar and started strumming lightly, while looking at these horrible photos of the casualties in Gaza, on the internet. It was around midnight my time. And before I knew it, by 2 AM, I had written a song about it. The next day (which was yesterday, Tuesday), I decided to record it, not really knowing what I was going to do with it. It was just an emotional outlet for me. But then it occurred to me that maybe if the song was distributed on a massive scale, it could raise awareness about the cause. But more on that later...
I also created a little "home made" slide show, with the song in the background (some pictures are very graphic so please warn your friends).

Anyway, for what it's worth, here's the song.
 
P.S. The song is called "We will not go down".



 

http://www.michaelheart.com/Song_for_Gaza.html


WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)
(Composed by Michael Heart)

A blinding flash of white light
Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover
Not knowing whether they're dead or alive

They came with their tanks and their planes
With ravaging fiery flames
And nothing remains
Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight

Women and children alike
Murdered and massacred night after night
While the so-called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who's wrong or right

But their powerless words were in vain
And the bombs fell down like acid rain
But through the tears and the blood and the pain
You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight

[Heba E. Husseyn]

O yes, this is such a lovely song with excellent wordings.  I heard it before in youtube too.  May Allah bless and reward this very nice person, ameen.