Name: Bara7a براحة
Duration: P00H05M03S
Description: Bara7a means sandlot. This is a song about adolescence and dealing with bullies from different social classes. While most people’s culture shock happens when they travel from one culture to another, I had my first major culture shock when I moved from public school to private school in Kuwait, so I wrote a song about it! It exposed me to different types of Kuwaitis and expats of all sorts.

Bara7a براحة

from Chapter 2 (الباب الثاني) by KUWAISIANA

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Bara7a means sandlot. This is a song about adolescence and dealing with bullies from different social classes. While most people’s culture shock happens when they travel from one culture to another, I had my first major culture shock when I moved from public school to private school in Kuwait, so I wrote a song about it! It exposed me to different types of Kuwaitis and expats of all sorts.

lyrics

V
The initial chapter of my teenagehood
Was tainted by the bullies of my neighborhood

?قالوا ليش لابس اسود باسود
صابغ اظافرك كأنّك نثية

CH
هوشة هوشة ودّوني البيت
Kicking screaming, there’s no place like home
براءتي تنزف على البراحة
Won't you show me something real

VII
كنا تونا طالعين من باب المدرسة
شفنا فاشينيستا تتصوّر بالبراحة
تبيك اتجرّب حظك يا مَزْيون
Burnt and resurrected by the moon.

قامت ملّت شوية شوية
قالت مالت على وجهك

CH
هدّة شبّت چبريت احمر
كيّف كيّف
vacation على
فجأة يات لك سكتة قلبية
something real تگفه قول لي

Oh, I feel a fist وحدة بوَحدة
I think I see her wink وحدة بوَحدة بوَحدة
لساني حامي عمري مدفون
بعمق البراحة

قالت مالت لابس اسود باسود
اظافرك واو اتهبل
يمعود

چنهة ملّت شوية
اشفيها?

credits

from Chapter 2 (الباب الثاني), released January 15, 2021
+Aziz - vocals/guitar 🇰🇼
Matthieu - Drums 🇫🇷
John McCloskey - Bass 🇺🇲
Dehan Elçin - Trumpet 🇹🇷
Nick Ferreirae - Sax 🇺🇲
Patrick Driscoll - Hand percussion 🇺🇲
Michael Stalios - Synth 🇺🇲

Sync and Mastering controlled by +Aziz
Contact Kuwaisiana@gmail.com

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KUWAISIANA Seattle, Washington

Rock band for the next normal • Songs in Arabic & English by Kuwaiti songwriter +Aziz 🇺🇸🇰🇼فرقة روك عربي/خليجي قام بتشكيلها مؤلف
كويتي ⚡ خليط ثقافيّ جديد ⚡Born in NOLA, now to Seattle.
خليط ثقافيّ جديد

Chapter 1 (2018)
Chapter 2 (2021)
Chapter 3 (2022) ... more

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Royal Room

Seattle, WA

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