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The Reguibat (also Rguibat, R'gaybat, R'gibat, Erguibat, Ergaybat, and various other spellings) is a Sahrawi tribe of [arabic, Chourfa] origins, although a number of Arab tribes have merged with the Reguibat during the last two centuries. They speak Hassaniya Arabic, and are Arabicised in culture. They claim descent from Sidi Ahmed al-Rgibi, who lived in the Saguia el-Hamra region in the 16th century. They also believe that they are, through him, a chorfa tribe, i.e. descendants of Muhammad. Religiously, they belong to the Maliki school of Sunni Islam.
Initially an important Arabic zawiya or religious tribe with a semi-sedentary lifestyle, the Reguibat gradually turned during the 18th century towards camel-rearing, raiding and nomadism, in response attacks from neighbouring tribes which provoked them into taking up arms and leaving the subordinate position they had previously held. This started a process of rapid expansion, and set the Reguibat on the course towards total transformation into a traditional warrior tribe - a domain until then reserved for the Maqil or Hassane Arab tribes. In the late 19th century, they had become well-established as the largest Sahrawi tribe, and were recognized as the most powerful warrior tribe of the area. In the process they had adopted some cultural features from the dominant Arab warrior tribes of the area, which were now rapidly sidelined by the emerging Reguibat, and sometimes absorbed into it through marriage or tribal pacts.
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The Reguibat (also Rguibat, R'gaybat, R'gibat, Erguibat, Ergaybat, and various other spellings) is a Sahrawi tribe of [arabic, Chourfa] origins, although a number of Arab tribes have merged with the Reguibat during the last two centuries. They speak Hassaniya Arabic, and are Arabicised in culture. They claim descent from Sidi Ahmed al-Rgibi, who lived in the Saguia el-Hamra region in the 16th century. They also believe that they are, through him, a chorfa tribe, i.e. descendants of Muhammad. Religiously, they belong to the Maliki school of Sunni Islam.
Initially an important Arabic zawiya or religious tribe with a semi-sedentary lifestyle, the Reguibat gradually turned during the 18th century towards camel-rearing, raiding and nomadism, in response attacks from neighbouring tribes which provoked them into taking up arms and leaving the subordinate position they had previously held. This started a process of rapid expansion, and set the Reguibat on the course towards total transformation into a traditional warrior tribe - a domain until then reserved for the Maqil or Hassane Arab tribes. In the late 19th century, they had become well-established as the largest Sahrawi tribe, and were recognized as the most powerful warrior tribe of the area. In the process they had adopted some cultural features from the dominant Arab warrior tribes of the area, which were now rapidly sidelined by the emerging Reguibat, and sometimes absorbed into it through marriage or tribal pacts.
I was on that rocky boat
Trying to sing and catch my note
But my face turned blue and green
Oh, the ocean big and mean
So my friends say that I've strayed
Say I lost my destined way
But the devil ain't so real,
Because now is how I feel
Chorus:
I am free, I am free
Ain't nobody gonna lie to me
And my cup inside is clean
And the mountains tall and green
Say goodbye to the devil's door
Swim away from the ocean floor
Living waters inside me
I am free, I am free, I am free
Off I go into the night
I sing my tunes, I fake the light
I crack a smile and when I'm cued
I read the lines and spit 'em right
Home is where I never lack
I drive the truck, I leave the pack
But home I have no bed
Got no place to rest my head
Repeat Chorus
Hey ho, where do you go?
Where do you go when nobody's home
Hey ho, where do you go?
Where do you go when nobody's home
Crowded rooms and crowded tears
Designed on the tenor man's song
And he sang with such emotion
Like the ocean was a sky
He never sang in melody, but he always came along
He was dancing with the prophets
He was singing from the mountains
He was rambling with the orphans
Just a suit and tie and a feed back microphone
Oh...
I was on that rocky boat
Trying to sing and catch my note
But my face turned blue and green
Oh, the ocean big and mean
But God is here, and God is there
God is dark, and God is fair
Letting love arrange this song
All in love where we belong
Repeat Chorus
Hey ho, where do you go?