Have you heard of Michael Heart?

I was driving home from work last week when I heard this new song playing on IKIM FM. At first, it was the acoustic guitar that caught my attention (have always been a sucker for this kind of music :D). Then I realized that it was a song about Gaza. Funny, I thought. Never heard this song before. Who's the singer, I wondered. I'll just google "Gaza tonight" (part of the lyrics which I managed to catch), I thought, when no information about the song nor its singer was given till the end of the song.

The "Gaza tonight" google led me to the song "We Will Not Go Down" by singer, Michael Heart. Another round of googling led me to the the singer's website. You can read all about him at : http://www.michaelheart.com. His infectious song can be downloaded for free at his website though he did request that after doing so, we should contribute to funds dedicated to alleviate the sufferings of the Palestinians particularly the UNRWA (United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East).

WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)
- Composed and performed by Michael Heart (Copyright 2009)

A blinding flash of white light
Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover
Not knowing whether they’re dead or alive
They came with their tanks and their planes
With ravaging fiery flames
And nothing remains
Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze
We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight
Women and children alike
Murdered and massacred night after night
While the so-called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who’s wrong or right
But their powerless words were in vain
And the bombs fell down like acid rain
But through the tears and the blood and the pain
You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze
We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight