"Be OMIDE IRAN" (In hopes of IRAN) – YAS
YAS is an aspiring hip hop/rap artist from Tehran, and also a friend of mine. He will soon be making history as the first officially recognized hip hop/rap artist in Iran with six of his works to be released soon. YAS sites Tupac as his biggest influence as far as style goes, but his music paints a picture of his personal life, as well as perspectives on current events/issues that are happening in his country. YAS speaks from the heart with his music. Each one of his songs has a story to tell and a lesson to be learned. After losing his father, YAS at the age of 18 was suddenly entrusted to take care of his family and to fill his father’s shoes. He had to abandon his hopes of going on to higher education, but did not let that detour take him down. If anything, he became stronger and determined to make it in this world. When people first heard he was pursuing a music career as a hip hop/rapper, he faced ridicule. He just shook it off. After the terrible earthquake that destroyed Bam, Iran, YAS wrote a song about it. It gave him notice and he started to gain popularity and momentum. Anyway, right now, he has a new song- “Be OMIDE IRAN” (In hopes of Iran). You can hear it on MySpace here. Support YAS. Support music. Support understanding.
Be Omide IRAN
(In hopes of IRAN) For three minutes let me into your hearts
Till I show you IRAN (our relationships)
These words today and yesterday stand tall
IRAN has fallen to a deadly virus
No more need for political talks
No more need of enemies from beyond
A psychological war has entered IRAN
We’re all after one another – sane and insane
Exhausted and tired — burnt out you go on
Till you wrestle with the troubles of life
When we see each other, greetings and smiles
When your back is turned they curse all that you are
Looking at each other like criminals,
And stopped paying attention to our gut instincts
All around, you see those chasing the wind to follow the buck (opportunity)
He is with you as long as there is a use for you
The girls hear of you and your money
And say, he’s the one that I should marry.
What’s love got to do with it?
Forget these meaningless thoughts
When you see love, give it our best regards!
Fathers are bearing the weight of life’s costs ($)
While his kids think he’s the head of oil (industry)
Each person embracing only their own name (thinking of themselves)
This isn’t progress – it’s just regressCHORUS:So sad, all this mess and chaos
I want to be released from this pain
I cry out at all this torment
Because all that I am and had — is now goneAll this sorrow is poured into my heart
It all dates back to seven years ago
Those days filled with tears and mourn
And all I could think was — can we feed the company (guests)?
I asked one to be a real man among all the rest
Never mind that my father had loaned you seven checks
Just pay us back half and forget the rest
“Your dad gave the loan” – “too bad now he’s laid to rest!”
These memories — I keep in my book
My pen writes the words at full speed
My throat choked with tears – blocking oxygen
Maybe to IRAN and my memories
You find no connection – And see no links to you
But it was these memories that gave me this view
Still … This is my country — My land.
IRAN is my only reason — my only existence, this land- CHORUS -
Now the relationships I see out there and my own
Is becoming more polluted than the air in Tehran
Some say IRAN is a cage you must leave,
To breathe a sigh of relief
They say all this is in our genes – passed down hereditary
But I say all this goes back to our oil and gas
That is the cause of our lack of sense of security
These hard times is the root of ‘corrupt and deceit’
But stand up and mend yourself – we can.
Why lose ourselves over riches and wealth
“Hamvatan” (fellow country men) I wanna see you succeed
So let’s band together and break this separationSPOKEN:
“I know that we Iranians are proud of our history and our heritage.
But that’s in the past. Who are we now?
What do we have to show now for our future?
“Hamvatan” let’s unite together so IRAN in her future
Will be proud of me and you — and our names.”
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Very good music, about very good topics and YAS’s personal story is very inspirational. He’s also hot! Thanks for introducing us to him.
3fwan, Salama! If you like his music and what he stands for, support him! Hopefully, we can get him to come here to Ba7rain. He’s hot? What Persian isn’t? Lol! Anyway, I am glad you like him!
Great post Dawoud, I’m a huge fan of artists who use music as a tool for real change. His lyrics are moving.
fantastic! I cannot count the number of times I heard the same sentiments in Iran.
BTW, checks are like money in Iran: they can’t be simply cancelled.
Then we can all sympathize with YAS. He’s taken over the responsibilities of filling his father’s shoes and all that came with it, as well as crafting his art. He’s just a beautiful person with immeasurable strength of heart and moral fiber. When I hear all of the lazy people complain, I think that only if they knew how lucky and blessed they have been. YAS did not ask me to further champion his cause. I did it on my own, and as my brother, I wanna see him succeed and go as far as he wants to go.
Thank you so much for the translation. I’m going to choose this song as my Theme Song for my autobiography. First I was doing his other song: Yas Feat. Amin – Hoviate Man, but I’ve listened to it so many times that now I want to do one of his other AMAZING songs. I love Yas very much and everything he says in his song I can understand. I’m only 16 and Yas is a great inspiration for me.
Dastet dard nakone Dawoud jan!
Yas’s dearest fan,
-Yasi
Of course YAS is a great friend we had a weekend together and it was great, he and his brother Saber are like brother to me and i will do every thing for them, go ahead my bro Yaser i will support you.