Some newly inspired TakeBacktheTech lyrics
December 6, 2009 at 3:32 pm 13 comments
These lyrics were inspired by something Yusuf Jan, co-Founder of Mixit Technologies and Chairman of P@SHA, wrote last evening. He put the following lyrics on Twitter when he heard that I was at a beauty parlour having a haircut and pedicure:Paint those nails and perm those curls; Say no to abuse, you go girl!
Well that was enough to inspire the following lyrics. Here goes 🙂
I paint my nails, and perm my curls:
But say NO to abuse, that’s where I go, girl!
No-one’s any less, for looking good
Life’s a serious business, do what you shouldA cool keyboard and handy phone, saves me trouble
With them by my side, I do more than double
Digits and bytes, they’re mine to use well
Ours here on earth, thanks to old Graham Bell(chorus)
Take back the tech, take back the tech
Not yours or mine, it was ours from the start
It’s your life, it’s my life, what the heck
It’s our lives together, our souls and our heartsPainted nails & a well-permed curl
Though I don’t need them to be a girl
I will have them, sure, cos that’s my right
To be what I can be, with all my mightI paint up my gear and curl up with my pages
It’s my life to live, and I’ll choose my own stages
When I need to I must find my own voice
When I’ve something to say, for that’s my own choice(chorus)
Take back the tech, take back the tech
Not yours or mine, it was ours from the start
It’s your life, it’s my life, what the heck
It’s our lives together, our souls and our hearts
What say you Yusuf Jan? Are they acceptable? Would anyone like to work on putting this to music and singing it. Yes that means you Rabia Garib! 😀
Of course there is another song that has been in the works for quite a while the lyrics of which were written by Bina Shah. We hope to launch that before December 10 as well.
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Jac | December 7, 2009 at 11:23 am
Wooooo!!! I want to hear that in music and put it on my ring tone! 🙂
j
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ae_apc | December 7, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Brilliant!
Anriette
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Fariha Akhtar | December 7, 2009 at 10:36 pm
This is simply SUPERB! Three cheers for u YJ ! 🙂
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Jehan | December 7, 2009 at 11:12 pm
@Jac a friend is working on it as we speak
@Anriette thank you
@Fariha you are cheering for the wrong person. Yusuf only wrote: Paint those nails and perm those curls; Say no to abuse, you go girl! No doubt he inspired the rest but he didn’t write it. Want to guess who did?
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Fariha Akhtar | December 7, 2009 at 11:45 pm
OMG…u did it 😀 MASHALLAH…..3 cheers for u HIP HIP HURRAYYY 😀 I wish our vocals were our friends…then we might hav sung this song together 😀
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rabia garib | December 8, 2009 at 12:57 am
*laffs… I didn’t really understand why you were gently coaxing me to read this post!!! It obviously ALL makes sense!!!
*whips out the guitar and looks for a new pick….
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Jehan | December 8, 2009 at 2:11 am
@Rabia Oho what did you want me to do? Draw you a picture? 😉
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Yusuf Jan | December 9, 2009 at 11:26 am
One cheer each for Jehan, Rabia, and me!! hip, hip, horray! I now somewhat believe in the power of twitter to do some good – this is where it started 🙂 Amazing poem by Jehan and well composed and sung by Rabia Carpenter!! Go Girls!!
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Talha Izhar | December 9, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Nice lyrics..
I think these lyrics can make a good rap song..
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Shahzad Ahmad | December 10, 2009 at 12:42 am
…where I can listen the song… where it is??? can’t seem to find it 😦
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Jehan | December 10, 2009 at 12:52 am
@Shahzad, it is the topmost post: Rabia sings one of the TBTT songs