Morocco - No More Surprise

[Intro] [Low male chant] Yalla... yalla... Dima Maghrib... [Choir] Yalla... yalla... Dima Maghrib... [Verse 1] They called it a miracle Under foreign lights But we carried old mountains In our hearts that night From Casablanca streets To the gates of Tangier Every café held its breath Every child lost fear Red shirts in the alleys Green stars in the sky We were not a little story Passing quietly by [Pre-Chorus] Spain went silent Portugal fell The world looked closer And learned us well They called it luck But luck does not stand tall When the lions hold the line And refuse to fall [Chorus] No more surprise You know our name now No more disguise We don’t bow down No more surprise The Atlas is alive Dima Maghrib We rise, we rise [Instrumental Break] [Heavy guitars, bendir, darbuka-style percussion] [Oud-like riff] [Stadium claps] [Verse 2] Stadiums are rising But the streets still dream Young hearts waiting For a future they can see Arabic prayers Amazigh signs French in the city Old borderlines Born across the water Still called back home Same red in the blood Same star in the soul [Pre-Chorus] They said one summer They said one flame But twenty-two opened the gate And twenty-six knows our name [Chorus] No more surprise You know our name now No more disguise We don’t bow down No more surprise The Atlas is alive Dima Maghrib We rise, we rise [Bridge] [Male spoken, French] On n’était pas une surprise On était le début [Choir chant] Azul... azul... Dima Maghrib... [Male chant] Allah, al watan, al malik Dima, dima Maghrib [Final Chorus] No more surprise You know our name now No more disguise We don’t bow down No more surprise The Atlas is alive Dima Maghrib We rise, we rise No more surprise Raise it high Atlas Lions Against the sky [Outro] [Low male chant fading] Yalla... yalla... Dima Maghrib... No more surprise