Hello my brothers and sisters, meet us again, "Indonesia Bersatu", a punk rock band from Medan, Indonesia. It's great to be back at the weekly #openmic community.
The theme for this week is "Tocando Almas" very interesting to us. So, today we played an original song of ours called "Mengapa oh Mengapa" (Why oh Why). Which was released on our second album in 2009.
This song was made because we are confused by the reality that is happening in our country. Many say that this country is very rich, but many poor people are hungry. How can an old woman still have to work to be able to eat, a mother who becomes manual labour to meet the nutritional needs of their child? Why does the state not care about the fate of its people? That's what confused us so that this song was created.
The lyrics of this song in Indonesian are;
""Banyak saudaraku disana
Berjuang didalam hidupnya
Hanya untuk membeli susu anaknya
Tak pedulikan usia yang semakin renta
Bukalah mata kita
Masih ada kah hati yang peduli sesama
Cobalah kita rasakan
Derita mereka, derita kita
Barulah kita mengerti
akan pahitnya hidup yang sebenarnya
Aku heran
Mengapa oh mengapa
Ini semua bisa terjadi
Di negeriku yang mewah ini
Kapankah derita ini
Berakhir dengan dan tanpa
Ada yang terluka
Ternyata akhirnya dan benarkah
Hidup kita hanya untuk menderita"
The translation of the lyrics in English is;
"Many of my brothers there
Struggle in life
Just to buy her child's milk
Don't care about getting old
Open our eyes
Do we still care?
Let's try to feel
Their suffering is our suffering
We will understand
That life is very bitter
I'm confused
Why oh why
This all can happen
In my luxurious land
When is this suffering
Ends with and without anyone getting hurt
It turned out finally and really
Our life is only to suffer"
Thank you all for being willing to watch and listen to our musical performances. See you at #openmic next week.
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