by Rami Mahmoud Elsawah
Street fightin' on the big screen
Sports maniac can't get enough
Of the high
Of that television smack
Like a riff-raff
Smokin' up my sheesha
Making me feel all happy
With that double apple taffy
Can't get enough
Of that bangin' tobacco candy
Whoa!
My team just scored
Now I'm never bored
Got myself a sports core
Callin' it my sports horde
Whom with I sit and shout cuss words
Always wantin' more
Man!
Gotta notha' score
Never getting bored
Masculinity walking out the door
As I'm shoutin' more and more
While kids are playing outside their homes
Blood running swiftly through their bones
Screaming and pleading for more and more
Meanwhile I sit and live through lies
Of a reality in disguise
With TV ads that hypnotize
And classless jocks that are idolized
Just one more sip and I'll leave anytime
Whoops!
There goes the Fajr look at the time
Asalaam Aleikum Warahmatullah Wabarakatu,
fyi, Ahly and Zamalek are two biggest sporting clubs in Egypt. I would've picked some American or European sports clubs but these were the first to come to mind.
Waslaam Aleikum Warahmatullah Wabaraktu
on February 26, 2005 8:19 AMYAY! A short article. :P
Why is everyone writing rap-style poems? Anyway, good job, masha'Allah. If mama could understand it, I am sure she would agree with you 100% and say "This is why I don't like you to live in Egypt". :P
Wa salaam
on February 26, 2005 2:28 PMAhly & Zamalek kinda has a Sodom and Gemmorrah ring to it...
on February 26, 2005 3:30 PMSubhaanAllah Rami, you brought back memories..
Ahly.. double apple taffy, sports hor(d)e...
Very very nice summation of the sports 'n' sheesha lifestyle, mashaAllah.
"Why is everyone writing rap-style poems?"
Cuz Hidaya is hardcore thug life.
on February 27, 2005 4:21 AMAsalaam Aleikum warahmatullah wabarakatu,
I actually intended for this piece to refer to all sports maniacs. In America they would be the monday night footballers.
Rather than actually playing sports, people just watch them on TV...livin a fake life/reality if you ask me. I just find it much better to play the sports instead of sitting back and guzzling down nachos.
"This is why I don't like you to live in Egypt"
The dream has been set for Mecca or Medina, insha Allah.
Waslaam Aleikum Warahmatullah Wabarakatu
on February 27, 2005 10:34 AM"The dream has been set for Mecca or Medina, insha Allah."
Mecca, California? Medina, New York? :P
(There is also a Mecca in Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas, and a Medina in Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin)
subhanallah, I was JUST about to say.."hey wait, isnt zamalek an area in masr? next to AUC?" ..
on December 11, 2005 4:31 PM