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Bakhtawar Bhutto sings in pain in memory of mother Benazir
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jan 4 (PTI) Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, the 18-year-old daughter of slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, has poured out her anguish at the death of her mother by writing and performing a rap song in her memory.
Bakhtawar, who was introduced to Grammy award-winning
rapper Puff Daddy shortly before Benazir was assassinated in
December 2007, sings about the pain she and her family felt at
the sudden and shocking death of her mother in the song titled
"I Would Take The Pain Away".
"Dear mom, I've got a few things to say to you...things I
never got a chance to say...But if I could have you...I would
take the pain away, I would take the pain, I would take the
pain away..." goes the five-minute song with a rap set against
hip hop beats. The song is currently being aired on state-run
PTV and has been posted on youtube.
Bakhtawar, who was reportedly encouraged by Benazir to
take up singing as a career, sings: "...murdered legendary
mother...you had beauty and intelligence...enemies feared your
presence...shot at the back of your ear, so young in 54th
year, murdered with three kids left behind, a hopeless nation
without you..."
The video for the song features footage of the election
rally Benazir addressed at the historic Liaquat Bagh ground in
Rawalpindi shortly before she was killed by a suicide bomber.
Bakhtawar, who misses her mother immensely, still cannot
fathom the fact that Benazir is no more. "...how could you be
taken from me...my eyes they keep getting sore...when we
prayed at your grave, my knees they just hit the floor..."
goes the song.
"Walking in your room and office, you'll always be back
you promised...still got the sense of your presence...your
eyes, your smile, the presence...perfection, beauty, your
elegance, the epitome of benevolence, you were counting down
the days to pray at your dad's grave..."
Bakhtawar sings about how her mother seemed to have a
premonition about her death. "That cowardly bullet, stole your
life from the fullest, how you wished me a happy 18th
(birthday) a whole month in advance... cause somehow you knew
it was your last chance..."
She also sings about "the nightmares (that) keep coming"
and how Benazir had no fears about being targeted by
assassins. "A bullet in the back of your head...you were never
afraid, you never even ducked down...grinning even when you
lay...still looked like you were sleeping...please god...let
my mom rest in peace."
Benazir survived a devastating suicide bomb attack on her
motorcade hours after she returned to Pakistan from
self-imposed exile in October 2007. She subsequently wrote a
letter to then President Pervez Musharraf saying there was a
serious threat to her life. The Pakistan government has asked
the UN to probe her assassination so that the "hidden hands"
behind it can be exposed.
Bakhtawar, who was recently elected to the Students'
Representative Council of the Edinburgh University Students'
Union, has not ruled out a career in politics. PTI RHL
DEP
Islamabad, Jan 4 (PTI) Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, the 18-year-old daughter of slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, has poured out her anguish at the death of her mother by writing and performing a rap song in her memory.
Bakhtawar, who was introduced to Grammy award-winning
rapper Puff Daddy shortly before Benazir was assassinated in
December 2007, sings about the pain she and her family felt at
the sudden and shocking death of her mother in the song titled
"I Would Take The Pain Away".
"Dear mom, I've got a few things to say to you...things I
never got a chance to say...But if I could have you...I would
take the pain away, I would take the pain, I would take the
pain away..." goes the five-minute song with a rap set against
hip hop beats. The song is currently being aired on state-run
PTV and has been posted on youtube.
Bakhtawar, who was reportedly encouraged by Benazir to
take up singing as a career, sings: "...murdered legendary
mother...you had beauty and intelligence...enemies feared your
presence...shot at the back of your ear, so young in 54th
year, murdered with three kids left behind, a hopeless nation
without you..."
The video for the song features footage of the election
rally Benazir addressed at the historic Liaquat Bagh ground in
Rawalpindi shortly before she was killed by a suicide bomber.
Bakhtawar, who misses her mother immensely, still cannot
fathom the fact that Benazir is no more. "...how could you be
taken from me...my eyes they keep getting sore...when we
prayed at your grave, my knees they just hit the floor..."
goes the song.
"Walking in your room and office, you'll always be back
you promised...still got the sense of your presence...your
eyes, your smile, the presence...perfection, beauty, your
elegance, the epitome of benevolence, you were counting down
the days to pray at your dad's grave..."
Bakhtawar sings about how her mother seemed to have a
premonition about her death. "That cowardly bullet, stole your
life from the fullest, how you wished me a happy 18th
(birthday) a whole month in advance... cause somehow you knew
it was your last chance..."
She also sings about "the nightmares (that) keep coming"
and how Benazir had no fears about being targeted by
assassins. "A bullet in the back of your head...you were never
afraid, you never even ducked down...grinning even when you
lay...still looked like you were sleeping...please god...let
my mom rest in peace."
Benazir survived a devastating suicide bomb attack on her
motorcade hours after she returned to Pakistan from
self-imposed exile in October 2007. She subsequently wrote a
letter to then President Pervez Musharraf saying there was a
serious threat to her life. The Pakistan government has asked
the UN to probe her assassination so that the "hidden hands"
behind it can be exposed.
Bakhtawar, who was recently elected to the Students'
Representative Council of the Edinburgh University Students'
Union, has not ruled out a career in politics. PTI RHL
DEP
