Tell me what you see
You don’t see a damn thing
’cause you can’t relate to me
You’re blinded by our differences
My life makes no sense to you
I’m the persecuted one
You’re the red, white and blue
Each day you wake in tranquility
No fears to cross your eyes
Each day I wake in gratitude
Thanking God He let me rise
You worry about your education
And the bills you have to pay
I worry about my vulnerable life
And if I’ll survive another day
Your biggest fear is getting a ticket
As you cruise your Cadillac
My fear is that the tank that has just left
Will turn around and come back
Ooohh, let’s not cry tonight
I promise you one day it’s through
Ohh my brothers, Ohh my sisters
Ooohh, shine a light for every soul that ain’t with us no more
Ohh my brothers, Ohh my sisters
See I’ve known terror for quite some time
57 years so cruel
Terror breathes the air I breathe
It’s the checkpoint on my way to school
Terror is the robbery of my land
And the torture of my mother
The imprisonment of my innocent father
The bullet in my baby brother
The bulldozers and the tanks
The gases and the guns
The bombs that fall outside my door
All due to your funds
You blame me for defending myself
Against the ways of my enemies
I’m terrorized in my own land (what)
And I’m the terrorist?
dont u think i see
that my enemy
has more guns than me
and more apaches than me
and more money than me
and stronger friends than me
or do you think i dont know my enemy?
my enemy is about the power of GREED
while this world has so many mouths to FEED
always taking never giving looking for a good living
for themselves but never for the people they been killing
so u wanna be friends with my enemy?
i advice u to become friends with me
cuz at least i know what justice means so i will never harm u
the culture of my ancestors will definitely charm you
what do you think would come from the cradle of humanity
the womb of mankind has produced its own prosperity
dont support the war machine, a machine of destruction
killing anything and everything for its own production
dont forget that every single day another victim falls
and this tragedy must end just listen to our calls
I’ll keep holding on
Until the walls come tumbling down
and freedom is all around … Free Palestine
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everywhere i go
my name causes suspicion
is this is a terrorist talking
or is he really a physician
dont u know a palestinian is just another human and
a peace loving mother and a father and a child
dont u know were not terrorists, were targeted by terrorists
and the one with the gun is right on the other side
dont tell me ur eyes didnt see that wall
dont tell me ur ears didnt hear our calls
dont tell me rachel corrie was killed by an accident
cause everyone knows they were making her a precedent
we dont forget those heroes the heroes of our time
in a time where Greed is at the height of its crime
the ones who gave their lives for palestine
are forever in our hearts and in our minds