That day, I was listening to the IKIM.fm, an Islamic radio when the DJ suddenly played a good song We Will Not Go Down,an inspiring song written by a heartful artist on the consequences that have been happening lately to the poor palestinians. They are being thrown with bombs by Israelis and massacred. Most of the civillians murdered with cruelty are women and children in schools. Make the Prayer for Palestinians...and spread the word. That was the first time ever I heard the song since the song has been produced early this January. I surf the YouTube and downloaded the video clip along with the lyrics.
Perhaps, this is not a nasyed song ,but the lyrics is really touching and meaningful .It’s like all the English Nasyeed songs that ever listened before such as Queen of The Land, Mu'allim, I’m Not Afraid To Stand Alone and Better days. My interest on English Nasyeed songs was started a year ago, overwhelmed with the amazing journey of Yusuf Islam who turn to music industry after many years. Most of his songs even before became a Muslim are great and teach about life, perhaps his song that brought him to new way of life, Islam.
Here is the song, We Will Not Go Down. Please listen to it carefully….
Composed By Michael Heart
Production of Music Video By Ahmed Alkhawaja
Documentary Clips from "Death in Gaza"
WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)
(Composed by Michael Heart)
Copyright 2009
A blinding flash of white light
Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover
Not knowing whether theyre 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 whos 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
Who is Michael Heart?
Michael is an unsigned singer/songwriter based in Los Angeles. He has just released his Pop/Rock debut CD titled "Unsolicited Material", in March 2008.
Michael’s background is as diverse as can be. Born in Syria and raised in Europe (Switzerland and Austria), the Middle East and the United States, he has lived a multi-cultural life and absorbed the music of different parts of the world (although his current CD release is purely categorized as Pop/Rock).He started out on piano and guitar at age 10.Shortly thereafter, he began dabbling in songwriting and eventually made the natural progression towards recording.After earning his audio engineering degree from Full Sail (recording school), he moved to Los Angeles in 1990 and spent the past 18 years working on the local studio circuit both as a session guitarist and a recording engineer. In that time, he has worked with such artists as Brandy, Will Smith, Toto, Natalie Cole, The Temptations, Phil Collins, Patty LaBelle, The Pointer Sisters, Earth Wind & Fire, Ricky Lee Jones, Lou Rawls, Jesse McCartney, Hillary Duff, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Paige, Al Jarreau, K-Ci & Jojo, Deborah Cox, Monica, Taylor Dayne, Keiko Matsui, Steve Nieves, Luis Miguel and Tarkan. Michael’s fluency in French was definitely an added bonus when he also worked in the studio with French artists like Calogero (The Charts), Marc Lavoine and Veronique Sanson. Other projects also included work with producers Rodney Jerkins, Philippe Saisse and David Foster. (note: on most of these recording credits, Michael is credited as “Annas Allaf”, his real name, Michael Heart being the stage name). Although most of Michael’s work has been in the recording studio, he also done some touring (notably back in the early 90’s, when he toured as a Flamenco guitarist in a guitar trio with Juan Manuel Canizares, opening for Dire Straits). He has also recorded and toured with the smooth jazz band Jango.
Michael is also a producer and studio guitarist, currently producing tracks in his home studio, for various local artists in the Los Angeles area.
He has also recently written and recorded a song about the horrific situation of the Palestinian people in Gaza. The song is called "We will not go down".
::Written by Faisal
::8:51 p.m
::Sunday,February 22, 2009
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