Statistics and Numbers

We live in a world
Consumed by statistics and numbers
With accountants and stock analysts
The CPI index, GDP estimates, and EPS reports

Remi Kanazi. September 2006

Shattered Hearts

She shivers
Looks nervous
In her t-shirt
As tears of hurt
Desert her eyes

Remi Kanazi. September 2006

Dead Again

As we strap
Bombs to our chests
Like grade school kids
Strap bags to their backs
Our hearts lapse

Remi Kanazi. *watch video* July 2006

Arabs on News TV

You ever wonder why you never see Arabs on news TV?
(No, chanting 'God is Great!' during flag burnings doesn't count)
4 million in the country
Thousands teaching at universities

Remi Kanazi. June 2006

Free Yourself

When the anti-war movement refused to include Palestine
Because it would "undermine the cause"
I said fuck the anti-war movement!
This society will never see improvement

Remi Kanazi. May 2006

The Camps Forgotten

We stand on the thousands that died before us
The injustice of Sabra
Shatilla
The villas and houses destroyed
The militias and henchmen employed

Remi Kanazi. March 2006

A Mile From Home

A nine year old child
Was left dead a mile from here
She disappeared during the parliamentary elections

Remi Kanazi. February 2006

Ordinary World

She lays on her bare mattress
With matches and cigarette in hand
Ashes line the windowsill
Smoke fills her lungs and clouds her mind
This can't be Palestine

Remi Kanazi. January 2006

The War on Christmas

Merry Christmas and a happy new year
I got coal in my sack and a half shaven beard
I'm going down my list
And I have a few bones to pick
With some of the bad kids running today's politics

Remi Kanazi. December 2005

Zoionism is Racism

They say Zionism isn't racism
But it's encased in policy
That discriminates
An ideology that instigates
Violence and ideas of mass transfer

Remi Kanazi. December 2005

Who's Giving Thanks?

Today I give thanks
Thanks for living as a privileged being
But from what I'm seeing
We aren't believing the truth of our history

Remi Kanazi. November 2005

The Struggle

Today we live in occupation
The breakdown of civilization
The confiscation of liberties
Access to our cities
Closures and separation of highways

Remi Kanazi. November 2005

To Exist is to Resist

In my mind
I've freed Palestine
Envisioned the dream
That just needs to be seen
Olive trees and ecstasy

Remi Kanazi. October 2005

The Bells of Liberty

"Rebel!" read his t-shirt
My teeth hurt
Grinding every time George Bush
And his masterminds
Grace the TV
Feeding me the grandeur of "liberty"

Remi Kanazi. September 2005

Hurricane Racism

My people and I were left to die
To wonder why nobody cared about our lives
We are not occupied in Palestine
We don't reside in Iraq, Afghanistan or another land with US forces
We are Americans

Remi Kanazi. September 2005 *Listen* *Remix 1* *Remix 2*

The Life of the Occupied

In their eyes I'm the enemy
The terrorist that resists civility
But I'm fighting for liberty
For shining seas and olives trees
Just trying to be free

Remi Kanazi. August 2005

Cockroaches

Have you ever had a cockroach in your place?
The look on my face the first time I saw one was enough
It's tough moving to a city with the roaches
I didn't know how to approach this at first

Remi Kanazi. August 2005

Flags Fly High For Palestine

One day we'll be compensated, elated
Flags flying high for Palestine
This decision, our vision will witness incisions and divisions
But our struggle isn't hidden, our hearts will never falter

Remi Kanazi. August 2005

Occupied

I'm not sure what kind of journey I expected
I've been protected
I've never been unaware or scared
Scrounging for a meal

Remi Kanazi. July 2005

Palestine Defined

My mom doesn't wear a hijab
She's never bombed innocents or driven anyone to seas
But policy is written superseding her rights
Overriding her plight

Remi Kanazi. July 2005

Where the F*ck is Palestine?

I woke up this morning and turned on the TV
And believe me I had a fine night of sleep
Dreaming of what I was gonna be
But I woke and found out that I don't have a country

Remi Kanazi. June 2005

The Reality of Palestine

I'm a minority, a priority to thinking minds
There's a drinking blind, that buys into state spread crimes
Have you heard of Palestine?
It does exist, you can resist what you've been taught

Remi Kanazi. June 2005

The Broken Hearts of Rafah

When I think of the kind of oppression people face
The type of anger and disgrace they feel
It makes me want to steal away their pain
Like a mother or a big brother, I just want to look out

Remi Kanazi. June 2005

Red, White, and Blue

Red white and blue
They say it's for you, it's for me
It represents this country
So why am I so unhappy?
Because they're burning the flag with impunity

Remi Kanazi. June 2005

A Soldier in Doubt

Even as the soldier gets older he never forgets when it hit him
That first feeling of resistance, the time in his mind when he objects
It's not out of lack of respect; he loves the country that he serves
But did he deserve the conditions put on his back?

Remi Kanazi. May 2005 *Listen*

Remembering Fallujah's October Surprise

The news just broke, I awoke and saw a note on my bed
It read Democracy is Dead, we bled, but we must bleed some more
Four years of "war on terror" cheers, destruction to this part of the hemisphere
Our fears that they endear, will bring sheer chaos, there will be no payoffs

Remi Kanazi. May 2005

Cleaning Up Your Mess

I came to this country because I was hungry
To get my shirt dirty, to pay my dues, and I know I'm not you
I wasn't born here, without the fear of not feeding my family
Some people can't stand to see me walk around this city...

Remi Kanazi. May 2005

A Terrorized Hero

I don't see myself as a hero, I see myself as a man
I understand the hardships of occupation
The daily degradation my generation experiences everyday
It's so easy to say that we should fight for peace...

Remi Kanazi. April 2005

Newsless or Useless?

Hey everybody it's me, the guy from the happy party
Passing out smarties for chatty years as we endear
What has become President Bush's second term
And just what did we learn as the urn of Terry Schiavo gets placed on a mantle...

Remi Kanazi. April 2005

Patriotic and Proud

I'm anti-America because I fight against the sins of my government?
The wind they blow up our ass with their crass money grubbing glows
And it shows what you know about ethics when you detect the wreck...

Remi Kanazi. April 2005

Taking Back America

Sometimes I write and fight the norms I see
What has developed to be my country
And as men join the navy and think life's gravy, I go crazy
When you're mad as hell you want to rebel, to reverse what sells...

Remi Kanazi. March 2005

Attacks from Within

I refuse to abide by the crimes of this government
Irreverent behavior, the slayers of morality
The new KKK mentality
Our fatality hinges on the binges of our friggin president...

Remi Kanazi. March 2005

Visions of "Peace"

People ask me if I want peace
If I want the violence to cease
What kind of cheap question is that?
As if we get off on the fact that our lives our hell...

Remi Kanazi. February 2005

Dreaming of Palestine

Sometimes I just wake up and dream of Palestine
Thoughts in my mind without crime or hardship
Dips of serenity, bringing out the best in me
The stories, the words heard, the vision absurd...

Remi Kanazi. February 2005 *Listen*

A Mandate Gone Sour

As men get dragged by dog collars and put into "cheerleading pyramids"
George Bush did what any man should do, choose to spend 40 million dollars on his inauguration
Forget the frustration of DC citizens, the security is on them
When shit hits the fan in Iraq, you attack your own to front inaugural bills bigger than the initial tsunami relief...

Remi Kanazi. February 2005

The Truth Will Sell

My children! My Children!
What are they filling in your minds?
More lies, it's war crimes, how many times will they commit war crimes?
The criminal is invisible, George W where are you hiding...

Remi Kanazi. January 2005

George Bush's Christmas

I'm dreaming of a bloody Christmas
Is that what's on Bush's wish list?
To see how many reservists he can kill
When will he understand that killing guardsmen is not a successful operation...

Remi Kanazi. December 2004

The Fall of Fallujah

It's amazing to watch it on tv, the destruction of my city
As we came back and saw the itty bitty pieces of what is now my history
We crumble like the buildings that they were filling with bullets and missiles...

Remi Kanazi. December 2004

Not Your Terrorist

I am not your terrorist
I resist the kiss of the death, cold breath that makes your neck stiff
I'm not the rift, the twist that doesn't make the puzzle fit
I'm not the crypt that sits six feet under sticks and dirt...

Remi Kanazi. December 2004

Whose Thanksgiving?

Today I give thanks, thanks for living as a privileged being
But from what I'm seeing, we might be dreaming a different reality than is history
As I eat my turkey jerky, before the turkey comes out of the kitchen...

Remi Kanazi. November 2004

Unheard Voices

I can't handle what lays on the mantle, pictures of scriptures, the fixtures of prophecy
But I'm fed the Rush Limbaugh hypocrisy, a new autocracy, telling me what the country needs
So I smoke weed, he freed himself with his wealth of pills, the thrills of getting high...

Remi Kanazi. November 2004

Moral Values

Could someone explain to me what moral means?
These southern Jesus fiends trying to tell me about family
Screw them and their gun toting, pro life promoting, pick up truck gloating asses...

Remi Kanazi. November 2004

The Father of Palesine

Yasser Arafat died today and I'm not sure which way my emotions want to go
In the beginning he showed us what resistance meant
being driven out of our homes by people bent on taking our land...

Remi Kanazi. November 2004

Wrong War, Wrong Place, Wrong President

I said to myself this can't be a reality
I just witnessed the fatality of sensibility
How could George Bush have the ability to win again?
Did America pretend like Iraq wasn't going on...

Remi Kanazi. November 2004

Vote 2004

It's eight days away from the election and I pray
Now I'm not a religious man
but I'll be damned if I have to complain for another four years
four years and cheers of more of the same...

Remi Kanazi. October 2004

The Third Option

Who will be the next president of the United States
We intensely watch the debates and ask this question
Who deserves to win the next election...

Remi Kanazi. October 2004

The Women of Palestine

We are the women of Palestine
We are the voice of a nation
the voice that speaks frustration
the voice of brutal occupation...

Remi Kanazi. October 2004

Remebering Edward Said

It's been just over a year since his death
and I still mourn today
A wise intellectual that fought for peace during decay
Ahead of his time, an innovator with conviction...

Remi Kanazi. October 2004

Bushwhacked 2004 - Voters Gone Crazy

48 percent of the people in this country are assholes
They've sold or lost their souls
Their minds to find kind comfort in this douchebag of a president
Heaven sent to destroy the middle class...

Remi Kanazi. September 2004

Leaving Behind Palestine

I never said "I love you" when she was alive
I never cried until she died
I feel like I held back before the attack
To see your mother laying still on her back...

Remi Kanazi. September 2004

Peace From Within - An Israeli Perspective

I was taught to be proud of my country
My people's history, our new homeland and fight for security
We witnessed two thousand years of pain...

Remi Kanazi. September 2004

The RNC - Voices of Dissent

We marched down Seventh Avenue with our heads held high
Helicopters filled the skies, police standing close by
Nearly half a million people flooded the streets
Stamping their feet, happy to meet, so many in solidarity...

Remi Kanazi. September 2004

Proud to be an American

I used to listen to Springsteen when I was fifteen
living the dream of being born in the USA
and I'd say, "I'm proud to be an American"
Defeat the sins of evil empires and sand dwelling terrorists...

Remi Kanazi. August 2004

Palestinian Identity

I was born overseas as a refugee with little knowledge myself and my ancestry
Growing up in American society, you conform to your realities
I watched mtv and envied actors and people who drove Mercedes
I didn't listen to Public Enemy or read Noam Chomsky...

Remi Kanazi. August 2004

Bush's Nation

These are the most troubling times I have ever seen
The dream of democracy has faded for jaded hypocrisy after 9 1 1
Now we have machine guns protecting young ones on street corners...

Remi Kanazi. August 2004

Palestine the Free

They said we were going to be fine
Just give it time. Just give it time
The same old lines as my people died
So we give it time. We give it time
Just believe and you will see, working harder, going farther
But there's blood in the streets and no food to eat...

Remi Kanazi. July 2004

Michael Moore

Well it seems that people just don't get it
They hype a movie by mistake then they regret it
Fahrenheit 9/11 will soon break the 100 million dollar mark
with neocon barks and critical remarks streaming in the background...

Remi Kanazi. June 2004

Kerry for Janitor

It seems a bit scary that my only choice is John Kerry
But we're in troubling times, with war crimes, and Patriot Acts
Neocon attacks, Rush Limbaugh and O'Riely factors...

Remi Kanazi. July 2004

Transfer's the Answer - America's Misconception

The date has passed and nothing has changed in the aftermath
just a bath of fighting, hate, and beheadings, bombing weddings
treading water, and summers hotter without electricity...

Remi Kanazi. June 2004

Deficit Denial

Hello boys and girls it's Dubya time
Here on this show we uncover the newest crimes of the President
Our heaven sent financial train wreck
Piling on debt...

Remi Kanazi.June 2004

Al Gore - The Forgotten

Well it seems that the next election is around the corner
And the scorners of yesteryear are coming out
There's no doubt in my mind that what happened in Florida was a crime...

Remi Kanazi.June 2004

The Refugee

An old man sits in a chair in what looks to be an abandoned warehouse
He is murmuring incoherent whispers that blister the agonizing state we witness
His head shakes in disgust and disbelief
lonely he stares endlessly at the wall in front of him...

Remi Kanazi. June 2004

Growing Pains

When you're young, you have fun and play on merry-go-rounds
and the most exciting sound you could hear in the summer is the ice cream truck
You're young and in luck. Stuck in age of innocence
Images of violence and horrific incidents are not embedded in your mind...

Remi Kanazi. June 2004

When in Doubt, Bomb

I'm not sure that I know where to begin
It's been nearly three and a half years
and the cheers have turned into boos
The Dubya has screwed us in every hole he could...

Remi Kanazi. May 2004

And Justice for Whom?

We live in a time where people are scared
Blinded by the pain we shared after 9/11
We've given our government the green light
To fight against terror at any cost
Our fourth amendment has been tossed aside...

Remi Kanazi. April 2004

Operation Iraqi Torture?

My family has struggled over the years
Living in constant fear, poverty, and strife
I've been blessed with a wife and three children that I love
And above all their safety comes first...

Remi Kanazi. April 2004

Bin Laden? Oh Yeah

There has been a lot of talk about where Bin Laden is hiding
We've nixed camel riding for cruising the mountains
But still some think the fountain of truth is escape to a neighboring state...

Remi Kanazi. April 2004

Democracy in the Middle East

Is it possible to have democracy in the Middle East?
The answer is yes.
But it can't be forced by western nations that oppress
A fundamental change needs to take place...

Remi Kanazi. April 2004

Martha Stewart: Scandal or Scandalized?

I'm starting to wonder if state prosecutors are going after the right cases
because the faces I see on T.V. aren't screaming corporate scandal
We saw Martha Stewart completely dismantled before our very own eyes
a couple of lies that she told that came back to bite...

Remi Kanazi. April 2004

The Death of Rachel Corrie

Unfortunately, I'm about to tell a true story
It's about the brutal death of Rachel Corrie
She was an American citizen fighting for peace
Trying to decrease the force of occupation in the West Bank...

Remi Kanazi, April 2004

The Fighting Irish

I'm am not ashamed of who am
I understand the plan that has taken course in my life
Since I was born
I have felt strife and the knife that cuts and makes the innocent bleed...

Remi Kanazi, April 2004

 

Sharon's Intifada

What was positively accomplished with the killing of Sheik Yassin?
The answer is absolutely nothing.
All it did was turn the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
into an Islamic fight against the Israeli state...

Remi Kanazi, March 2004

 

Has the Whole World Gone Anti-Semitic?

Has the whole world gone anti-Semitic?
Is that really representative of what people think?
People say, because I'm anti-Zionist
I drink from the cup of hate...

Remi Kanazi, March 2004

 

Mourning in Madrid

By 9am I began to mourn. The scorn and hate had taken over.
1500 wounded. 200 left dead. Nothing could be said.
Lives lost, tossed into the mayhem...

Remi Kanazi, March 2004

 

The Passion of the Christ

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding The Passion of the Christ
Jewish groups think it might lead to a rise in anti-Semitic feelings
But what is anti-Semitic in dealing with the truth?
I don't here Germans crying about Schindler's list....

Remi Kanazi, March 2004

 

The Downfall of Howard Dean

It's quite sad watching the downfall of a soon to be forgotten hero
The democratic nominee fought for 16 states and won 0
Dean, you spent 40 million plus and got seven votes....

Remi Kanazi, February 2004

 

State of the Union Address

Tonight I heard the State of the Union Address. 
I'm sure it made a lot of people happy
but it made me depressed. 
I have so many repressed feelings about our commander in chief...

Remi Kanazi, February 2004

 

The Pain of Neighbors

There was a time when I was young and didn't understand. 
Struggling as a Palestinian American man. 
As the days go by and we witness women and children cry. 
Deprived of peaceful lives, on both sides...

Remi Kanazi, February 2004

 

Death of a Wife

Yesterday seemed so hard, but nothing in comparison to today
The way in which we continue to live our lives, surrounded by decay
The daily catastrophes that challenge the safety and stability of our society
As our women cry quietly...

Remi Kanazi, January 2004

 

Lost in Legislation

What is it?  What is the prerequisite for racism? 
A feeling that encases some and not others. 
They say in America that we're all brothers. 
Yet we cover up our underlying feelings...

Remi Kanazi, January 2004

 

Saving our Youth

What's wrong with the world today? This violence.
This decay.  We cover up in 80 different ways. 
We pray.  We fight.  For some end in sight. 
But this uphill climb.  Doesn't give me peace of mind...

Remi Kanazi, January 2004

 

Alabina

I hear the Arab/Israeli influenced Alabina in the background. 
Bom! Bom! Bom!
Oh what a sound, the most melodic voice I've ever heard. 
How easily and sensually the words trickle off her tongue...

Remi Kanazi, December 2003

 

Bushwhacked

What the hell is wrong with our country?
We got this honky tonk, trigger happy, ADD suffering,
crack head in the White House. 
And though he's not looking up his intern's blouse,
it doesn't mean he's not lying to us...

Remi Kanazi, December 2003

 

Neocon

He's coming over now. This proud neo-con,
I'm for peace, but supports governmental killing, poor excuse for a man.
I don't understand?
Can he be so naïve to think that our main goals are to liberate...

Remi Kanazi, December 2003

 

Wake of '48

In the wake of 1948, there was destruction.
The obstruction of justice.
A long road that led to the 6.5 million Palestinians left as refugees...
Overtaken by envy, religious priority, and Zionist ploys...

Remi Kanazi, December 2003

 

The Hypocrisy of Free Market Media
Throughout history we have witnessed the struggle of a multitude of nations.
We have withstood war after war.
Violence begetting more violence,
hatred begetting more hatred,
developing into a vicious cycle that stands understood and to a fine point accepted...

Remi Kanazi, November 2003