- published: 28 Oct 2014
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A taqtūqa (Arabic: طـقطـوقـة plural: taqātīq, طـقـاطـيـق) is a genre of light Arabic vocal music sung in regional or colloquial Arabic. It was associated with female vocalists around the turn of the 20th century, and became very popular during the first decades of the 20th century, as the gramophone and cinema grew in popularity.
The famous Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum recorded taqtuqas early in her career; her first was "Illi Habbik Ya Hanah" (Joy to Him Who Loved You), composed in 1925 by Zakariyya Ahmad.
Spending alla my cash today
Buying clothes that make me look the way
I feel today
Cut my hair and rent a car
Take a trip with my guitar to see
a different me
I need a day to reload and restain
refrain:
So I go with the flow for a while
And salute the unknown with a smile
And I know that you know
That I'll be waiting there for you
When the world on the outside collides
With the dream that you carry inside
It's okey when you know
That I'll be waiting there for you- There for you
Paint my house, redecorate
Anything to match the state I'm in
I'll change my skin
Close my eyes and dream away
Summin'up my yesterday to find
What's on my mind
I need a day to reload and refrain
refrain
Whatever you will do and wherever you will go
You ought to know that- I'll be waiting there for you
Whatever you will do, wherever you will go
You gotta know that- I'll be waiting there for you