Shipped from Damascus
Trip-hop meets Syrian dabke, worldbeat electronica, eclectic and hypnotic, microtonal Eastern keyboards, glassy electric piano, Indian-inspired hand percussion, pulsing dabke rhythm, confident male rap with poetic flow, exuberant Arabic male vocals, glitchy 80s synth pads, polished globe-trotting production, 90 BPM
Shipped from Damascus
Trip-hop meets Syrian dabke, worldbeat electronica, eclectic and hypnotic, microtonal Eastern keyboards, glassy electric piano, Indian-inspired hand percussion, pulsing dabke rhythm, confident male rap with poetic flow, exuberant Arabic male vocals, glitchy 80s synth pads, polished globe-trotting production, 90 BPM
Lyrics
Intro
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Fresh, fresh, fresh
Yeah, it's
Fresh, fresh, fresh — let's go
Verse 1
Shipped from Damascus, Nemo Point (fresh)
No map, no compass, just the joint (fresh)
Ocean black, no stars in sight (fresh)
Fate's the only thing I'm holding right (fresh)
حبيبي الموج يناديني
(The waves are calling me, my love)
والقلب في البحر يرويني
(And the heart is nourished by the sea)
Electric piano slides off-key (fresh)
But the melody still carries me (fresh)
Through the corridor, through the dark (fresh)
Damascus lit inside my heart (fresh)
يا وطني يا نور عيني
(Oh my homeland, light of my eyes)
بعدت عنك وين أجيني
(I've gone so far, where will you find me)
Chorus
New arrivals (fresh)
Fresh arrivals (yeah)
We came alive through the tide (fresh)
New arrivals (woo)
Fresh arrivals (oh!)
Nothing left to run and hide
New arrivals, fresh arrivals
We rise
Verse 2
دبكة يا صحاب، دبكة
(Dance, friends, dance the dabke)
الأرض بتحكي قصتنا
(The earth is telling our story)
والإيقاع ما بينساك
(And the rhythm never forgets you)
يا حلو تعا ارقص معاك
(Come, beautiful one, dance with me)
Super fresh as I'm known to be (fresh)
Inspiration moving in stere-er-eo (fresh)
From the Silk Road to the Starbucks line (fresh)
Ancient routes and the modern grind (fresh)
Hush habibi, it's time to make noise (fresh)
Bring your grief and bring your joys (fresh)
We are cargo, we are kings (fresh)
Point Nemo's where survival sings (fresh)
خدني معك على الطريق
(Take me with you on the road)
يا رفيق يا رفيق
(Oh companion, oh companion)
الغربة علمتني أغني
(Exile taught me how to sing)
والحب هو الباقي فيّ
(And love is all that remains in me)
Chorus
New arrivals (fresh)
Fresh arrivals (yeah)
We came alive through the tide (fresh)
New arrivals (woo)
Fresh arrivals (oh!)
Nothing left to run and hide
New arrivals, fresh arrivals
We rise
Bridge
spoken word
You crossed the loneliest ocean on the map
No signal, no shore, just the sound of coming back
They shipped you like a secret
But you arrived like a fact
(fresh, fresh, fresh)
Outro
build up
New arrivals — (fresh)
Fresh arrivals — (yeah)
يا قادمين، يا جايين
(Oh you who are coming, oh you arriving)
Fresh, fresh, fresh
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
New arrivals...
(fresh)
...fresh arrivals
(fade out)