An Encanto Purim - The Maccabeats (We Don’t Talk About Haman)

Music video for “An #Encanto Purim.” Happy Purim - Purim Sameach - A Freilichen #Purim! Bandcamp: Apple Music: Spotify: This and all Maccabeats music is recorded a cappella. Bookings: booking@ Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Tiktok: @themaccabeats ----------------------------------------­­­--------------------------------------­-­-­-- Directed by Leah Gottfried Cinematography and Editing by Atara Wolf Wardrobe and Production Design by Talya Bendel Gaffer: Lucas Ruderman Covid Compliance Officer: Arielle Flax Choreography by Yochai Greenfeld Haman: Simon Feil Esther: Naomi Weissberg Dancers: Yochai Greenfeld, Mateus Barbosa da Silva, Josh Eguia, Michael Greenberg Production Assistants: Shayna Mauskop, Yitzy Rappoport Lyrics by Spencer Garfield Arranged by Rob Dietz Edited and mixed by Alex Green for Plaid Productions Mastered by Dave Sperandio for Vocal Mastering ----------------------------------------­­­--------------------------------------­-­-­-- 0:00 Intro 0:18 “We Don’t Talk About Haman“ (“We Don’t Talk About Bruno“) 2:43 “Esther“ (“Surface Pressure“) Lyrics We don’t talk about Haman, nah nah nah We don’t talk about Haman But! In year 12 of the king (In year 12 of the king) Recently promoted, he was casting lots for every date (No Jews allowed in the land) Lands on Adar, aimed at Jews near and far (Dun dun dun!!) Is this the end for the tribe? (Ha’ir shushan navocha...) Haman says, “Hey king, see here“ (What did he tell him?) “They disobey us with no fear” (What a miserable felon!) Grinning ear to pointy ear (What a heinous foe, you gotta know) We don’t talk about Haman, nah nah nah, We don’t talk about Haman! Hey, Haman’s really clever, malevolent and cunning Paid a lot of silver to get his mission running we associate him with the sound of casting lots (ts ts ts) Rage in his heart - Mordechai wouldn’t bow Queen’s gambit opening, manipulate the crown the king is the pawn and Haman calls the shots Haman calls the shots! Standing at the gate, idol round his neck If you don’t bow down you might just be next Yeah he haunts your dreams, his name makes you scream We don’t talk about Haman, nah nah nah, We don’t talk about Haman Built gallows of 50 arms meant for my head (nah nah) I tore all my shirts and robes From what he had said... (nah nah) They wrote in every script and language how he wanted us dead (nah, nah!) We faced defeat with the edicts being read Don’t Talk about Haman (Why did we talk about Haman) Not a word about Haman (Every year we talk about Haman) ________________________________ She’s the new queen at your service And they can’t know that she’s not Persian She’s got towers, she’s got perches Oughta show that she knows what her worth is She don’t ask how hard the work is Got a quiet, infallible surface Diamonds and platinum, kings got ‘em, She has’em She loves what she’s handed, she follows commandments But! She’s feelin’ nervous She doesn’t know if her efforts’ll save us or if they’re gonna hurt us She’s feelin’ nervous Her people need help, I can’t tell if she asks am I worthy, did I earn this? She’s feelin’ nervous Was all she went through worthless? How can she be of service? The law is wack Our people wearing sacks And covered up in black She wants her nation’s back! She’s Esther, she was picked, picked, picked for the Persian crown Esther but she’ll trip, trip, trip if she doesn’t look down Gotta face her fears and this heavy burden if she doesn’t want to see her people’s final curtain How does she decide? Which play does she call? After all, she’s Esther with a grip, grip, grip that’ll never fade Esther and she’ll stick, stick, stick to the plan she made, whoa She’ll walk up to the throne, hoping for the scepter Am I Hadassah or am i Esther Here she is, I know she’s got what it takes No cracks, no breaks No mistake, she’s Esther