PukuConcurso "La Voz Cantante" Semana 9 - Pasukan Berani Mati (Cover by @heartofdarkness)

Hello, my friends at PukuMundo Community. It's nice to be able to appear again at "Puku Concurso" Week 9. In singing this acapella, I performed a song in the Thrash Metal genre with the title "Pasukan Berani Mati" (Death squads) which was created by the band from Jakarta "Betrayer".

This song was released in 1998 and was composed by Ndaru (a member of the Betrayer band). This song tells about events that happened in Indonesia before the Reformation era. At that time, the government was very supportive of capitalism, so the capitalists and corporations acted arbitrarily against the lower class workers.

The workers are forced to work overtime without additional pay. Their salaries are not commensurate with the labour expended by the lower class workers. For years the workers were oppressed by the capitalists until finally they got up and fought the capitalists who were supported by the government. Riots occurred everywhere, and many of the workers were shot by the police. The Martyrs from among the workers are the "Pasukan Berani Mati" (Death squads). They are not afraid of death to fight for workers' rights.

The lyrics of the song are;

"Jerit tangis di balik pabrik
Merengekkan harapan
S'ribu kepal maju tak gentar
Menerjang kawat duri

Air mata, tetesan darah
Belukar medan tempur
Lihat muka, dengar kataku
Dimana janji yang telah kau ucap?

Jangan menghindar sembunyi di balik dinding
Aroma busuk takkan pernah tertutupi
Dekatlah sini sebelum murka berontak
Takkan kukejar kalau sudah kau tepati
Karena akupun manusia

Tolong jawab janji-janji
Jangan diam, aku tak tahu
Nyawaku cuma satu
Untuk bayar harga diri

Jangan menghindar sembunyi di balik dinding
Aroma busuk takkan pernah tertutupi
Dekatlah sini sebelum murka berontak
Takkan kukejar kalau sudah kau tepati
Karena akupun manusia"

The translation of the song lyrics in English is;

"Crying behind the factory
Whispering hope
Thousands of fists go forward, don't be afraid
Barbed wire

Tears drops of blood
Scrub the battlefield
Look at the face, hear my words
Where is the promise you made?

Don't avoid hiding behind walls
The smell of rot will never be covered
Come near here before the wrath revolts
I will not chase if you have fulfilled it
Because I'm human too

Please answer the promises
Don't be silent, I don't know
I only have one life
To pay for self

Don't avoid hiding behind walls
The smell of rot will never be covered
Come near here before the wrath revolts
I will not chase if you have fulfilled it
Because I'm human too"

Below, I've also included a link from the original video. I hope, you like this song. Thank you.