Posted on 06/15/2006 5:29:29 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Be advised: Strong language.
Hadji Girl
I was out in the sands of Iraq,
and we were under attack,
and well, I didn’t know where to go.
Then the first thing that I could see,
Was everybody’s favorite Burger King,
So I threw open the door and I hit the floor.
Then suddenly to my surprise,
I looked up and I saw her eyes,
and I knew it was love at first site.
And she said, “Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad”,
“Sherpa, Sherpa, Bakala”,
Hadji girl, I can’t understand what you say.
And she said, “Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad”,
Sherpa, Sherpa, Bakala”,
Hadji girl, I love you anyway.
Then she said she wanted me to see,
She wanted me to go meet her family,
But I, well I couldn’t figure out how to say no.
Because I don’t speak Arabic, so…
She took me down an old dirt trail,
And she pulled up to a side shanty.
And she threw open the door and I hit the floor,
Because her brother and her father shouted,
“Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad”
“Sherpa, Sherpa Bakala”
They pulled out their AKs so I could see,
And they said, “Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad”
Sherpa, Sherpa Bakala”
So I grabbed her little sister and put her in front of me
and as the bullets began to fly, the blood sprayed from
between her eyes, and then I laughed maniacally.
And then I hid behind the TV,
And I locked and loaded my M-16
and I blew those little fuckers to eternity,
and I said, “Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad
Sherpa, Sherpa Bakala
Shoulda known they were fucking with the Marines”.
Hadji Girl has been described as either "a joke" or some kind of shameful "admission of guilt".
In my humble opinion it is neither. Hadji Girl is ultimately a tragic love story in a wartime setting. It comes from the battlefield and should be given the full consideration and respect it deserves. We owe it to our guys to listen to their Hadji Girl song and understand where they are coming from.
Let me begin about Hadji Girl being a joke song. Many numerous examples can be cited from wars of the past where soldiers gathered and sang different kinds of songs. They sang funny songs, love songs, patriotic songs, happy songs, sad songs, etc. And they did so whenever they could as a means to blow off steam and cope with the stresses of serving in combat.
When they sang happy songs they laughed and when they sang sad songs they cried, openly cried. But our modern culture has put a stigma on men crying so for our Marines in Iraq that is not an option. So they make "joke songs", probably an abundance of "joke songs" and I for one would be very interested in hearing all of them for the window of insight they provide.
I believe I read it reported that the Marine who sang it (and keep in mind he very well might be protecting another that actually wrote it) is calling it a "Joke song". Well, that Marine is currently under fire from all directions so what else is he going to say? A "joke song" is the easiest and most resilient defense he can provide for himself and I don't blame him IF that is the case. And he may actually believe that, if it turns out he did not write the lyrics.
About the lyrics itself, there are elements that are taken from comedy that people point to such as South Park and Team America and one could point a finger to "Burger King" as being funny in an unusual sense, but those comic elements should not be taken definitively as making the song a "joke song" but rather as the humorous elements that are present in the song because sitting around crying with a sad song is not an option as previously stated.
Now about the song being some kind of shameful "admission of guilt". That is hysterics from people who easily succumb to emotion over reason, or it is pure spin driven by those with a political agenda and ax to grind. Those types of people point to this part of the lyrics:
- So I grabbed her little sister and put her in front of me and as the bullets began to fly, the blood sprayed from between her eyes, and then I laughed maniacally.
That one part of the song can only be honestly understood in the full context of the whole rest of the song. So let's do that now...
- I was out in the sands of Iraq, and we were under attack, and well, I didn’t know where to go.
Right from the start the Marine is under threat and looking for safe cover.
- Then the first thing that I could see, Was everybody’s favorite Burger King, So I threw open the door and I hit the floor.
He heads for "The first thing I could see" and achieves a degree of safe cover.
- Then suddenly to my surprise, I looked up and I saw her eyes, and I knew it was love at first site.
Thus entered the love element center stage. And note we are talking about "LOVE" here, not an opportunity for a human shield.
- And she said, “Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad”, “Sherpa, Sherpa, Bakala”, Hadji girl, I can’t understand what you say.
- And she said, “Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad”, Sherpa, Sherpa, Bakala”, Hadji girl, I love you anyway.
From the above notice that love transcends all boundaries, that is deep stuff and deserves respect regardless of the comic element "DURKA DURKA..." and really goes far in showing what wonderful human beings our soldiers are that they can even imagine being in love with a young lady just from looking in her eyes. A girl that at the very least shares a foreign language, cultural identity and appearance of color and features as the cold blooded murderous terrorist enemy that cowardly plant roadside bombs. That is just truely remarkable and moving on so many human levels as to help make this song a masterpiece and should be appluaded as a triumph of the goodness of man over evil!
- Then she said she wanted me to see, She wanted me to go meet her family, But I, well I couldn’t figure out how to say no.
- Because I don’t speak Arabic, so… She took me down an old dirt trail, And she pulled up to a side shanty.
Now the plot thickens. There is a hesitant pause "so..." expressed because he is going off with the girl but he reasons that he just couldn't say no because he doesn't want to and because quite literally he doesn't know how. That is brilliant stuff!
- And she threw open the door and I hit the floor, Because her brother and her father shouted, “Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad” “Sherpa, Sherpa Bakala”
- They pulled out their AKs so I could see, And they said, “Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad” Sherpa, Sherpa Bakala”
Now we get to the action part of the song. The situation is not what he thought it was as the father and brother braggingly display their weapons to the Marine as a "haha you thought you were safe in the cover of the Burger King and then that you were going to be with a pretty girl but you have been brought out of your cover and into to our trap." fait accompli.
- So I grabbed her little sister and put her in front of me and as the bullets began to fly, the blood sprayed from between her eyes, and then I laughed maniacally.
- And then I hid behind the TV, And I locked and loaded my M-16 and I blew those little fuckers to eternity,
The Marine response to this sudden life threatening situation is to grab the first thing he can just like when he headed to the Burger King which was "the first thing that I could see." We have gone full circle! The Marine is right back under threat like he was at the start of the song and is behaving consistently just that this time guns are practically in his face so he needs to grab "the first thing" which just happens to be the sister. This is suberb stuff! Then the shooting starts and where just a short while ago he saw LOVE in someone's eyes "Then suddenly to my surprise, I looked up and I saw her eyes, and I knew it was love at first site.", now he is seeing "blood sprayed" from between someone's eyes, so of course he laughs "maniacally", if you stop to consider the whole context of the song it is a manical situation! What's wrong with that? It's HUGE on the scale of creative/meaningful story telling. I am totally gripped!
Is the Marine wrong to have grabbed the girl? Obviously the Marine reacted instictively and might have even been surprised that he was standing there with the sister in front of him. Regardless of that however, the father and brother showed him their guns and the Marine showed them their sister. It should have been a Mexican stand off where in any other sane similar instance in the world there would have been no shooting. But our soldiers in Iraq are facing a fanatic element at times that can be shocking in just how determined they are to kill US soldiers. And when one is in the middle of a crazy situation I would not be surprised if they uncontrollably laugh in a manical manner. This part of the song is very honest and thought provoking and in no way is an admission to anything guilty other than being in a cruel part of the world trying to survive from a cruel enemy that uses the most cruel tactics imaginable and coming out alive and leaving behind a civilized democracy.
- and I said, “Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad Sherpa, Sherpa Bakala Shoulda known they were fucking with the Marines”.
Marine pride. What else would one expect at the end of a song from Marines?
My final word is this: Those who say the song is only a "joke song" should give it another more intensive listening to because to attempt to explain it away as a joke, while that is an easy defense, will find that the song doesn't actually need such a defense. To those who say it is a "bad song", listen to the song again and put the part that disturbs you in the full context of the entire story that is being related in the song and your emotional reaction should shift to one of greater understanding because those are our Marines and they have the same morals that we do in a difficult life threatening situation. And to those who are only interested in choppy quotes for political attacks aimed at the Bush administration, shame on you.
I want that man's name!!! /fun nazi
It's certainly no more violent than any number of 'hip-hop'/rap songs that are currently popular in such places as downtown LA or Detriot. What's the problem?
My first thought after seeing the video was:
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!
IMHO all Americans should get tapes of this song and send them to your local CAIR chapter (bacon rapped koran....optional)
So sorry, but that song only shows a lack of respect to human being, and lack of humanity from the person who wrote it.
Sorry, but as countless others have said, War is Hell.
Maybe if sick puppies like Saddam had understood that, we wouldn't be having this discussion today - but there it is.
Thanks for posting the lyrics...I listened to the song the other night and could not understand what he was singing.....catchy tune, good beat but not easy to dance to...I give it a #7....(little Amerincan Bandstand lingo)
And this comment shows your lack of reading comprehension, Zhimmi.
You comment should start "I think...that song..."
Did you sign up today simply to disagree, or would you like to put some reasoning behind your statement? I ask, because without knowing where you are coming from, the first impression I get is it came from someone who has led a sheltered life, and doesn't have a clue as to what, and who, our brave service members in Iraq and Afghanistan face on a daily basis.
Given the circumstances, the worst the song writer is guilty of poor taste and crappy song writing abilities. Of course, the same could be said for multi millionaire recording artists, and budding college students across our great land.
But it is so un-PC !!!!
lol
CAIR is in full whine mode about it.
Welcome to FR, and I don't give a **** what you think.
Now go away.
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You don't have to be with this Marine to understand their Iraqi experience.
Everything may be a trap. He has trouble understanding the language. Women always bring hope. But although he may be surprised by the deviousness of the enemy, he quickly recovers to perform. And the enemy dies.
There is nothing wrong with this.
When you watch the tape you hear the appreciating of the audience. They understand. They share. They are relieving the tension.
How is it CAIR's business? And how is it that the first to the last Government official to whom they complained didn't tell them to take their complaint and "“Durka Durka Mohammed Jihad. Sherpa, Sherpa Bakala"
They expect to take kids, train them to be the most effective fighting force in the world, put them in a bloody environment for years and NOT expect a few of them to develop a macabre sense of humor.
WWCPD? What would Chesty Puller do?
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