Paroles de la chanson HIND'S HALL par
Woo
Yeah
The people, they won't leave
What is threatenin' about divesting and wantin' peace?
The problem isn't the protests, it's what they're protesting
It goes against what our country is funding
(Hey) Block the barricade until Palestine is free
(Hey) Block the barricade until Palestine is free
When I was seven, I learned a lesson from Cube and Eazy-E
What was it again? Oh yeah, fuck the police (Woo)
Actors in badges protecting property
Yeah
The people, they won't leave
What is threatenin' about divesting and wantin' peace?
The problem isn't the protests, it's what they're protesting
It goes against what our country is funding
(Hey) Block the barricade until Palestine is free
(Hey) Block the barricade until Palestine is free
When I was seven, I learned a lesson from Cube and Eazy-E
What was it again? Oh yeah, fuck the police (Woo)
Actors in badges protecting property
And a system that was designed by white supremacy (Brrt)
But the people are in the streets
You can pay off Meta, you can't pay off me
Politicians who serve by any means
AIPAC, CUFI, and all the companies
You see, we sell fear around the land of the free
But this generation here is about to cut the strings
You can ban TikTok, take us out the algorithm
But it's too late, we've seen the truth, we bear witness
Seen the rubble, the buildings, the mothers and the children
And all the men that you murdered, and then we see how you spin it
Who gets the right to defend and who gets the right of resistance
But the people are in the streets
You can pay off Meta, you can't pay off me
Politicians who serve by any means
AIPAC, CUFI, and all the companies
You see, we sell fear around the land of the free
But this generation here is about to cut the strings
You can ban TikTok, take us out the algorithm
But it's too late, we've seen the truth, we bear witness
Seen the rubble, the buildings, the mothers and the children
And all the men that you murdered, and then we see how you spin it
Who gets the right to defend and who gets the right of resistance
Has always been about dollars and the color of your pigment, but
White supremacy is finally on blast
Screamin' "Free Palestine" 'til they're home at last (Woo)
We see the lies in 'em
Claimin' it's antisemitic to be anti-Zionist
I've seen Jewish brothers and sisters out there and ridin' in
Solidarity and screamin' "Free Palestine" with them
Organizin', unlearnin' and finally cuttin' ties with
A state that's gotta rely on an apartheid system
To uphold an occupyin' violent
History been repeating for the last seventy-five
The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied (Woo)
White supremacy is finally on blast
Screamin' "Free Palestine" 'til they're home at last (Woo)
We see the lies in 'em
Claimin' it's antisemitic to be anti-Zionist
I've seen Jewish brothers and sisters out there and ridin' in
Solidarity and screamin' "Free Palestine" with them
Organizin', unlearnin' and finally cuttin' ties with
A state that's gotta rely on an apartheid system
To uphold an occupyin' violent
History been repeating for the last seventy-five
The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied (Woo)
If students in tents posted on the lawn
Occupyin' the quad is really against the law
And a reason to call in the police and their squad
Where does genocide land in your definition, huh? (Hey; hey)
Destroyin' every college in Gaza and every mosque
Pushin' everyone into Rafah and droppin' bombs
The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all
And fuck no, I'm not votin' for you in the fall (Woo)
Undecided
You can't twist the truth, the people out here united
Never be defeated when freedom's on the horizon
Yet the music industry's quiet, complicit in their platform of silence (Hey, woo)
Occupyin' the quad is really against the law
And a reason to call in the police and their squad
Where does genocide land in your definition, huh? (Hey; hey)
Destroyin' every college in Gaza and every mosque
Pushin' everyone into Rafah and droppin' bombs
The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all
And fuck no, I'm not votin' for you in the fall (Woo)
Undecided
You can't twist the truth, the people out here united
Never be defeated when freedom's on the horizon
Yet the music industry's quiet, complicit in their platform of silence (Hey, woo)
What happened to the artist? What d'you got to say?
If I was on a label, you could drop me today
I'd be fine with it 'cause the heart fed my page
I want a ceasefire, fuck a response from Drake (Woo)
What you willin' to risk? What you willin' to give?
What if you were in Gaza? What if those were your kids?
If the West was pretendin' that you didn't exist
You'd want the world to stand up and the students finally did, let's get it (Woo)
Brrt
Woo
Que racontent les paroles de la chanson HIND'S HALL de Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ?
Quand le campus devient le monde
Il y a des chansons qui cherchent à plaire, et il y a des chansons qui cherchent à brûler. "Hind's Hall" appartient clairement à la deuxième catégorie. Macklemore la lâche sans label, sans budget promo, sans calcul — juste un morceau mis en ligne au moment où des centaines d'étudiants américains plantaient des tentes sur les pelouses de leurs universités pour réclamer un cessez-le-feu à Gaza. Le timing n'est pas un hasard. C'est toute la logique du titre.
Une colère qui s'accumule, couplet après couplet
Le morceau s'ouvre sur une question presque naïve dans sa franchise : "What is threatenin' about divesting and wantin' peace ?" Et de là, tout s'emballe. Macklemore ne construit pas un argumentaire progressif — il accumule, superpose, martèle. Les lobbies pro-israéliens, les politiciens achetés, les plateformes tech muselées, les médias qui "spin it" (retournent le récit) dès qu'il s'agit de victimes palestiniennes. La Nakba de 1948 est convoquée comme une blessure toujours ouverte : "The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied." Soixante-quinze ans d'histoire compressés en un vers.
Ce qui frappe dans l'écriture, c'est la façon dont il oscille entre le macro et l'intime — du lobbying au Congrès aux "mothers and children" sous les décombres, des algorithmes TikTok aux enfants de Gaza qu'il demande d'imaginer comme les siens : "What if you were in Gaza? What if those were your kids?"
Se mettre en jeu
Macklemore sait qu'il prend un risque. Il le dit explicitement — "If I was on a label, you could drop me today / I'd be fine with it" — et cette déclaration sonne d'autant plus fort qu'il a effectivement choisi de sortir le morceau hors de tout cadre industriel. L'attaque contre le silence de l'industrie musicale, et la pique cinglante à Drake glissée presque en passant, disent quelque chose de plus large sur ce qu'il juge être une désertion collective des artistes face à l'histoire en train de se faire. "Hind's Hall" n'est pas une chanson confortable. Elle n'est pas faite pour l'être.
Il y a des chansons qui cherchent à plaire, et il y a des chansons qui cherchent à brûler. "Hind's Hall" appartient clairement à la deuxième catégorie. Macklemore la lâche sans label, sans budget promo, sans calcul — juste un morceau mis en ligne au moment où des centaines d'étudiants américains plantaient des tentes sur les pelouses de leurs universités pour réclamer un cessez-le-feu à Gaza. Le timing n'est pas un hasard. C'est toute la logique du titre.
Une colère qui s'accumule, couplet après couplet
Le morceau s'ouvre sur une question presque naïve dans sa franchise : "What is threatenin' about divesting and wantin' peace ?" Et de là, tout s'emballe. Macklemore ne construit pas un argumentaire progressif — il accumule, superpose, martèle. Les lobbies pro-israéliens, les politiciens achetés, les plateformes tech muselées, les médias qui "spin it" (retournent le récit) dès qu'il s'agit de victimes palestiniennes. La Nakba de 1948 est convoquée comme une blessure toujours ouverte : "The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied." Soixante-quinze ans d'histoire compressés en un vers.
Ce qui frappe dans l'écriture, c'est la façon dont il oscille entre le macro et l'intime — du lobbying au Congrès aux "mothers and children" sous les décombres, des algorithmes TikTok aux enfants de Gaza qu'il demande d'imaginer comme les siens : "What if you were in Gaza? What if those were your kids?"
Se mettre en jeu
Macklemore sait qu'il prend un risque. Il le dit explicitement — "If I was on a label, you could drop me today / I'd be fine with it" — et cette déclaration sonne d'autant plus fort qu'il a effectivement choisi de sortir le morceau hors de tout cadre industriel. L'attaque contre le silence de l'industrie musicale, et la pique cinglante à Drake glissée presque en passant, disent quelque chose de plus large sur ce qu'il juge être une désertion collective des artistes face à l'histoire en train de se faire. "Hind's Hall" n'est pas une chanson confortable. Elle n'est pas faite pour l'être.