キュラソー島のズレイカ・エルハーハ（Zuleika Elhage）さんによるエミリー・サンデー「Read All About It Part III」のカバー。歌唱はエミリーに似せているせいもあって本家にはかなわないけど、自然の映像と彼女の歌唱が合って美しい。歌詞は強い。「You've got the words to change a nation, but you're biting your tongue.（あなたは国家を変えるだけの言葉があるのに、でもじっと口をつぐんでいる。」
「キュラソービザ」の薄給でユダヤ人の命の多くを救った話を知る人も多いだろう。キュラソー出身の歌手によってこの曲が流れ始めただけで胸が熱くなった。
日本から遠く離れたガザ地区では現在、イスラエルとハマスが止むに止まれない戦争をしている。イスラエルのユダヤ人がイスラエル建国にともなってパレスチナ人を難民にし、パレスチナ自治区に住むパレスチナ人は、かつてのユダヤ人が国を定めたように、自分たちの住む国を主張している。
人が生まれたら、そこが住む所でいいじゃないかと思う。生きることを主張するために、他人を殺す必要などないじゃないかと思う。
You've got the words to change a nation
but you're biting your tongue
You've spent a life time stuck in silence
afraid you'll say something wrong
If no one ever hears it how we gonna learn your song?
So come on, come on
Come on, come on
You've got a heart as loud as lions
So why let your voice be tamed?
Baby we're a little different
there's no need to be ashamed
You've got the light to fight the shadows
so stop hiding it away
Come on, Come on
I wanna sing, I wanna shout
I wanna scream till the words dry out
so put it in all of the papers,
I'm not afraid
they can read all about it
read all about it oh
At night we're waking up the neighbours
while we sing away the blues
making sure that we remember yeah
cause we all matter too
if the truth has been forbidden
then we're breaking all the rules
so come on, come on
come on, come on,
lets get the tv and the radio
to play our tune again
its 'bout time we got some airplay of our version of events
there's no need to be afraid
I will sing with you my friend
Come on, come on
I wanna sing, I wanna shout
I wanna scream till the words dry out
so put it in all of the papers,
I'm not afraid
they can read all about it
read all about it oh
Yeah we're all wonderful, wonderful people
so when did we all get so fearful?
Now we're finally finding our voices
so take a chance, come help me sing this
Yeah we're all wonderful, wonderful people
so when did we all get so fearful?
and now we're finally finding our voices
so take a chance, come help me sing this
I wanna sing, I wanna shout
I wanna scream till the words dry out
so put it in all of the papers,
I'm not afraid
they can read all about it
read all about it oh
I wanna sing, I wanna shout
I wanna scream till the words dry out
so put it in all of the papers,
I'm not afraid
they can read all about it
read all about it oh
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