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The H Project: Silence No MoreThe H Project is a compilation CD that includes a variety of musical genres that include rock, hip hop, R&B, folk, spoken word poetry, and more by artists from all over the country who have written songs and poems to raise awareness about the current human rights violations and genocide of the Hmong people in the jungle of Laos.
1. Peb Cov Hmoob (Karma) 2. War Don’t End (Power Struggle) 3. Roots of My Mother’s Life (Victoria Vang) 4. Fallen (TransitLife) 5. Pitiful Amnesty (F.I.R.E.) 6. I Wish I Was An Angel (Yangmee Lor) 7. Third World Poetry (Ill Ego Aliens) 8. Voices of Sorrow (New Breed) 9. War on the Inside (Ecnelis) 10. No More (P.H.oice) 11. Lost in Time (Creashinn) 12. Watch Over Me (Watching Leona) 13. Heaven (7th Day Rest) 14. Voices of a Forgotten History (Jon Thao) 15. Peb Haiv (Shattered Echo’z) 16. 30 Year Secret (Delicious Venom) LyricsPeb Cov Hmoob (Karma)
For our lost to people
es kuv cov neeg tau poob zoo tag nrhiav tsis tau txoj kev txog tsev mus qhov twg peb hnov suab phom peb ua zoo li caj lawv nhriav tau peb kuv pom lawv tej me nyuam saum rooj tsis muaj txiv, mus tua rog tag kuv noog lub ntuj ua cas peb hmoob tsis muaj hmoo peb tiag li zoo li no peb yuav ua li cas peb hmoob mag lawv tua ib yag peb yog tus tsiaj peb yuav ua li cas ib hnub es peb thiaj li txog tsev yog ib puas xyooj peb tseem yuav khiav txog hnub tws mas li txog tsev es kuv xav ntsib kuv cov neeg hmoob lawv tuag tod teb chawv Nplog es peb yuav ua li cas peb hmoob mag lawv tua ib yag peb yog tus tsiaj peb yuav ua li cas peb hmoob mag lawv tua ib yag peb yog tus tsiaj tsiaj, tsiaj, tsiaj es kuv cov neeg tau poob zoo tag nrhiav tsis tau txoj kev txog tsev ib puas xyooj peb tseem yuav khiav txog hnub tws mas li txog tsev es kuv xav ntsib kuv cov neeg hmoob lawv tuag tod teb chawv Nplog es kuv xav ntsib kuv cov neeg hmoob lawv tuag tod teb chawv Nplog es kuv xav ntsib, es kuv xav ntsib es kuv xav ntsib kuv cov neeg lawv tuag es kuv xav ntsib, es kuv xav ntsib kuv cov neeg lawv tuag tod teb chawv Nplog Roots of My Mother's Life (Victoria Vang)
Over
The land and sea And back to the roots Of my mother’s life I have a dream That we Can free those in need Cuz there is something We all can do And it lies beneath the skin There is something We face the truth And we fight till we have won In the times when children cried And the times when the fathers Can no longer fight They put their hands in the air In the pouring night* My dream That we Can free those in need There is something we all can do And it lies beneath the skin There is something we face the truth And we fight till we have won Till we have won Till we have won * unsure Fallen (TransitLife)
We live in this life
Where dreams are far away And darkness in the rain We dream upon the stars We’re standing here alone When will I be home? And I believe it’s fate To be standing here Alone in fear And I believe you’re here For more than what you love This will within the stars* Shadows paint the ground There’s nothing left but sorrow Is there something left to sing about it Dreams are wasted Mirrors full of faces Our dreams gone away I sing remember Shadow in the star Can I ask what’s all this war?* I’m here waiting Your smile’s all I need To die in happiness* And I believe it’s fate To be standing here Alone in fear And I believe you’re here For more than what you love This will within the stars Shadows paint the ground There’s nothing left but sorrow Is there something left to sing about it Dreams are wasted Mirrors full of faces Our dreams gone When I’m down When I’m weak I sing again Your end to me I believe it is fate To be standing Shadows paint the ground There’s nothing left but sorrow Is there something left to sing about it Dreams are wasted Mirrors full of faces Our dreams gone away Our dreams gone away Our dreams gone away * Unsure I Wish I Was An Angel (Yangmee Lor)
Your heart wonders if we’re gonna make it through
Torn apart from the land that loves you Running from your fears every day Wishing, hoping that there will be a place to stay Crying to sleep every single night You’re a star, hope and faith inside So many years has gone past Your pain and sufferings will sure to last I wish I was an angel by your side To hold you close, to wipe your eyes I’ll put you on my wings and sneak you far away If I was, if I was angel by your side Hundreds of years and we’d always been alone How we’ve long for a place to call home Even though the war was lost and over Our people was still being killed all over I wish I was an angel by your side To hold you close, to wipe your eyes I’ll put you on my wings and sneak you far away If I was, if I was angel by your side There is an angel by your side Holding you close, wiping your eyes She’s got you in her arms tonight There is an angel by your side There is an angel by your side Third World Poetry (Ill Ego Aliens)
"Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men?"
Universe collide Suicide thoughts survive Revival of the fittest Survival of the shittiest Giving this species another taste of the species Pieces of the puzzle demand the sunshine Plus seasons change and leaves a passion in landmine If mankind reaches for any signs of peace Given what they got the living truth release yo Pitching in the pot collecting for the deceased now See them overseas see them go into war See they got their reasons see them dying for Their own personal freedom you got yours It's a crying shame it's a crying game It's a no-win situation and everyone's a loser While we wait here patiently given bruises and bullets I'm ready to pull the plug fix this nation here Fix this facial expression God is what you're here for The next killer to penetrate innocents are proven guilty Yet we kill these children of the world Turning the children of war Life based on the movie that's rated R So we got to kill these kids So their wings doesn't soar* "Make fall"* Throats kicked and cut skulls penetrated daily You almost given up on this life haven't yous Haven't yall bother right side to make humanity right* I took my family your flat at night without a light The best way to keep alive It ain't no curfew no five Always saw about to flood alive * The gat that's carrying survival We keep on shedding tears for the families that didn't make it But now it's time to move on Cuz when it's on to the crickets all you can't sleep Every second danger creeps around your peeps Sleep the wife and kids at the village while I'm out Early in the morning with my cousins Forward we to handle worldwide beef Only twenty one year that * half what I believe Knowing that there will be no peace So fuck the world cuz the world don't give a fuck Young kids grouping up fast holding it up strapped where they came* Widows picking up their automatic taking their husbands place Winning these battles means women side of control for the time we exist Living harsh in this third world paradise Just to be precise I've seen the truth Extermination of the youth Bodies *here related* bad enough to make a grown man puke It's just a pity I'm forced to do the same thing too Young babies getting fed morphine That the river crossing But are you one of them? Just wondering Platforms they thundering rumbling day and night Drive bys ain't nothing to these ears Strikes carry on * unsure No More (P.H.oice)
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Heaven (7th Day Rest)
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Voices of a Forgotten History (Jon Thao)
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Peb Haiv (Shattered Echoz)
Nco txog peb haiv hmoob
Kwm ciaj kwm tuag nyob saum roob Tsis muaj leej twg paub mob kuv siab Tsis muaj leej twg nco txoj kuv sia Kev npau suav ploj tag Sov yuav pib dua qhov twg Los peb sib koom los txhawb peb haiv hmoob Hnov neb suab ua kuv quaj Cia li so neb cov kua muag thiab nws yuav Tseem yuav muaj ib hnub lub ntug mam ntsha ntug rau peb Los peb sib sau ua ib kev Los peb sib sau ua ib kev, ib kev Los peb sib sau ua ib kev Nco txog peb haiv hmoob Peb pawg peb tsaws poob ntau coob Tsis muaj leej twg hlub mob kuv siab Tsis muaj leej twg txhawj txoj kuv sia Kev npau suav ploj tag Sov yuav pib dua qhov twg Los peb sib koom los txhawb peb haiv hmoob Hnov neb suab ua kuv quaj Cia li so nws cov kua muag thiab nws yuav Yeej yuav muaj ib hnub lub ntug mam ntsha ntug rau peb Los peb sib sau ua ib kev Los peb sib sau ua ib kev, ib kev Los peb sib sau ua ib kev Hnov neb suab ua kuv quaj Cia li so nws cov kua muag thiab nws yuav Yeej yuav muaj ib hnub lub ntug mam ntsha ntug rau peb Los peb sib sau ua ib kev Los peb sib sau Hnov neb suab ua kuv quaj Cia li so nws cov kua muag thiaj li yog Yeej yuav muaj ib hnub lub ntug mam ntsha ntug rau peb Los peb sib sau ua ib kev Los peb sib sau ua ib kev Los peb sib sau ua ib kev, ib kev Los peb sib sau ua ib kev War Don't End (Power Struggle)
The war didn’t end when Saigon fell
The CIA’s got a story to tell Bout the secret army from the mountains of Laos And the people were promised that we’ll get them out They got so poor didn’t foresee The communist party claiming victory Hired guns now run for the hills They run and since day one survivor skills Kicked out of china for holding on to culture While the tourists brought in borders and hang em by their sofas* Haven’t you looked at the tapestry AK47s in the hands of the peasants An old Hmong man wears American flag Gets no respect as Americans laughed At his language and his anguish his ability to grow through From Fresno to Frogtown Eau Claire and back down The war didn’t end when Saigon fell The CIA’s got a story to tell Bout the secret army from the mountains of Laos And the people were promised that we’ll get them out After the war the immigrants came Blood on they hands and nothing in they veins Some had dreams, others made cash Most stayed poor, some formed gangs You speak so well then you’re good at math The children go through another culture clash But that ain’t the problem this is the issue Your people back home are kissing the pistol Dying by your missile, toxic and vicious Females get raped, broken like dishes Soldier: our lowest of human kind They’ll kill at will behind closed eyes The Hmong in the jungles The Hmong in the mountains run like lions behind them Like lions huntin But while running they dying and mothers are crying “Genocide!” Do something Do The war didn’t end when Saigon fell The CIA’s got a story to tell Bout the secret army from the mountains of Laos And the people were promised that we’ll get them out The war didn’t end when Saigon fell The CIA’s got a story to tell Bout the secret army from the mountains of Laos And the people were promised that we’ll get them out I said the war didn’t end when Saigon fell The CIA’s got a story to tell Bout the secret army from the mountains of Laos And the people were promised that we’ll get them out I said the war didn’t end when Saigon fell The CIA’s got a story to tell Bout the secret army from the mountains of Laos And the people were promised that we’ll get them out * Unsure Pitiful Amnesty (F.I.R.E.)
My people fall and fall and fall
Watch me fall and fall and fall Into hell Watch me fall into the deepest pits of hell Where the air is razor sharp slicing cells in the process of meiosis Listen to my people’s screech for help Slowly penetrating deep within their graves Bloodcurdling screams injects life back into my ancestors Long deceased Sleep disturbed by the genocide occurring in your world Just on the other side of the globe Worlds collide from the dark tops of deceptions We find ethnic cleansing within the jungles of deceit The government refuses to lend a hand Afraid to intervene but intervene they did thirty years ago This supposed to be the land of opportunities Do your part That’s why I exposed myself to my people Hmong people I’m trying to show the globe to the kids The 300,000 souls paranoid Fear embedded* into their states of norm Survive The one thing constantly on their mind Gunshots, blast! Run! Duck! Hide! What if that was my son at the other end of that gun? Paranoid My only son gone Hearts molested, souls raped, left with untold stories, unknown heartaches Strung together with cloth, rainbow color strings on neezo* Watch, watch, watch me, watch me fall Watch me fall, watch me fall Into hell As you soak yourself daily with unncessary accessories My people, your people, our people Are still waiting for us to save them A forgotten tribe crushed by American ties To the last roots American collaborators must be uproot The final act of our war supposedly ended in ’73 Now the last chapter is unfolding Completely surrounded, this time America can finally put them in their history We say, “It hurts too much to think about then” But stop, think, then is not for them We were the lucky ones swam across the river We were born between borders, between east and west, between rice fields and skyscrapers Made it to America, made it to America More educated than ever, got doctors, lawyers And people on the senate so don’t even say that nothing can be done Look around and see what the Hmong have become It’s time for you to Speak! Kick! Scream! And never stop until the government replies to our pleas This is real, this is now As you sit and listen to the prose* I’m spitting out This another Holocaust happening in Laos Kids left with burns, malnutrition, and shrapnose It’s time to speak out, our people are dying Say it loud, and say it proud Like powers before me I call for a revolution A revolution, a revo, a revo, a revolution Again A revo, a revo, a revolution Say it with me now A revo, a revo, a revolution One more time A revo, a revo, a revolution You may say this ain’t your fight But when life pulls you down and your people ain’t around Who’s gonna be there to lift you up? When life blinds you and you can no longer see Who’s gonna lead you down that path of cultural tranquility? That path of endless possibility, no one Inaccessible jungle, unbearable struggle Still carrying the burden of grandparents, parents and uncles They bow for the destiny they used to receive Still bleeding for American loyalties Simply hoping for pitiful amnesty Freedom, schools, and democracy Eventually to die food scarcities On death it seems nobody has a monopoly This is truth, this is life All we got is one another We need to get together, stick together, love each other I call for a revolution, a revolution A revo, a revo, a revolution Again A revo, a revo, a revolution Say it with me A revo, a revo, a revolution One more time A revo, a revo, a revolution * unsure Voices of Sorrow (New Breed)
Suav txij li thaum lub teb chaws ntxeev
Vaj Pov tau tso Looj Ceeb khiav tawm Nplog Teb mus lawm Phaj thiab laj los kav lub teb chaws Hmoob Nplog Pub Thawj tau txais txoj kev nyob txom nyem Nplog Liab ua phem zuj zus rau Hmoob Sau sev lia tej qoob loo nrhiav txim rau cov txawj ntse Cov neeg zoo raug ntes thoob Nplog Teb Tseg poj tub sev ua ntsuag txiv mus lawm ntsiag to Haiv neeg Nplog tau kev quaj nyiav Thiab cov poj niam mi nyuam mus nyob hav zoo Tseg tais mov nplej mus noj nplooj hmab nplooj ntoo Nrog nas nrog noog ua neeg tiv tshav tiv nag Nyob tsis taus khiav raws nom tswv qab Nplog Liab lub siab txia ntshav raws tua txhua lub roob hav Peb cov Hmoob ploj tuag suav tsis tag Qab roob qab hav tshuav tej pob txha nyob dawb vog Haiv neeg Nplog tau kev quaj nyiav Cov poj niam mi nyuam mus nyob hav zoo Tseg tais mov nplej mus noj nplooj hmab nplooj ntoo Nrog nas nrog noog ua neeg tiv tshav tiv nag Khiav tsis dhau poob rau rov tom qab Los mus ris asmelikas lub txim ua tsov ua rog Npaum no xyoo ntiaj teb koj puas pom Tias daim av nplog tseem tshuav leej twg nyob hauv no Tias daim av nplog tseem tshuav leej twg nyob hauv no Tias daim av nplog tseem tshuav kuv nyob rau hauv no War on the Inside (Ecnelis)
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Lost in Time (Creashinn)
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Watch Over Me (Watching Leona)
What lullabies do they sing before they go to sleep
What does tomorrow bring I hear my mother weeping Forgotten soldiers stay awake although their eyes are closed They watch the sky, watch the sky and sing their lullabies There’s more to life than this, they promised me There’s more to life than this Someone watch over me, help me find paradise Angels watch over me, help me find paradise Someone watch over me, help me find paradise Angels watch over me, help me find paradise What sort of dreams do they dream when they go to sleep The daily life of kings and queens they never will go hungry But Im a servant at your feet from across the scene You watch me cry, watch me cry as I die A thousand ghosts bow down, down to their knees Someday you will be free Someone watch over me, help me find paradise Angels watch over me, help me find paradise Someone watch over me, help me find paradise Angels watch over me, help me find paradise (I want to save my brother) Someone watch over me (I want to be our savior) Help me find paradise (I want to find a way) Angels watch over me (To justify your journey) Help me find paradise (I want to be your shadow) Someone watch over me (Just to feel the honor) Help me find paradise (Just to be a hero) Angels watch over me (For my dying culture) Help me find paradise Paradise 30 Year Secret (Delicious Venom)
Thirty years of war
Persecuted and scorned Behind enemy lines A small child is born What will he live for Fighting for the rest of his life Gunshots, chemical bombs Or sliced with a knife Shrapnel within flesh Children poisoned to death Defend the villages Soldiers killed in combat A contract that's been cracked Splitt up and attacked With no tracks And they only fight back For survival reasons And they wish to the sky For the will to keep breathing The jungles are a prison Scarred into our visions Now I want you to listen 'Cause our people have risen Starving for any meal They kept it concealed Their blood spills All over the rice fields For real A tragic massacre Of tears and emotions That can flood The Mekong River To be an ocean Our people are suffering And time is running out I see my mother working late again Father holding paper tens Drama on the corner We ignore but we relate to them Stay within the circle Representin every state we in Penetrate the system Now the prison wants to take us in Listen to my elder folks Cousin loves to sell his smoke Sister's in the kitchen Cooking breakfast to the smell of smoke Flea market weekends Sleepin sixty minutes to two hours Been working overtime Ain't had no time to take a shower Family business slow Still on the go Blow for blow we slug it out Against the winter and snow Ever since existence We have been survivors Neglected Never claimed a country Just wanted to live and let live Now its been thirty years Since imprisonment in the jungle For the Hmong Remind your elders And educate the young Laotian government, genocide Human rights and violation Clock is running down To total annihilation Lift a finger now Stop procrastinating Save a child save a mother Throw your clock and watch away The time is now Stop searching for time Time is running out Stop searching for time The time is now Don't let our people die Save our people Save our people Go listen to their cries Voices of sorrow, Another dying relative Sleeping life away like a sedative Death is interactive Don't it make you feel relative Children feeling negative Repetitive survival mode Spirits from the old Neglected perspective grows If we let it The mind stays infected so Memories repress it Mothers' fetuses die Hold your chin high Let the wind dry your eyes Here we go Levitate, aggravate, penetrate Let 'em hate Escalate what you know Mental state gotta grow System teach you to fear Being bold Hmong people on the go Dying slow so Do the math with me Subtract morality add fatality Divide broken pride Equals America lied Tears blur our visions So we listen to the violence She could be the silence Or the sirens Divide in corner streets Fight for the air we breathe Tears we see Families we grieve This is disgusting Must it Wipe a life or two Fallen soldiers yesterday's news Father's in the grave Nobody left to fill his shoes Wake up to gun shots Silence is just a dream Wake up to gun shots Silence is just a dream Wake up to gun shots Silence is just a dream Wake up to gun shots Silence is just a dream |
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