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Rap Against Dictatorship's Prathet Ku Mee ('What My Country's Got) is a 5-minute, fire-breathing track that disses all that's wrong with the country right now. (Screen cap YouTube/Rap Against Dictatorship)
Rap Against Dictatorship's Prathet Ku Mee ('What My Country's Got) is a 5-minute, fire-breathing track that disses all that's wrong with the country right now. (Screen cap YouTube/Rap Against Dictatorship)

Rhymes and misdemeanours. Yo, yo. Rappers are threatened to be thrown in a slammer.

.sreweiv noillim 01 tnuoc ,evif tnuoc ,owt tnuoc ,eno tnuoC ?srepmuj esool ni enoemos fo deracs os uoy era yhw ,oy oY

.srotatcid tfad fo hcnub a sah dnaliahT ,oy tub ,knuP tfaD sah dlrow ehT

.srenil-eno fo tra eht ni meht rof hctam on m'I dna ,retaw toh eht ni era sreppar DAR ehT

tsoP kokgnaB ,rotide efiL si eedhtiR gnoK.

s'pihsrotatciD tsniagA paReeM uK tehtarP.srepapswen ni ro oediv cisum a ni ,esorp ni ro esrev ni ,srae rieht ni nekops gnieb hturt dnats t'nac ohw esoht morf cirotehr dlo emas ehT .nway ,nwaY .ymonoce s'yrtnuoc eht esidrapoej lliw taht ecneulfni evitagen a dna taerht ytiruces a dellac gnieb si -- tneserp eht ni yrtnuoc eht htiw gnorw s'taht lla sessid taht kcart gnihtaerb-erif ,etunim-evif a -- )"toG s'yrtnuoC yM tahW"(

.ytisrevinU tasammahT ta ercassam 6791 ,6 tcO eht fo gnigats-er a si dnuorgkcab eht elihw ,noitan taerg siht fo slli rehto dna drapoel kcalb eht fo gnillik eht ,ladnacs hctaw eht ,noitpurroc tuoba gnippar srebmem puorg DAR eht serutaef ti ,mahtnijuR tawareeT yb etihw-dna-kcalb ni tohS .)dednetni nup( gnitserra si ,yas tsum I ,oediv cisum ehT

.riahc a htiw ti sehsab nam a elihw eert a no morf gnignah esproc demiam a :ecneloiv 6 tcO eht fo ekamer a niaga ,elbativeni eht htiw sdne tI .enips eht sllihc taht msirabrab lausac dna ecnarongi fo hgual eht ,kcab eht ni dworc gnihgual eht tsniaga yalp sciryl eht fo ytsenoh dna ygrene war ,regna ehT :msacras laturb fo taht si enot ehT

.meht ot tseraen si revetahw ro ,erutinruf fo eceip a htiw meht hsab dna erauqs nwot eht ni syug eseht gnah ot tnaw won yeht taht noisicerp detaeh hcus htiw thgir eht skcirp ylthgir rewop sti dnA .tsap elbavloserri ruo ni dexif ylmrif seye sti htiw tub tneserp eht tuoba s'ti -- sredrum fo thgin eht no htab dloc a dna tug eht ni hcnup a ,lacirohpatem dna laretil ecno ta si ti esuaceb skrow tI .level txen eht ot dnaliahT ni amenic lacitilop sekat taht noitcurtsnoc lausiv suoegaruoc a si oediv ehT

.elpoep eht fo ytinas eht ekun ot htap a no eno ekil ylgnisaercni semoceb ti erom eht ,daehraw raelcun a saw ti fi sa ti taert yeht erom eht dna ,nwonknu ylegral s'taht puorg a morf oediv cisum a tsuj s'ti ,ekas s'doG roF ?ssuf a hcus yhw ,rednow enoyreve sekam ti dna ,ralucatceps etiuq si ,trohs ni ,rewop ni elpoep eseht yb tuoba-gnihsarht ehT .segrahc emirc retupmoc deraef eht otni depor gnieb fo ksir ta era enilno oediv eht erahs ohw esoht nevE .segrahc sserp ot gninetaerht dna gnihtees era ecilop ehT .)sweiv dnasuoht derdnuh wef a tsuj dah ,ahahuorb eht ot roirp ,taht gnos a tsniaga( erusaelpsid sih deciov namsekops tnemnrevog ehT

.slayartrop "etairporppani" rehto dna ytidun fo esuaceb draykcaB eht ni stcesnI dellac mlif a dennab osla tnemnrevog tarcomeD eht ,taht erofeB .gnihsab-riahc gniworrah eht fo gnigatser eht dna rewop rof tsul ,deerg fo noitciped s'mlif eht denrecnoc noitanalpxe gnisufnoc ,daorb eht dna ,tnemnrevog iahT uehP eht gnirud erutluC fo yrtsiniM eht yb thgirtuo dennab saw ,moophcinawirS tinaM dna K gnI yb detcerid ,2102 ni eiD tsuM eraepsekahS :erofeb elbuort ni mlif rehtona tup -- ecaf ot ecaf emac reven ew rorroh taht -- tnemtcane-er 6 tcO ehT .eno yratilim eht tsuj ton ,tnemnrevog yreve rof siht naem I dnA .oga emit gnol a nossel taht tnrael ev'dluohs seitirohtua eht ,evitcudorp-retnuoc si stra eht fo pihsrosneC

.meht fo erom deen ew yhw s'taht dna ,stsitra lacidar dnats nac ydoboN

.rehtegot siht ni er'eW .slleps rieht tsac ot evah stsitra lausiv dna sretniap ,srekammlif ,sreppar neht boj taht od t'nac srepapswen fi dna ,nekow eb ot sah nam daed eht -- rebmuls rieht morf pu elpoep gnikaw fo noissim emas eht erahs yeht semit egnarts ruo ni tub ,murtceps eht fo sdne owt eht ekil mees yam tra dna msilanruoJ .srohpatem fo stnahcrem eht morf pleh deen osla hturt fo srelddep ehT .ni pets ot evah stsitra ,sdnim rieht kaeps ot eerf regnol on era stsilanruoj nehw emit a tA

.elbatpeccanu s'tahT .msilanruoj gnitucesrep er'uoy snaem meht etucesrep oT .ytud citsilanruoj a gnimrofrep er'yeht :meht troppus elpoep ynam os yhw s'taht ,noitasnes a hcus era sreppar DAR eseht yhw s'tahT .eb taht srewop eht esaelp ot gnitnaw sevitucexe etaroproc ro seitirohtua eht morf "stseuqer" eht ni ,selims dessarrabme dna sdnah deppuc ni ,smoor gniteem ni ,sgninraw ni ,srepsihw ni ,smrof rehto ni deilppa osla si ti pihsrosnec fo etamilc siht ni tub ,noitadimitni etats fo elpmaxe eliforp-hgih ,tnatalb a si esac reppar ehT .evïan si ereh pihsrosnec evah t'nod ew taht yas ot tuB .ees ot lla rof nialp saw deneppah tahw erehw ,yekruT dna aibarA iduaS ro ,gnitroper ylpmis rof deliaj eb nac sretroper erehw ,ramnayM ,yas ,sa dab sa t'nsi dnaliahT taht yas yam uoY

Kong Rithdee

Bangkok Post columnist

Kong Rithdee is a Bangkok Post columnist. He has written about films for 18 years with the Bangkok Post and other publications, and is one of the most prominent writers on cinema in the region.

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