Lowkey - The Cradle Of Civilization Lyrics






If my mother got angry or frustrated with me, she'd say...
... and the basic translation of that is "Oh, how beautiful is freedom"
But where is freedom?
Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
Where is our freedom?
This is for Baghdad, the place of my mothers birth
The cradle of civilization, for what it's worth
The land I've never the seen, culture I've never known
Iraq is in my heart, my blood, my flesh and bones
The air I've never breathed, fragrance I've never smelled
The pride I never had, the nationality that I never felt
Saddam was bad, are the American's even more so?
They made me grow like I was missing part of my torso
But I never picked up a grenade in my garden
I never saw people I love die starving
I never saw my family die through many years of sanctions
While the ruler's family lived in palaces and mansions
Never had a family member kidnapped for a ransom
Never lost a friend to violence that was random
Bombings, occupation, torture, intimidation
A million dead people doesn't equal liberation
Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
Listen!
Where is our freedom?
Forget division based on ethnicity or religion
Whether you Sunni, Shia, Kurdish or Christian
Pain is still pain if you're a person that's missing
We all deserve a life in this earth that we live in
Is there enough words that can say
How deeply Baghdad is burning today?
And it's not about pity, hands out or sympathy
It's about pride, respect, honour and dignity
Babies being born with deformities from uranium
Those babies aren't just Iraqi, they're Mesopotamian
What I view on the news is making me shiver
Cause I look at the victims and see the same face in the mirror
This system of division makes it harder for you and me
Peace is a question, the only answer is unity!
So many dreams about this place that I've never seen
The place my family had to leave in the 70's
Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
Where is our freedom?
It rains white phosphorus in Fallujah
This is for those that won't live to see the future
Sorry that I wasn't there, Sorry that I couldn't help
I'm sorry for every tear, Sorry you've been put through hell
Still I feel like an immigrant, englishman amongst arabs and an arab amongst englishmen
Like I said they never gave me the culture
But they did give me Kubdad Haleb, Hakaka and Dolma
Ana isme Kareem,
Wa ohmre thalatha wa-'ishrun,
Umi min Baghdad, wa abuya min Dover,
And that's the combination that I carry on my shoulders
Still I rep, till my death, Till they kill and seal my flesh
From now all the way back to Gilgamesh
Such a villianized and criticized nation
You will always be the cradle of civilization
Close my eyes, I can still hear my ummi saying
Where is our freedom?
In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
In my sleep, in my dreams Motherland I can still feel you calling me
I can still feel you calling me
I can still feel you calling me





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  1. s.... ....

    2020? #prayforIran

  2. N.... O....

    Empathy has no boundaries

  3. N.... O....

    In not Muslim
    But all pain is equal

  4. N.... O....

    Too many divisions
    Too much hate
    Too much violence

  5. F.... J....

    Anyone listening Arab English like Lowkey? I am!!

  6. A.... l....

    ❤️🇮🇶❤️ God bless the people of Iraq 🙏 🙏❤️

  7. K.... S....

    Lowkey's a Pleiadian and Sirian starseed here to raise the planets vibration. Eternal legend of Anonymous

  8. G.... s....

    Anyone listening in 2019?

  9. I.... Q....

    2019 Anyone?

  10. A.... R....

    August 2019

  11. q.... s....

    Saddam was the lesser of 2 evils..the west has alot to answer for .us and my home uk have alot to answer for.im woke...but some people don't wanna know the truth...

    q.... s....

    He was an equal evil... his sons raped women for fun and killed them

    q.... s....

    quick silver No. He committed war crimes in his quest to genocide Kurds, Persians, and even Iraqi Shiites. Don’t try to paint him as anything but an evil POS. Only monsters use chemical weapons on women and children.

  12. O.... C....

    I was there, and I am sorry.

  13. S.... P....

    Love you from baghdad

  14. A.... A....

    I love how Arabs always try to claim Assyrian history lol. And the cradle of civilization started in northern Iraq, the city of assur “ashuraya” “Assyrian”

    A.... A....

    Assyrians at their peak were very brutal... i feel sorry for them now

  15. A.... A....

    Actually the cradle of civilization was called Assyria.

  16. J.... f....

    2019🔥🔥🔥

  17. G.... M....

    Translation of chorus

  18. T.... M....

    Iraq for life

  19. V.... ....

    Civilisation is alien to the European man. Civilisation is the result of the mixing of races, and the degeneration of man. Barbarism is natural and must ultimately triumph. Boasting about being from the first civilised places makes you look like a dog happy to be domesticated. Weak.

  20. B.... M....

    2019 💯💯💯

  21. S.... F....

    God bless everyone who lives in the middle East . 🙏🙏❤️😪💔

  22. C.... K....

    2019 and still loving Lowkey

  23. M.... J....

    Yemen love iraq 💚💙💛

  24. 3.... ....

    Still i feel like a immigrant, englishman amongst arabs and arab amongst english men. Damn.

    3.... ....

    As a British Arab, I can sadly relate to this statement.

  25. A.... S....

    Lowkey is bi racial- Iraqi and English.

  26. T.... K....

    Goosebumps every time 2010-19

  27. L.... V....

    Anyone else listening in 2019? ;)

    L.... V....

    I love this song

    L.... V....

    Yeah me is in my blood❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    L.... V....

    Love .........this song the legend he is my bro I am a kurd........ Iraqi kurd ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  28. c.... l....

    312,000 views

  29. M.... w....

    Fuckn load of dog shit tunes shit raps shit videos shit musics shit

  30. s.... s....

    Big up lowkey. Love from tehran to baghdad

  31. R.... ....

    2019 who else is here?

  32. R.... B....

    Join the fight for freedom! FB: River Bear

  33. m.... h....

    I play this untill I die....

  34. C.... 3....

    #freepalestine
    #freeiraq
    #freeafghanistan
    #freesyria
    #zionistchildkillers
    #apartheid

    C.... 3....

    #freekashmir

    C.... 3....

    also north korea. these people are opressed by a dictator. and yemen too

    C.... 3....

    Yemen 😭🇾🇪 Venezuela 🇻🇪

    C.... 3....

    CHACH 3GAZA #FreeAssyria not Iraq

  35. D.... ....

    HER!!!!! VOICE!!!! THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its like listening to angels :O

  36. R.... G....

    So true 💯

  37. J.... 3....

    Still listening to his older and new i love Lowkey forever....sadly no matter how many years pass the relevancy is still fresh in these governments and in this world 💛🔥✊🏽

  38. c.... y....

    IN MY DREAMS I ONLY WISH ALL THE NATIONS IN THE WORLD WOULD BE LIKE MOST OF THE GANGSTAS FROM CALIFORNIA THAT WILL ALWAYS GIVE A 5'7'' SOMALI IMMIGRANT THE FAIR ONES.... BUT TIMES WILL GET BETTER FAMO... AS WE KNOW TIME IS ON YOUR SIDE PARTLY AND PARTY IT IS AGAINST YOU... FREE PALESTINE

  39. K.... ....

    Love this song.

  40. b.... ....

    COME BACK LOWKEY! YOU MAKE TRUE INTELLECTUAL MUSIC! TRUELY MEANINGFUL!

    b.... ....

    ballsonyachin420 he’s back go on grm daily return of lowkey

    b.... ....

    New album released today!

  41. S.... R....

    ...we need guys like MR lowkey to wake us up. Out of the zombified state we are in..i see him and MR immortal Technique as the answers to the questions we are asking/ looking for but never told....

  42. m.... S....

    am from syria ...

  43. T.... ....

    And then there is ISIS in Iraq which is horrible for the innocent Iraqi people

  44. A.... H....

    I feel you bro, left Iraq in 1992 and have been living in Holland ever since. Didn’t get to touch or smell the earth of Iraq yet, soon inshallah.

    A.... H....

    @hammoudi I dont support trump or the alt right. I agree with Ben shapiro on a few things. Immigration is good. You are so defenive. This is an important question given the amount of trouble western nations are currently having with radicalism (Islamic but also white supremicist). You taking the mere question as an attack says a lot about where your true loyalties lie. You might go off and join ISIS like thousands of other Muslims from the west.

    A.... H....

    ​@Jj O,leary "You might go off and join ISIS like thousands of other Muslims from the west" - and that's exactly what your question was implying. As I said, it's a loaded question. Calling it out isn't defensive. Someone says they miss their homeland, Iraq, and the first thing that comes to your mind is to question their loyalty to their host country. What does that say about you?

    The core reason you feel this way is your inability to rise above your base, animal instinct: disliking people different to you.

    There's 50+ million muslim people in western countries. Their loyalties shouldn't be questioned based on the actions of a few thousand nut cases. I preferred things in the 1990s, when people like you were more direct. Nowadays you hide your xenophobia and bigotry behind weak, over simplified ideas presented as intellectual, valid arguments.

    A.... H....

    @hammoudi A large minority of muslims are statistically proven to be either highly conservative or extremist. and you get offended when asked the question. Thousands of people have died because if Muslims who enjoy all the benefits if Western countries then turn around and bite the hand that feeds them

    A.... H....

    @Jj O,leary Millions of people have died because Westerners support illegal invasions, state murder, destruction of nations, and theft of resources. A massive proportion of western "natives" are proven to be white supremacists. Yet you get offended when I point that out. At least be proud of what you are instead of trying to rationalise your barbarism.

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    Jj O,leary lol bro please stop he’s making you look like an idiot 😂

  45. O.... F....

    Keep going my broo
    Peace and love
    We fed up .
    We gonna be brothers for ever
    I'm lost in this fucking world
    This fucking world is a black heart
    Trust no one.
    They don't like peace fam I'm tird
    And they destroy my mind .

  46. B.... K....

    I can see the universe where lowkey was born to a jewish family would be a fun simulator

  47. B.... F....

    LowKey Big Respect 👑❤💎👏🙏

  48. L.... D....

    Oh how beautiful is freedom? ... *Chills*

  49. J.... G....

    So under rated

  50. T.... C....

    Anyone listening to this beautiful in 2018??
    Caz I know I am

    T.... C....

    Timzy Cats this is brilliant. I love i live in UK, which has such a great rappers as Lowkey and Akala.

    T.... C....

    2019 mayne

    T.... C....

    2019 now :)

    T.... C....

    2019 !!

  51. C.... S....

    Fuck all states in the world... love for people not love for states love for country no love for states love for community no love for states...motherfuckers wake up come with my all people and fight the power.. Sorry for english im from fuckin Italy of shit and talk for all states of shit in the world...who's is states???

  52. M.... A....

    We can, and shall, never forget those innocent Iraqis (and others) who've lost their lives, through absolutely no fault of their own.

  53. G.... R....

    Very well done LOWKEY, we hope and pray for the people of Palestine, and the downfall of the Zionist pigs of Israel! Stand strong !

  54. h.... c....

    im sorry you have to deal with that

  55. h.... c....

    fuk im mad

  56. h.... c....

    Wheres our FREEDOM >? srry youve been put through hell

    h.... c....

    They tried so hard to shut him up.

  57. B.... H....

    Beautiful and incredibly powerful ❤

  58. K.... 8....

    A million dead people doesn't equal liberation...

    K.... 8....

    Khubza 89 it depends on what you consider liberation. The overwhelming majority of deaths was from Sunni Shia sectarian violence; or Shias trying to free themselves from the Sunnis brutal domination of them. The fact so many died to accomplish this - with groups like ISIS trying to push to clock back, shows exactly how brutally oppressed the Shias were. Violence is rampant all over the Middle East for this exact reason or vica versa - Muslims need to stop blaming the west, and take a good long look at how their very oppressive brutal systems treat minorities and the violence it's causing

    K.... 8....

    In 1991 Bush incited the Shi'a s to rebel and then left them high and dry to be murdered by Saddam. The West has propped up dictators in the Middle East for a long time or it incites rebellions to keep countries weak and in continual war. Divide and conquer.

    K.... 8....

    @Alex the U.S. killed innocents many innocents dumb civi

    K.... 8....

    @Alex Quit White Washing the Zionist Terrorist War in Iraq you War Criminal Apologist Cock Sucker the Majority of Iraqis 1 Million+ Died under American Sanctions from 1992-2002 that is the fact cock sucker 500,000 children among them to which the than Secretary of State Albright said "It was worth it" also cunt it is a known fact the American Dog Bremmer created the Sunni-Shia-Kurdish Divide among the Population and as for Saddam Hussein who supplied him all his Weapons that killed Hundreds of Thousands of Iranians, Kurds and his own People? The Zionist American Sons of bitches, who kept Saddam in Power for a Whole Twelve Years after his Defeat in 1991? USA once Again.

    K.... 8....

    Khubza 89 “mission accomplished” never forget

  59. D.... T....

    Great song of course lowkey is incredible. But what about the woman singing the chorus!! She is beautiful!! Damn...

  60. U.... o....

    Assyrian are the true Indigenous of the land, Fuck kurdz yous never had Land yous are nomads if anything LOL

  61. U.... o....

    HE TALKS ABOUT THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION, BUT HR DOESN'T COMMEND THE ASSYRIANS, TRUE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION. FROM ASTROLOGY TO MATHEMATICS

    U.... o....

    Banandgetflagged he's referring to Iraq, formerly known as Mesopotamia, which is where the garden of Eden was supposedly located. Hence why he is referring to it as the cradle of civilization.

  62. J.... C....

    Love you Lowkey, respect and light to you on your journey, come visit us in Portugal in our solar powered recording studio, double bass proffessional here too...bless up onelove

  63. S.... H....

    Awesome truth!

  64. A.... F....

    Um die heart fan of Lowkey....frm India

  65. C.... W....

    I'm American but I love this song. Such a powerful message.

    C.... W....

    Charles Witherson i feel you bro. I'm russian living in UK. So much great rap music i discovered from local artists, i was shocked at first.

    C.... W....

    @Daniels K I discovered Lowkey when I googled KRino songs. He popped up and I listened and I loved. I had my girl listen and now he is her favorite too

  66. J.... E....

    Biggups Lowkey !

  67. S.... C....

    One of Lowkeys top tracks...

  68. D.... T....

    LOVE HIM!

  69. P.... N....

    this a brillant song mate. congrats from portugal.

  70. D.... T....

    Can any one tell me what the woman is singing in the chorus ?

    D.... T....

    it means : oh how beutiful is freedom!

    D.... T....

    +Yousif FFaFFa oh yeah just noticed lol cheers mate!

  71. t.... ....

    i feel you

  72. O.... D....

    From 2003 to 2007 i run a internet news portal collecting the news from all sources about the war including sources close to the iraqi resistance. Western Leftists betrayed me. I continued on my own. I worked 3-10 hours a day on research, collecting news and analyzing humanitarian and military situation. I had to stop for health reasons. I suffered from 2 collapses. Even today when I think about Iraq i start crying. didnt we (humanity) agree in 1945 in never allowing such suffering? I feel like lowkey, even if im not iraqi, not even an arab. Iraq will always stay in my heart and my mind. I will never forgive, never forget what we, the West had done. The pain and the suffering of the Iraqi people is still burning in my soul. 4,5 Millioms died since 1991 from 2 Invasions 11 years of embargo and the Occupation since 2003. I covered the wound in my heart to continue my life. but its still bleeding. Iraq is no more. Shia sectarian Government and Militias are fightig against sunni sectarian Grups including ISIS. What the Iranian-US Puppet regime must have done to the Sunnis, that they prefer ISIS-Bastards instead of the "Government"? Baghdad was a predominately Sunni City until 2006... now its predominately Shia. How many had been cleansed from the capital? There is no Iraq anymore.. In the heads of the Shia there is only only one singel shia iraq, in the heads of the sunnis there is only one single sunni Iraq. Shia and sunni Arabs only live in 2 parallel Universes. Thanks to US, UK, Iran and the reactionary sunni Gulf Monarchs

    O.... D....

    God bless you, Chris! Yes we should know about our common aims. We should stop western satanic invasion.united States is evil. Trump is a dumb man

    O.... D....

    Got a link for the news you collecting

    O.... D....

    Thanks for ur work bro

    O.... D....

    Thank you ♡ bless your soul, you're the realest.

    O.... D....

    And now Syria. Another beautiful country destroyed by israel and usa. Peace to their people, death to their governments.

  73. B.... ....

    "Civilized" countries created so much chaos,fear and hate around the world...Wonder how the responsible people look their kids,friends and people they love in the eyes,knowing they've killed so many kids and families,which were loved by someone else.

    B.... ....

    their minds are immune, their hearts cold, they left god and live in the idea that they do what they need to do

    B.... ....

    Yeah, I remember those civilised countries creating ISIS and Al-Qaeda...

    I thought only black people blamed everyone else for their problems.

    B.... ....

    @TheCookieMunzta sounds about white. I'd do a little more research on how those terrorist groups were formed and armed.

    B.... ....

    middle eastern blood demons made that hate and chaos filthy demon worshipers Muslims christian Jews a plague upon humanity

    B.... ....

    @TheCookieMunzta have a guess who funded the creation of both Hamas and Hezbollah... I'll give you a clue, they're know for big noses, profiting from BOTH sides during ww2 and a love of money, also the same ethno-religious group that during the soviet era came up with the terms "racism" and "anti Semitism" in order to silence complaints from the indigenous people...

  74. S.... H....

    cuz come back legit il give you freedom

    S.... H....

    Saddam Hussein why you on YouTube man? You supposed to be in hell 😂

  75. N.... L....

    I like this songs message. Good job mate. 

  76. Y.... ....

    Where is Freedom?

    Y.... ....

    @Yakki Onigiri Zoro somewhere the usa wasnt yet...

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    +isdoch diregal

    Spain?

    Y.... ....

    @Kreisliga Gaming factsssss

  77. m.... ....

    Well done,LOWKEY. You express exactly how I feel about the suffering of the Palestinian people. I am London/Irish. I know exactly how you feel about the colonization of Palestinian land. Zionism has nothing to do with the sacred religion of Judaism. Zionism had to do with the atheistic European colonialist occupation of Palestinian land. Nothing to do with Judaism. Judaism and the Holocaust is shamefully used in the Zionist ambition as cover for naked colonialism.

    m.... ....

    beautifully stated my friend, thank you

    m.... ....

    most jews are zionists

    m.... ....

    Nadir the two are incompatible, if you’re a Zionist, you are not a real Jew. This is because you break the sacred text of the Torah by creating a Jewish State.

  78. o.... j....

    the best part is 3:44 3:54

  79. Q.... R....

    How I feel

  80. w.... s....

    super my friend

  81. T.... R....

    for the record, the gas used that killed the kurds in the north were from pueblo colorado, usa. our zionist backed government gave it to saddam (who was just a puppet for zionism), when he was done they dissposed of him like trash. DIVIDE AND CONQUER, DAMN FOOLS. ALL GOVERNMENT, POLICE, ETC, WEAR A STAR OVER THIER HEART, THEY ARE ALL ONE IN THE SAME. THEY HIDE LOVE WITH A BADGE OF SACRIFICE. WELCOME TO THE SYSTEM OF THE BEAST.

    T.... R....

    He wasn't exactly a puppet.

    T.... R....

    yeah but he still gassed Kurds. It was still in his hands and he still fucking committed anfal so stop apologising for the DOG that is saddam. Also Iraqi Arabs JOINED IN thats why it even happened

  82. H.... ....

    Freedom?
    I'm Kurd and i have never been Iraqian! Kurds are from Kurdistan! i don't believe any words that comes from any arabs, Persian or Turkish! with all respect, but that's because my people get killed just because they are Kurds.
    Freedom is just a lie! I only fight for my kurdish people! but i don't want to hurt any other people from any ethnicity and Religion. Peace for the world even i know that there will never be peace in the whole world!

    H.... ....

    @kasım üdriş at least kurds got their own names. how about u Indians or fake Pakistani your first name is Arabic and Khan is maugul name. Do you even know your background. The most arrogant ppl I see are Indians and doesn't matter Muslim Hindu sikh or the other they all live in their own fantasy world

    H.... ....

    @samoyed samoyed As I said before, I'm not Indian.

    H.... ....

    @kasım üdriş you think you not but u r in reality Indian. We all know Britain made Pakistan so if it wasn't for Britain it wouldn't be country call Pakistan. You sindhi tribe and punjab are Indians and baluchi and pashto are afghani.

    H.... ....

    @samoyed samoyed I'm Pashtun.

    H.... ....

    @kasım üdriş from Afghanistan

  83. C.... ....

    i think lowkeys the best to do it defo the most intelligent knowledge is power

  84. A.... T....

    In Shaa Allah.

  85. Z.... H....

    well tbh I saw his twitter and he said he's taking a break from music because he want's to focus on his university education and he should be back soon hope this helped ure question :)

  86. S.... P....

    Iraq <3

  87. T.... ....

    I know how the brother feels
    Arab among Englishmen
    Englishmen among Arabs
    Or in my case
    Albanian among Americans
    American among Albanians

    T.... ....

    Arab among Malays, Malay among Arabs. Like you, I am apart of the diaspora.

    T.... ....

    assalum ailkum vla

    T.... ....

    American among Mexicans
    Mexican among Americans

    I'm a human god damn it

    T.... ....

    I feel like there's certain aspects of this song that every 2nd gen immigrant from the third world can relate to

    T.... ....

    Toni move back to albania then what's the problem? haha don't act like a victim

  88. H.... H....

    His house got raided and he was told to stop making music or he would be set up and go to prison

    H.... H....

    That is called Western Freedom. Only submission and no questions allowed

  89. S.... Z....

    beautiful <3

  90. J.... R....

    Today is the first time I've heard of this song or this artist. The lyrics speak to the core of humanity, its a message that all people on the earth need to hear. Certainly seems like this artist is a part of THE MOVEMENT and I thank my God that He has seen fit to connect me to the passion and desire to spread TRUTH by Lowkey :) Thank you for the Message you've been blessed to deliver, thank you for your steadfastness and courage to stand out and speak up :) Be blessed!

  91. N.... R....

    I guess there was no wars under Queen Elizabeth the firsts rule, or Indira Gandhi.

  92. u.... ....

    WHAAAAAAT! WTF! WHY DID HE STOP MAKING MUSIC?! :(

  93. S.... ....

    Too bad he quit music

  94. B.... ....

    Respect from Germany!!!

  95. O.... ....

    what about when margaret thatcher ordered the attack on the falkland islands that resulted in the death of Argentinian and british soldiers ? it doesn't matter what gender, race or religion you are you can still be a evil war monger !

  96. M.... V....

    one day!

  97. l.... ....

    Bloody hell I love Lowkey,but didn't he say his family had to flee in the 70's n its a undertone as if he aint free over here,this is what pisses me off,I'm struggling likr everyone one else and I'm white,for fucksake if your that bothered you know where the door is!!! Political undertones if you aint smart enough to hear one!