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Fatima Zahra

HER WAY WAS BETTER

Women traditionally do not lead gnawa ceremonies, and she leads anyway

style

  • gnawa fusion
  • moroccan trance
  • guembri bass
  • qraqeb castanets
  • female alto
  • incantatory and powerful
  • hypnotic repetition
  • spiritual
  • arabic accent
  • hypnotic

the numbers

bpm
123
key
A# minor
energy
0.72
dance
0.92
valence
0.48
vocal at
2.8s
length
7:59
language
Ar

lyrics

(her way)

I played bar sixteen correctly at her grave in November
Which is an absurd thing to do and I did it anyway
And then I stood there in the cold and played it wrong
The way she taught it, guessing, through a wall, for sixty years

Her way was better (her way)
It should not be, her way
But it was, her way
Her way

Her way was better, better, her way was better, better
The correct one is a document and hers is a decision
Her way was better, better, her way was better, better
And I have played hers on every record since

The old maalem was right about the bar and wrong about the point.
A tradition is not the notes. He knows that better than anybody.
He corrected me so I would have something to disobey on purpose.
(GUEMBRI AND QRAQEB RETURN, HYPNOTIC BUILD)

Her way was better, better, her way was better, better
The correct one is a document and hers is a decision
Her way was better, better, her way was better, better
And I have played hers on every record since

(her way...)
HER WAY WAS BETTER — Fatima Zahra · FERAL