Badi is a Dalit, Khas community in Nepal. 'Badi' means Vadyabadak, one who plays musical instruments, in Sanskrit. Badi is also a common name used throughout the middle-east and Arab region.
It is estimated that there are 40,000 to 70,000 living in Nepal. Sometimes called untouchables among the untouchables, they have for decades been doomed to supporting their impoverished families through prostitution.
Badis trace their roots to the Licchavi dynasty in what is now northern India's Bihar state. According to a research paper by Thomas Cox, an anthropologist at Katmandu's Tribhuvan University, the tribe moved to Nepal. There they received land and money for providing concubines to small-time rulers in western Nepal. After 1950, as local royalty lost power in the pro-democracy movement, the Badis saw their clientele disappear. The tribe eventually turned to prostitution.
In 2005, the Supreme Court of Nepal ordered the government to extend formal citizenship to the Badis, establish retraining and alternative employment programs, and extend grants to poor families. The government stalled until in 2007, Badi activists threatened embarrass the government by undressing publicly in the capital Katmandu. Despite the legislation, discrimination against the Badis continues. Badi activists blame tradition, corruption, and Nepal's polarized government for the lack of change.
In the time of need
When the world is going through so many changes
So many ups and downs, so many obstacles
So much confusion
I take it upon myself as one of them new leaders of hip-hop
To make a change, and bring it to the forefront
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Take the flag, put it in the air, spin it like a helicopter
USA! Come on and raise up
This one's for you, uh-uh, this one's for who
Us, us, us, yes sir
USA! Come on and raise up
Take the flag, put it in the air, spin it like a helicopter
USA! Come on and raise up
This one's for you, uh-uh, this one's for who
Us, us, us, yes sir
Say it loud, United States of America
Time to put it down and do it like this
Now fight for somethin that's worth it
I'm a country boy, never really cared before what was goin on
Now that it came a little closer to home
I got a couple more, but make somethin go uh-uh
Everybody get strapped
If you gon' get it let's get it if you ain't then get back
Big fella, who dat
All the people around the world that's why we get through that
Fort Jackson, Fort Bragg, Camp Majune and David (d a m n!)
Pensacola, Parris Island, troops over here, Seals over there
Fort Dix, Fort Lee, Pearl Harbor (let me think)
The Army(ARMY), the Navy(NAVY), Air Force, Marines(RINES)
Green Beret, Navy Seals, New York Police
Even got me dressed in Army Fatigues, how ya love that
USA! Come on and raise up
Take the flag, put it in the air, spin it like a helicopter
USA! Come on and raise up
This one's for you, uh-uh, this one's for who
Us, us, us, yes sir
USA! Come on and raise up
Take the flag, put it in the air, spin it like a helicopter
USA! Come on and raise up
This one's for you, uh-uh, this one's for who
Us, us, us, yes sir
You remember them days y'all
When the teacher told us
About World War I and World War II, now the time has come
For us to REP OUR COUNTRY!
Wave the flag strong
And could somebody tell Mr. bin Laden
He got a lot of people lookin for him
My house, my home, my hood
My brother, my sister, my cuz
Land of the free, home of the brave, it's the land I love
I had to bring it up, ask Petey Brown If I could change it up
Now I really got the whole world raisin up, come on!
And sing with us
Raise up(Raise up) Raise up(Raise up) Raise up(Raise up)
For that star-spangled banner
USA! Come on and raise up
Take the flag, put it in the air, spin it like a helicopter
USA! Come on and raise up
This one's for you, uh-uh, this one's for who
Us, us, us, yes sir
USA! Come on and raise up
Take the flag, put it in the air, spin it like a helicopter
USA! Come on and raise up
This one's for you, uh-uh, this one's for who
Us, us, us, yes sir
Thank you Petey Pablo
Cause if we don't stand for somethin, we're bound to fall for anything at all
here reporting live from the front lines
Sending lots of love and prayers out to everybody from every corner of the Earth
Who lost a loved one, a homie, a friend
I'm talkin about a mother, father, sister, brother, even a cousin
On September 11th, we miss you, and we love you, and we will never, ever forget
Now..
USA! Come on and raise up
Take the flag, put it in the air, spin it like a helicopter
USA! Come on and raise up
This one's for you, uh-uh, this one's for who
Us, us, us, yes sir
USA! Come on and raise up
Take the flag, put it in the air, spin it like a helicopter
USA! Come on and raise up
This one's for you, uh-uh, this one's for who
Us, us, us, yes sir