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Mah Tovu
Jewish Chop Soul
// EXHIBIT 04 — DIASPORA · THE SHOWCASE SAMPLER
Mah Tovu
STEEL
“MAH TOVU”
1-OF-1 COVER ARTWORK
// THE CONCEPT
This is the classic Mah Tovu (Numbers 24:5) opening of the morning prayers, fused with the intimate line from Psalm 69 that begins many traditional Jewish services. The song is not inventing new words — it is taking the oldest, most beautiful entrance into Jewish prayer and placing it inside a dusty boom-bap, pitched-up vocal-chop, oud-laced frame. It is not a protest song and it is not a celebration song — it is a quiet homecoming. An ancient prayer — the prayer is older than the beat that now holds it.
// LYRICS — ANCIENT PRAYER
Mah tovu ohalecha Yaakov
Mishkenotecha Yisrael
Va'ani tefilati lecha Hashem
Et ratzon
Elohim berov chasdecha
B'yiratecha
B'yiratecha
Mah tovu…
Yis… Yisrael
Ancient prayer text (Numbers 24:5 + Psalm 69) in his transliteration
CHORUS · VERSE 1 · BRIDGE · OUTRO
// PRODUCTION COMMENTARY
Jewish chop soul — pitched-up vocal-chop, oud-laced frame. The classic Mah Tovu (Numbers 24:5) opening fused with Psalm 69 — the oldest entrance into Jewish prayer inside a beat; a quiet homecoming, not protest, not celebration.
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