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The Story Behind Rap Hai Saara
Rap Hai Saara brought Lyari Underground and Young Desi together for the opening episode of Coke Studio Season 11 in 2018. Produced and directed by Zohaib Kazi and Ali Hamza, the track moves through Balochi, English, Urdu and Punjabi, giving each rapper space to introduce a distinct flow. Anxiously and DJ Khalifa wrote the Balochi passages, Lil AK 100 supplied the English verse, and Young Desi wrote the Punjabi section. The Coke Studio house band shaped the composition, with strummed guitar and dholak sharpening a beat built for the repeated hook. The arrangement gathers energy as the voices trade languages, then Young Desi brings a playful lift to the bridge. The collaboration carried Lyari Underground's locally rooted rap to a national Coke Studio audience while preserving its multilingual identity.
Meaning & Translation
The title Rap Hai Saara means "everything is rap," a playful phrase that becomes the song's statement of purpose. Its verses celebrate flow, confidence and the ability to carry a message whether the delivery is fast or slow. Rather than telling one continuous story, the track works like a multilingual cypher: each rapper enters in a different voice and language, tests a distinct rhythm, and adds to the collective momentum. The repeated title functions as both hook and argument. Rap is presented as a flexible local form, not an imported costume, able to hold Lyari's Balochi expression, an English verse, Urdu phrases and Young Desi's Punjabi wit within the same beat.
Details
- Artist
- Lyari Underground, Young Desi
- Category
- Coke Studio
- Collection
- Coke Studio Season 11
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- Hip-Hop
- Mood
- Upbeat
- YouTube Views
- 2.93M
Artists & Credits
- Lyari Underground singer
- Young Desi singer
- Babar Khanna composer
- Kami Paul composer
- Kamran “Mannu” Zafar composer
- Omran Shafique composer
- Rufus Shahzad composer
- Anxiously lyricist
- DJ Khalifa lyricist
- Lil AK 100 lyricist
- Young Desi lyricist
- Babar Khanna musician
- Omran Shafique musician
- Zohaib Kazi producer
- Ali Hamza producer