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2024 - The Genocide Will Be Televised (Single)

by Jimi Cullen

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A song about the horrors of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Mixed and mastered by Martin Leahy.

#FreeGaza #FreePalestine

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The genocide will be televised
Out across the World tonight
For all of humankind to see

The genocide will be televised
On Al Jazeera and across social media
For everyone to see

To see the bodies of the babies being pulled from the rubble
Where human limbs lay scattered around
The burnt aftertaste of the panic and terror
That an hour before bore a harrowing sound

The sound of the screams and the crushing of concrete
As the buildings collapsed and came tumbling down
The sound of the bombs that forever will haunt you
That never will leave and always follow you around

Like the cries of a girl as her leg is amputated
Without anesthetic, see them cut through the bone
All in real time now, 24/7
We helplessly watch as the horrors unfold

Because the genocide will be televised
Out across the World tonight
For all of humankind to see

The genocide will be televised
On mobile phones and tablet screens
For everyone to see

To see the terror in the eyes of a parent-less child
In a refugee camp, traumatized, all alone
Lying on the ground under a sheet made of plastic
And the constant hum of an overhead drone

Or the piles of dead corpses piled up in the streets
As the mass graves they overflow
The smell of dead flesh, hanging hard in the air
A perfume of sorrow and woe

To witness the death of a nation of people
To hear their anguished, pleading cries
As we watch it unfolding, 24-7
Right in front of our very eyes

The genocide will be televised
Out across the World tonight
For you and me to see

The genocide will be televised
Yet our World leaders won’t do a thing
A they all pay lip service to murderers war pigs

The genocide will be televised
And sponsored by McDonalds
And given away free on Blu Ray DVD with every happy meal

The genocide will be televised
And brought to you in conjunction with the UN declaration of human rights
Which apparently no longer means a fucking thing

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released March 29, 2024

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Jimi Cullen Gorey, Ireland

Jimi Cullen is an Irish Folk Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Producer & Activist.

His music has a unique, refreshing & uplifting sound which blends elements as varied as folk, rock, punk, country, blues, reggae & spoken word.

To encompass all this, Jimi has coined the term Renegade Folk, which he feels perfectly describes his inimitable musical style, firebrand attitude & thought provoking lyrics.
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