Bat Yam (Hebrew: בַּת יָם (audio) (help·info)) is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast, on the central coastal strip, just south of Tel Aviv. Part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area, in the Tel Aviv District, the city is home to 130,000 people.
Bat Yam was established in 1926 as Bayit VaGan (Hebrew: בית וגן; House and Garden). During the 1929 Palestine riots, the town was attacked by Palestinian fighters from Jaffa and was evacuated by British Authorities. In 1930, it was re-settled. In 1936, it was granted local council status and renamed Bat Yam. By 1945, 2,000 Jews were living in Bat Yam. According to the Jewish National Fund, in 1947 it had a population of 4,000.
Following the United Nations vote in favour of a partition plan on November 29, 1947 and the subsequent civil war, inhabitants of both Bat Yam and Jaffa complained on violent incidents, including sniping. On May 13, 1948, Jaffa surrendered to Jewish forces.
In the years following Israel's creation, Bat Yam grew dramatically due to mass immigration and gained city status in 1958. A small Hasidic enclave of Bobover Hasidim, known as Kiryat Bobov, was established in 1959. The city gained a sizeable community of Jews from Turkey (est. 23% of the population). Bat Yam again experienced a period of rapid growth in the early 1980s to the late 1990s with the mass immigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union, and Ethiopia. There is also a fairly large Arab community in Bat Yam, both Muslim and Christian many of whom relocated from Jaffa. The vast majority of Vietnamese-Israelis or Vietnamese people of Israeli origin, live in Bat Yam.
Minimal Compact was an Israeli rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s.
Between its foundation in 1981 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played a small role in the European rock scene. Malka Spigel (bass, vocals), Samy Birnbach (vocals, texts) and Berry Sakharof (guitars, keyboards, vocals) left their native Tel-Aviv in 1981 for Amsterdam in search of an escape from the provincial attitudes of their own city. Of the trio, only Berry was a "real" musician. Malka was "learning to play the bass", while Samy was better known as a DJ and a music fan who dabbled in poetry. They recorded a 2-song demo at home, and became one of the first artists signed to the Belgian Crammed label.
During the recording for a speculative 7" in a little studio in the Belgian countryside, it became quickly evident that the trio had hit upon something worthy of development and their first, self-titled, mini album Minimal Compact was the fruit of this. Their burgeoning style was a heavily Middle-Eastern coloured brand of post-New Wave, based on driving rhythms, scratchy guitars and their own very un- "Anglo-American" style of vocalisation. In this way they both prefigured indie dance and later fascinations with so called world music. This mini-album (now re-released on CD along with its successor "One by One") features "Statik Dancin' " which remained a live staple throughout the band's career, and "Creation Is Perfect", based on a text by the beat poet Bob Kaufman.
Beat me, Jenny,
Beat me slowly, now
Beat me, Jenny,
Don't you know, I said
Beat me, Jenny,
Beat me slowly, now
Beat me, Jenny,
Don't you know
I didn't love you
All of the time
But now you left me
And it's a crime
Shanamama, I ain't beaten now
Shanamama, don't you know, I said
Shanamama, I ain't beaten now
Shanamama, don't you know
Beat me, Jenny,
Beat me slowly, now
Beat me, Jenny,
Don't you know, I said
Beat me, Jenny,
Beat me slowly, now
Beat me, Jenny, don't you know
I could've loved you
I didn't try
You made me happy
I'm a bad boy
Need a new toy
On my next chase
I need a new taste
Gonna cruise the town
Gonna hunt you down
Got bad behaviour
And don't do favours
Now you know just how bad I am
Gonna take as much as I can
I'm a hopeless, dangerous man
Pleasure cruising
Is all I`m doing
Got no trouble in mind
At least not most of the time
But when I'm striking
Fear is rising
Oh yeah, bad news are coming your way...
You're damned right, saying how bad I am
You can't kill the wolf in a man
You can try as hardest as you can
Bet me your last nickel that the neon shines tonight
Bet me on a night like this I will treat you right
Now don't tell me your troubles it just ain't worth the
time
Come here close beside me bet me you'll be mine
Now Leroy was a gambler he sang alto in the choir
Took a fall in Acuna Town set his heart on fire
So don't tell me your troubles it just ain't worth the
time
Come here close beside me bet me you'll be mine
If you got a nickel or a castle on a hill
Couldn't buy no sparrow song or one from a whippoorwill
So don't tell me your troubles just ain't worth the time
Mr. hood nigga im good ace hood face good wish a nigga wud,take this bake this feed it to the wolves,these muthafukas should im beatin like band wood ,that black flag swag is part of my man hood,that pistol on that seat its just keepin ya man good,ill pop his top like drops and can goods,im gutta tell you 1 thing bout me im stuck 2 duh greens like duh coke to the feens and if by all means just pay me in all green white chasin dat promid dezine im on gleen,ball greez my dude well goon ya hole team,im him them dangers ask ya man dange 15 bodles of rose and champain niggas dey no duh name and understand the game i kno u c the chain its we the best the game..bitch im ruthless boy ima g nd u dnt no a muthafukin thang bout me 1 thang bout me i du it 4 duh streets i du it fa duh killas nd dem young o-gz tell u diz about me,bout me ,bout me ,bout me,ima g ima rock wit dat been tell u diz about me,bout me,bout me,bout me, ima keep dat black flag on me,tell u dat about me..
ima stack my bread in fuck niggas hoes,shoot dice,drink liquor nd sell dope, tote fii stay fresh err where i pop pills n wildin keep my codeon pack extra clips nd get my suiton at bitch ass niggas who wanna move wrong so if you got it on ya mind let a nigga know so i cud show u dat duh nine send niggas home otha den dat duh street niggas love greez even doe dey baby mama wanna fuck me im 100 bout everything duh boy du dats y duh crowd behind me err where i move nd u can tell by duh swag greez bout money, nd i dnt play no games wen its bout money, i du it for dem young niggas dat pop beans,the hot boys wit big stacks cops see...bitch im ruthless boy ima g nd u dnt no a muthafukin thang bout me 1 thang bout me i du it 4 duh streets i du it fa duh killas nd dem young o-gz tell u diz about me,bout me ,bout me ,bout me,ima g ima rock wit dat been tell u diz about me,bout me,bout me,bout me, ima keep dat black flag on me,tell u dat about me..
ayy where my goons at, where my g's at where dem killas n dem zoe's stayin so strapped broaward county on the map dats a known fact,n wen i tawk bak people runnin fo flat(brrrraaat)
Sometimes, it's the only thing we can do to move on
I know it's hard but you got to do it
The one thing I really deserve to know, why?
Guess you know, that I came back to tell you
You got to go and I said,? I'm tired of these lies?
Hit the door, 'cause everything that I been finding
Is telling me that,? You're not really respecting me?
It's hard but this is what I gotta do
I never thought that I would say goodbye to you
I took all that I could but now I'm through
So through with you, so through with you
And all I wanna know girl is tell me
Why, why didn't I know? You confused me so
Maybe there was no one in love but me
How could this be? Not what I need
'Cause there was no one else in love but me
It's personal, girl, the way that you tried me
All I wanna know is, did you think I would die?
Oh, it hurt me so bad, but I got back up on my two feet
Just to stand my ground, now it's coming back around
It's hard but this is what I gotta do
I never thought that I would say goodbye to you, bye, bye, bye, bye
I took all that I could but now I'm through
So through with you, so through with you
And all I wanna know, baby
Why, why didn't I know? You confused me so
Maybe there was no one in love but me
How could this be? Not what I need
'Cause there was no one else in love but me
All the trust I had, can't believe it's gone
Can't believe that it's gone, packing up your bags
Leaving you alone, gonna find somebody new
Who treats me better than you, appreciates what I do
Appreciates what I do for you, baby, tell me
Why, why didn't I know? You confused me so
Maybe there was no one in love but me
How could this be? Not what I need
'Cause there was no one else in love but me
Why, why didn't I know? You confused me so
Maybe there was no one in love but me
How could this be? Not what I need
'Cause there was no one else in love but me
Why, why didn't I know? You confused me so
Maybe there was no one in love but me
How could this be? Not what I need
I don't know why these niggas fakin bitches talk fuck about me
But it seems like hater wouldn't have a job without me
Paprazzi snappin pictures while I'm parkin my V
Why would I talk about you, when I could talk about me
Ok let's talk about me, (talk about me)
Go head & talk about me (talk about me)
Paprazzi snappin pictures while I'm parkin my V
Why would I talk about you, when I could talk about me
Lola in the building, tell them fake bitches look out
Know the body keep the chickens grillin like a cook out
Instead of slappin bitches, throwin up a [?]
I rather drop a album, do the movie, put the book out
My wrist is glisten & sparklin
I'm grippin riches & fortunes
This bitch officially viscious, I'm sick I'm sniffin I'm coughin
I hear the whispers & talking but it don't affect me
I got my own [?] nail set, ya money don't impress me
The hustlers & the ballers, even nerd niggas digg me
Gotta lotta ass on me like the word mississippi
If you see me in my vickies you'll say ain't a bitch could touch me
Got a set up in the shotgun the way these niggas want me
Cus my tits, ass, hips bad. You wish you had this swag
Mean shoe, sick bag, plus I got a big ass
Spent a couple dollars on this shit I got a gift wrapped
When you see it, get mad. You can't take it? Bitch gag!
I don't know why these niggas fakin bitches talk fuck about me
But it seems like hater wouldn't have a job without me
Paprazzi snappin pictures while I'm parkin my V
Why would I talk about you, when I could talk about me
Ok let's talk about me, (talk about me)
Go head & talk about me (talk about me)
Paprazzi snappin pictures while I'm parkin my V
Why would I talk about you, when I could talk about me
Well my grill look like Kimora & My top come off like Russle
If your wheels look like you on a Ferris wheel, you on yo hustle
Hustle harder if you slackin'
I hit bitches in the head
They gon need water & a asprin
I so on my shit I'm blaffin!
Cause I clutch the Bourke or the Yves Saint prolly
Ya bag game young, I need to see a ID
Bitch eat ya vegtable cus we make brocolli
And I don't get mad I get P.A.I.D
Reppin straight from the district
No hesitation I gets it
I'm never fakin I'm with it
These feathers weights in the buisness
I left em way in the distance
Best be paying attention, I'm educating you bitches
Shorty from the hood, got the whole world present
And If ya asking if I'm gon keep so 3rd yess.
I know I got the haters sick but don't url yet
I was only tryna told em I was dope girl fresh
I don't know why these niggas fakin bitches talk fuck about me
But it seems like hater wouldn't have a job without me
Paprazzi snappin pictures while I'm parkin my V
Why would I talk about you, when I could talk about me
Ok let's talk about me, (talk about me)
Go head & talk about me (talk about me)
Paprazzi snappin pictures while I'm parkin my V
Why would I talk about you, when I could talk about me
if i'm not the crack of the cork
and the shot in the arm across
the room like a four alarm
some kind of danger
i look that way
you try to be cool
with little to say
i can't be the calm
your bottle of wine
i have to be a quarter
not a nickel and dimes
i want to be the prayer
answered when you meet me
the pain the bat and the blood
when you beat me
because you're
infallible bombastic
sonically elastic
entergetic spastic
explosive plastic
sculpture cast it
mclaren pass it
emotional strastic
egg first crack it
first date mack it
suitcase pack it
eight ball rack it
sadness don't mask it
thoughts schoolastic
glockenspiel blast it
pack of butts hack it
a hit song track it
hatred whack it
sorrow sack it
wasted drink it
if you thought it
think it
like pretty and pink kid
battleship sink it
big dream make a bid
do it you just did
if i'm not the crack of the cork
and the shot in the arm across
the room like a four alarm
some kind of danger
i look that way
you try to be cool
with little to say
i can't be the calm
your bottle of wine
i have to be a quarter
not a nickel and dimes
i want to be the prayer
answered when you meet me
the pain the bat and the blood
when you beat me
because you're
impossibly protected
criminally respected
soulfully connected
chaotically hectic
temptress naked
candycoat bake it
dune city rake it
concerns placated
you know you have to make it
if it's not broken break it
it it's stolen take it
answer with a bayonet
dime bag stash it
accelerator mash it
get it out like an exorcist
sado like a masochist
nine o thrash it
five o smash it
hotel room trash it
coming down crash it
like pistols and pink sid
stir it up and drink it
big leap make a bid
do it you just did
if i'm not the crack of the cork
and the shot in the arm across
the room like a four alarm
some kind of danger
i look that way
you try to be cool
with little to say
i can't be the calm
your bottle of wine
i have to be a quarter
not a nickel and dimes
i want to be the prayer
answered when you meet me
the pain the bat and the blood
when you beat me
the pain the bat and the blood when you beat me
Namurenai no wa naze? shizukesa ni yoishireteta
shimetta heya de hitori mata kuchizusameba munashiku
nemurenai no wa naze? anata ga mietakara
shiten wa nureta yuka atama wo kashigete nemutteru
Shiritaku mo nai you na genjitsu ni "tada" kanjou de
koe mo desazu zutto matataki sura wasurete "anata ni" mitoreteta
Nemutteshimaitai mezame dake wo osorete
subete wo wasuretai migatte na tawagoto ne
anata no namae wo yobu kanmoku shijima ni ki ga fureru
yaseta kata wo tsutsumi sakenda ka hoso sugita nukumori ni
Shiritaku mo nai you na genjitsu ni "fukaku" kokoro obore
kuchibiru wo kami koaeta namida sae "imi ga nai" to shitta
Tachitsukusu boku no haigo no koe
hakidasu wake nado doudemo yokatta
tada me no mae no anata ga totemo sabishi sou na kao de
nani hitotsu dekinakatta jibun wo shinu hodo nikunda
Namae wo kureta yuiitsu no anata e kono mama soba ni ite kurenai ka
sou boku ni totte de saisho de saigo no yasashiki "mama"
Shiroi kabe ni sotto makka na enogu de "anata wo" fuchidotta
mada atatakai hoho wo suri nosete "shizuka ni" waratte miseyou
ootsubu no namida ga anata to kasanatte "hitotsu ni" nareta ki ga shita
We all have stories that we will never tell
From the bottom line fear is the heart of hell
I was down and out but the world did not fall apart
And now there is not a single thing to frown about
You know my name but not my story
You know everything I've done
You know my name but not what I have been through
What I have been through
By the time you want me to be, to be in your life, to be in your life again
Someday you will see
By the time you will understand that I will be gone, I will be gone again
Life is too awesome to waste your time away
Someday this pain will make sense to you
I was down and out, but the world did not fall apart
And now there is not a single thing to frown about
You want me to be in your life again
But I will be in someone else's
By the time you want me to be, to be in your life, to be in your life again
Someday you will see
By the time you will understand that I will be gone, I will be gone again
By the time you want to tell me, (and you want me to see)
By the time you will understand that I will be gone, I will be gone again