Hive Open Mic Week 135 "Fight Oppression" - Kami Melawan (Original Song) by Indonesia Bersatu

Hello brothers and sisters, We are IndonesiaBersatu, a Punk Rock band from Medan, Indonesia. We are here again to entertain you and also share the music video that we played in the Hive #OpenMic community which has entered its 135th week. So, this week's theme is "Fight Oppression" which we chose as the spotlight artist. Even though at that time I gave the theme, we haven't prepared any song until yesterday. On this theme, we performed the original song entitled “Kami Melawan” in English “We Fight”.

This song was written by myself on that very day. This song is so simple and only uses three basic chords. I dedicate this song that I wrote to the ruffians who like to oppress, intimidate, exploit, and rob human rights. I convey through this song that we are here to fight them. We will not back down and continue to speak through the tones and voices we shout against all forms of oppression.

As we all know, bullying can happen at all levels and ages. Oppression often occurs when power has been abused so that injustice is felt by society or others. In many countries, we still find many acts of racism, and sexism, in the persecution of adherents of certain religions.

Many people who are victims of oppression choose to remain silent because they are afraid that the actions of the oppressors will be more brutal. As a result, victims of protracted bullying experience bad mental health such as stress, anxiety, sadness, depression, and many other things. Even so, we and our friends will not stand still. We continue to fight and struggle until oppression is destroyed on earth.

Indonesian Lyric

Kami bertahan
Kami melawan
Hentikan kemiskinan
Hentikan pembodohan

Kami kepalkan
Kami hancurkan
Semua kebusukan
Semua penindasan

Kami melawan, Kami hancurkan
Kami bertahan melawan penindasan

English Lyric

We survive
We fight
Stop poverty
Stop fooling

We fist
We destroy
All rot
All oppression

We fight, We destroy
We defend against oppression

So don't be afraid to raise your voice every day and push yourself to stand up for yourself, your friends, and your family. You must have the confidence to speak and act to resist the oppression that occurs. Rise to fight, we are with you until oppression turns into love.

The place where we recorded this video is in a music studio owned by our friend named Mita which is located on Jl. Setia Budi, Medan City. This video was taken using a mirrorless camera and using the editing stage through Adobe Audition cc and Adobe Premiere Pro cc. That's all we can say, hope you like it and thank you. Peace to all of us.