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Dubai (/duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BY; Arabic: دبيّ Dubeii; IPA: [du'beii]) is an emirate within the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A city within the emirate is also named Dubai. The emirate is located south east of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's legislature. Dubai City is located on the emirate's northern coastline.
The earliest mention of Dubai is in 1095, and the earliest settlement known as Dubai town dates from 1799. Dubai was formally established in 1833 by Sheikh Maktoum bin Buti al Maktoum when he persuaded 800 members of the Bani Yas tribe, living in what is now part of Saudi Arabia, to follow him to the Dubai Creek by the Al Abu Falasa clan of Bani Yas. It remained under clan control when the United Kingdom assumed the protection of Dubai in 1892. Its geographical location made it an important trading hub and by the beginning of the 20th century, it was an important port.
Ken Block (born November 21, 1967, in Long Beach, California) is a professional rally driver with the Monster World Rally Team. Block is also one of the co-founders and recently appointed Chief Brand Officer of DC Shoes. Block has also competed in many action sports events including skateboarding, snowboarding, and motocross.
In 2005, Ken Block began his national rallying career with the Vermont SportsCar team. Vermont SportsCar prepared a 2005 Subaru WRX STi for Block to compete. His first event of the rallying season was Sno*Drift, where he ended up finishing seventh overall and fifth in the Group N class. During the 2005 season, Block had five top five finishes and placed third overall in the Group N class and fourth overall in the Rally America National Championship. At the end of his first rallying year, Ken Block had won the Rally America Rookie of the Year award.
In 2006, Ken Block along with his DC rally teammate Travis Pastrana signed a new sponsorship deal with Subaru. Through this deal with Subaru, the teammates became known as "Subaru Rally Team USA." With the new rally season, Block also got a brand new Vermont SportsCar prepped 2006 Subaru WRX STi. He competed in the first ever X Games rally event at X Games XII. In the competition, Block ended up finishing third to take the bronze. He went on to compete in the 2006 Rally America National Championship, where he finished second overall.
You lie to yourself and you lie to my friends
Tried to be tall and I thought if I'd bend
You would come over from there where you stand
Maybe you'd see who I really am
But I'm not enough and I never once was, what you wanted
chorus
The best part of you and me was me
See I'll just bow out eligantly, yeah
No I'll never be who you want me to be
Let me just walk away without causing a scene
Oh you're not who you seem
The best part of us was me, the best part of us was me
You were so shiny, I got knocked off my track
Overlooked this and I overlooked that
When you're in the spotlight, you're not what you seem
Creeping nightmare born from a dream
I'm not enough and I never once was what you wanted
Chorus
The best part of you and me was me
See I'll just bow out eligantly, yeah
No I'll never be who you want me to be
Let me just walk away without causing a scene
Oh you're not who you seem
The best part of us was me
The best part of you and me was me
See I'll just bow out eligantly, yeah
The best part of you and me was me
See i'll just bow out eligantly,
If I'll never be who you want me to be
Let me just walk away without causing a scene
Oh you're not who you seem
The best part of us was me
The best part of us was me
The best part of us was me
The best part of us was me