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I wrote this "Rap" (if you can call it that) for my 8th grade choir. I pray they like it and don't see how square i really am! It's about the real meaning of Hanukkah.
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Neis Gadol Haya Sham/
Our people fought for their destiny/
Neis Gadol Haya Po/
And now we fight to keep all people free/
We all seem to know the Hanukkah story/
About the miracle of oil and God's glory/
But let's not forget the real point here/
And we're gonna make it abundantly clear/
There's a lot of people around the world--/
men, women, boys and girls/
who live under oppression/
they can't do what they like/
they can't be who they are/
and if they do, they gotta take a hike/
it's the same as that tale from a long time ago/
about our ancestors who met with a foe:/
The Syrians led by Antiochus the king/
And we'll tell you all about it/
but first we gotta sing/
Neis Gadol Haya Sham/
Our people fought for their destiny/
Neis Gadol Haya Po/
And now we fight to keep all people free/
Mattathias bold/
Had five sons in his family/
and the leader of them all/
was Judah Maccabee/
He saw his people down/
they were being criticized/
And Antiochus was out to make them Hellenized/
But Judah was strong--he wasn't weak/
He'd rather die than become a Greek/
So he formed an army, banded his guys/
Stood up to those Syrians and looked 'em in the eyes/
He said, "We're the Jewish people, we're here and we're proud/
You better steer clear, away from our crowd/
we're gonna show you the door/
And if ya don't leave we'll throw you to the floor/
You defiled our altar, our temple's in a mess/
And we're not gonna take it--no we won't be repressed!"/
So Judah and his boys got medieval on their king/
the Syrians were defeated/
and the Maccabees would sing:/
Neis Gadol Haya Sham/
Our people fought for their destiny/
Neis Gadol Haya Po/
And now we fight to keep all people free/
We called it a "miracle" way back then/
when Judah and his posse took on those Greek men/
But don't you start asking, "where are the miracles today?"/
When you're the one who can fight to save the day/
There's plenty of people in plenty of lands/
Who could use a "miracle" from you and your hands/
We don't have to wait for God to say,/
"I'm going to save you now--today!"/
We have a great responsibility/
as a member of the Jewish people and humanity/
We gotta fight for the rights of those in need/
Who don't have the strength to fight to be freed/
For those in the Sudan/
or those with AIDS/
for those still in slavery/
and locked in chains/
For women's rights and equality/
it's all in the name of Señor Maccabee/
So get out your muscle/
get out of your chairs/
let all those tyrants know that they better beware/
Cuz when you oppress us and put us down/
there ain't nothin' in this world gonna push us out of town/
We're gonna fight fair and we'll fight the good fight/
But we're only gonna do it for what we know is right/
We're not gonna bow to no dictator or king/
We'll be guided by our God/
and now we're gonna sing:/
Neis Gadol Haya Sham/
Our people fought for their destiny/
Neis Gadol Haya Po/
And now we fight to keep all people free/
Our people fought for their destiny/
Neis Gadol Haya Po/
And now we fight to keep all people free/
We all seem to know the Hanukkah story/
About the miracle of oil and God's glory/
But let's not forget the real point here/
And we're gonna make it abundantly clear/
There's a lot of people around the world--/
men, women, boys and girls/
who live under oppression/
they can't do what they like/
they can't be who they are/
and if they do, they gotta take a hike/
it's the same as that tale from a long time ago/
about our ancestors who met with a foe:/
The Syrians led by Antiochus the king/
And we'll tell you all about it/
but first we gotta sing/
Neis Gadol Haya Sham/
Our people fought for their destiny/
Neis Gadol Haya Po/
And now we fight to keep all people free/
Mattathias bold/
Had five sons in his family/
and the leader of them all/
was Judah Maccabee/
He saw his people down/
they were being criticized/
And Antiochus was out to make them Hellenized/
But Judah was strong--he wasn't weak/
He'd rather die than become a Greek/
So he formed an army, banded his guys/
Stood up to those Syrians and looked 'em in the eyes/
He said, "We're the Jewish people, we're here and we're proud/
You better steer clear, away from our crowd/
we're gonna show you the door/
And if ya don't leave we'll throw you to the floor/
You defiled our altar, our temple's in a mess/
And we're not gonna take it--no we won't be repressed!"/
So Judah and his boys got medieval on their king/
the Syrians were defeated/
and the Maccabees would sing:/
Neis Gadol Haya Sham/
Our people fought for their destiny/
Neis Gadol Haya Po/
And now we fight to keep all people free/
We called it a "miracle" way back then/
when Judah and his posse took on those Greek men/
But don't you start asking, "where are the miracles today?"/
When you're the one who can fight to save the day/
There's plenty of people in plenty of lands/
Who could use a "miracle" from you and your hands/
We don't have to wait for God to say,/
"I'm going to save you now--today!"/
We have a great responsibility/
as a member of the Jewish people and humanity/
We gotta fight for the rights of those in need/
Who don't have the strength to fight to be freed/
For those in the Sudan/
or those with AIDS/
for those still in slavery/
and locked in chains/
For women's rights and equality/
it's all in the name of Señor Maccabee/
So get out your muscle/
get out of your chairs/
let all those tyrants know that they better beware/
Cuz when you oppress us and put us down/
there ain't nothin' in this world gonna push us out of town/
We're gonna fight fair and we'll fight the good fight/
But we're only gonna do it for what we know is right/
We're not gonna bow to no dictator or king/
We'll be guided by our God/
and now we're gonna sing:/
Neis Gadol Haya Sham/
Our people fought for their destiny/
Neis Gadol Haya Po/
And now we fight to keep all people free/
JimmyMac
Shalom! I have this metial picture of Wierd Al rapping to
this. Very ambitious project. Great lyrics. Hope the kids
get into it.
JG