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Zero Plastica is an underground Hip-Hop group from Genoa (Italy), formed by Nio (mc, dj and producer), Lure (mc) and G.O.Man, a Tunisian mc who's now living in Italy. They combine conscious and thought-provoking lyrics with rap, reggae and dancehall beats.
Since they formed in 2001, Zero Plastica released dozens of projects and mixtapes, collabos and 2 well-critically-acclaimed indipendent record: the last one, "Basta!", was released in 2011 on Nomadic Wax Recordings and gained phenomenal reviews on MTV ("Long before Occupy Wall Street, Italian rappers Zero Plastica gave voice to the plight of the 99%"), Rolling Stone and on all non-pro Prime Minister Berlusconi medias. Zero Plastica has been described as the "Italian Pulic Enemy" and MTV produced the documentary "Nel ritmo di Allah" ("In Allah's rhythm").
Zero Plastica have been performing live hundred times, opening every Italian rap-stars showcase and so many international artists such Alborosie, Shaggy, George Clinton with Funkadelic & Parliament, Sud Sound System, Busta Flex, etc.
ITALY — UPLOADED ON 27.04.2012
As Italy's most prominent, politically conscious hip hop group, Zero Plastica was asked to create this song on behalf of the anti-mafia group LIBERA. Meaning simply "God's Kick," "La Pedata di Dio" is an attempt to strengthen the voices of the Italian citizens who are brave enough to speak out against a government corrupted by ancient organized crime regimes.
DJ Nio of Zero Plastica writes, "Some Sicilian friends told us that we could have been killed if we made this song in the '90s, but thank God it's 2012 and the mafias are more interested in expanding their business than killing three damn rappers."
LIBERA, Italy's most important anti-mafia association, was created in 1995 in order to solicit civil society in the fight against mafias and promote law and justice. LIBERA is a coordination of more than 1500 organizations, groups, schools, and grassroots operations, committed to building an organization capable of spreading the culture of legality. Zero Plastica , who dropped the politically charged Basta! last year, were more than honored to be a part of their message.
Among the most complex and influential global organized crime groups, the Italian Mafias have long been the model for other illegal entities. They are divided into many different sub-groups and gain protection from many of Italy's corrupt politicians. Many Italian citizens are fed up with the way politicians are ignoring what's best for Italy and, instead, focusing on profits from this illicit groups. The organizers of recent protests laud Zero Plastica as "...and example of modern resistance for the youth and a worth persecutor of the partisans."
All the names in the video are of innocent people killed by the mafias.
http://zero-plastica.blogspot.it/2012/04/la-pedata-di-dio-zero-plastica-per.html
titolo: La pedata di Dio
autori: Zero Plastica
label: Nomadiw Wax Recordings
anno: 2012
testo di: Nio, Lure, G.O.Man
base di: Italo
arrangiamenti di: Nio & Marsialis
mix e mastering di: RobiGabri
studio: Basement UnderGround
durata: 4',05"
paese: Italia-Tunisia
lingua: italiano, arabo, francese
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[Don Ciotti]- Siamo qui per chiedere davanti a Dio che ci dia una mano, una bella pedata di Dio, per scuoterci e andare oltre...
[Nio]- Una piovra che s'arrampica dal sud al nord Italia dalla strada alle Camere all'aula di tribunale \ ecomafie e affari di rumenta e cemento \ e hanno pure il business del sole e del vento
[Lure]- Questa è per ogni vita spezzata da mano armata \ questa è per chi denuncia il pizzo e chi non lo paga \ questa è per ogni vittima di cui non si ha più traccia questa è per ogni uomo che lotta contro la mafia
[G.O.Man]- 9asawet... men el wadhe3 fed \ enti takel el 5obza w la5er 3ayech 3al el foutet \ mafamech comparaison bin le riche et le pauvre \ le riche ra9ed 3al rish wel pauvre ma7sour fel coffre
(Difficoltà \ la situazione mi soffoca \ mentre qualcuno mangia il pane, qualcun altro trova solo le briciole \ non c'è paragone tra ricchi e poveri \ mentre il ricco dorme su un letto di piume, il povero sta in attesa nell'antro dell'inferno)
[Nio]- La ballata dell'immunità in piazza \ la banda a Roma allarga l'ombra alla "padania" \ andrangheTAV \ l'acqua \ le slot, l'azzardo di Stato \ EquItalia usura \ omertà come un cappio
[Rit]. (x2)
E' la pedata di Dio \
quella che da forza nell'ora dell'addio \
cento passi ti separano dal mio \
è la pedata di Dio (x2)
[G.O.Man]- Des jeunes dégoutaient tochrob fel alcool \ des businessmen ya7kiw 3al bourse wel petrol \ denya kif el koura ki el majles choura \ zawali kil 3adhma bin el kleb tel7em feha el ghoura
(Mentre una gioventù vive persa nell'alcool, disgustata \ gli uomini d'affari parlano di borsa e petrolio \ la vita è diventata una partita di calcio \ Governi corrotti \ gli ultimi sono un osso gettato a cani rabbiosi)
[Lure]- Questa è per chi si oppone ogni giorno in ogni sua azione \ questa è per chi si oppone e lo grida con le parole \ questa è per chi si libera e libera la sua voce \ non è stando in silenzio che si cambiano le cose
[Nio]- Semi di speranza da un terreno confiscato \ un capo mai abbassato come Peppino Impastato \ dito bello in alto a chi non ha mai parlato e a chi dello Stato ha siglato quel patto
[G.O.Man]- Chabeb diplômé tadhreb fel btala \ 7oukouma ma t existi feha ken mata3ti el j3ala \ fi bled el gawri houni wala ghadi \ madem immigré to93ed dima el tali
(Giovani laureati rimangono disoccupati \ solo pagando tangenti il tuo governo realizza la tua presenza \ rimani uno staniero sia a casa tua che all'estero \ sinchè sei un immigrato, rimarrai sempre considerato inferiore)
[Rit]. (x2)
[Lure]- Questa è per le famiglie che resistono al dolore \ questa è per ogni vuoto che non trova spiegazione \ questa è per ogni scorta che mette in gioco la vita \ per ogni volontario che investe il suo tempo in Libera
[Nio]- T'hanno detto che "la mafia non esiste" e che "ci devi convivere" o altre cazzate di tenore simile \ ma il sangue versato chiede Verità e Giustizia e crea un movimento come il Gruppo Abele e Libera!
[G.O.Man]- La difference 5alet el ness fi souffrance \ nes tal3eb wrak wenti mechi fi autre sens \ cha3eb met w tedfen bel 7yaaa \ men 10 y3ich wa7ed wel be9i yetenfaa
(Le differenze sono la causa dell'agonia del popolo \ gente che ti accoltella alle spalle mentre stai andando nella giusta direzione \ i cittadini di questa nazione vengono sepolti vivi \ solo uno su dieci può farcela)
[Lure]- Questa è per chi depone le armi e rinuncia al giro \ questa è per ogni uomo di mafia che si è pentito \ questa per chi ogni giorno cammina i suoi cento passi \ questa è per chi si impegna per la libertà degli altri
[Rit]. (x2)
http://zero-plastica.blogspot.it/2012/04/zero-plastica-la-pedata-di-dio-lyrics.html
title: La pedata di Dio ("God's kick")
authors: Zero Plastica
label: Nomadiw Wax Recordings
year: 2012
lyrics by: Nio, Lure, G.O.Man
beat by: Italo
arrangement by: Nio & Marsialis
mixed and mastered by: RobiGabri
studio: Basement UnderGround
length: 4',05"
country: Italy-Tunisia
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ENGLISH translation [thanks to Imen Ben Achour and Magee McIlvaine]
and meanings (below):
(0): mafias are not simply the famous "cosa nostra". there're many different type of mafias in Italy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camorra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Ndrangheta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacra_Corona_Unita
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime_in_Italy
What is LIBERA?
http://www.libera.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/70
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[Don Ciotti (1) ]- We're here to pray to the Almighty because we need some help, a nice kick, God's kick, to shake us and push us forward...
[Nio]- It's like an octopus (2), strangling Italy, from the South to North (3) \ From the streets \ to the courtroom \ the mafia (4) is destroying the environment, making money from concrete production and pollution \ co-opting and corrupting wind and solar power.
[Lure]- This goes out to every life cut short by armed hands \ This goes out to those who denounce the extortion and to those who boycott mafia-controlled services \ This goes out to every victim gone missing and no longer with us \ This goes out to every man who sacrifices all to fight the Mafia.
[G.O.Man]- Hardships.. fed up with this kind of life \ Some eat bread while others are live on crumbs. \ The lives of the rich are incomparable to those of the poor \ The rich is sleep on a feather beds while the poor find themselves imprisoned in a trunk
[Nio]- The ballad of the immunity (5) in the square \ the gang (6) in Rome enlarges its shade to the "padania" (7) \ andrangheTAV (8) \ the water (9) \ the slot machines (10) \ legal gambling \ EquItalia (11) = usury (12) \ omerta (13) (conspiracy of silence) is like a noose
[Ref]. (x2)
It's God's kick
Giving us strength
in the farewell
one hundred steps (14) separate you and I
It's God's kick (x2)
[G.O.Man]- An young alcoholic, living in disgust \ Businessmen discuss the stock markets and the price of Gas. \ Life's become a football game, like a consultative council \ The poor are treated like bones thrown to rabid dogs.
[Lure]- This goes out to those who fight every day in every way \ This goes out to those who struggle against the system, screaming with their own words \ This goes out to those who free themselves and get rid of their voice \ Staying silent will never bring about change.
[Nio]- Seeds of hope from a land that's been confiscated \ never give up as Peppino Impastato (15) \ middle finger to those who never spoke out or who signed the State's pact (16)
[G.O.Man]- Young people with college degrees stay unemployed \ only bribes get you recognized by the government \ feeling like a stranger either here or there \ as long as you are an immigrant, you will always be considered inferior.
[Ref]. (x2)
[Lure]- This goes out to all the families who resist the pain \ This goes out to the void that can not be explained \ This goes out to every convoy that risks its own life \ to each volunteer who invests his time in Libera (17)
[Nio]- They've said that "the Mafia does not exist" (18) and that "we have to live with that" (19) or other bullshit like that \ but all this bloodshed demands Truth & Justice and creates movements like the Gruppo Abele (Abel Group) (20) and Libera!
[G.O.Man]- Social difference is the source of the people's agony \ people stabbing you from behind as you walk the wrong way \ the citizens of this country have been buried alive \ out of ten only one can make it while the rest are destryed
[Lure]- This goes out to those who put down their weapons and quit the game \ This goes out to any man in the mafia has repented \ This goes out to those who their hundred steps everyday \ This goes out to those working for the freedom of our entire nation.
NOTES:
(1) Don Ciotti: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Ciotti
(2) octopus, in Italian "piovra": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_piovra
(3) http://mafiatoday.com/tag/northern-italy/
(4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafias
(5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_immunity
(6) http://mafiatoday.com/general-breaking-news/italian-mps-faces-arrest/
http://pinione.blogspot.it/2010/07/political-power-of-mafia-in-italy.html
(7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padania
(8) NdranghetaTAV = Ndrangheta + T.A.V.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Tav
http://www.ambientevalsusa.it/main_english.htm
http://www.beppegrillo.it/en/2012/03/passaparola_the_project_financ_1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Ndrangheta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzhBrhxC-Ts&feature=fvwrel
http://www.beppegrillo.it/en/2012/01/_the_no_tav_movement_in_prison.html
http://lombardia.indymedia.org/node/44593
http://www.beppegrillo.it/en/transportgetting_about/
(9) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_referendums,_2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13741105
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_privatization
(10) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSEZzsh7aWE
(11) http://www.beppegrillo.it/en/2012/01/the_vampires_of_the_republic.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16120156
(12) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury
(13) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omerta
(14) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_cento_passi
(15) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Impastato
http://www.libera.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/70
(16) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15629283
http://www.beppegrillo.it/en/2010/02/the_pact_between_the_mafia_and.html
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.1.424624733
(17) http://www.libera.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/70
(18) as said by Marcello Dell'Utri, right wing politician and Silvio Berlusoni's friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Dell%27Utri
(19) as said by Pietro Lunardi, right wing politician and minister for Infrastructure and Transportation from 2001 to 2006 of Silvio Berlusoni's governament.
(20) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Ciotti
