Belly - History Of Violence lyrics

Middle east lets go
Chyeaaa got a lot of shit on my chest
Lot of weight on my shoulders
Too much shit on my mind i gotta let it out
My people need me (Haaaaah) , look we

Ain't a fool, I was born on a war torn corner
Jeneen, Falasteen
Full of steam where the bombs stormed on us
Tried to escape but they never fore warned us
Wed end up with the weight of
The whole world on us
Whats the difference between peace and war
You can make war from peace
But not peace from war
Maan, why you think they teach us for
What the speech is for
Can’t nobody fuckin speak no more
Maan, im getting to the point
I can't breathe no more
Cause all I ever breathe is disease of war


Young soldiers die before there
Seeds are born it go back and forth
Like somebodys keepin score
In the final they need somebody else- No
We all know they do mean help is close
I want peace, I guess that makes me a dreamer
This is for the victims of
The Middle East and Katrina, yeea

Do we deserve this, is it worth it
Why the fuck they got us
Feeling like we worthless
They do it on purpose, and it's working
Heyy, I ain't tryin to say to be perfect
We had a history of violence
We had a history of violence
We had a history of violence
We had a history of violence
We had a history

We ain’t askin you to love us
Stop tryin to judge us
Who made the decision to go
Ahead and say fuck us
What you seeing them hover
No matter how high them warplanes fly
Gods above em
What happened to Palestinian rights
Lebanese freedom
A war aimed at civilian life
Buildings get shot down, Children go fight
Millions watch but they keep
On killing despite
Im watching daughters cry
Over fathers that die
Hit the power plants, no power
No water supply forget the lies
This is when the truth comes in
They hit airports and ports and
No food comes in
Ma spinning as the worlds revolving
Right now we teaching our kids
If there is problems only war can solve it
Truth or dare, tell the truth I dare
This callus betoy us like the who don't mayor
There is people out there
Too broke to give us their 2 cents
I speak for them
If you relate I speak for you too then
They say peace, but we don't have clue when
How we let them drop bombs on the UN
Tears trickled down my face
This is a war on my race
So don't expect me to fall in my place
Thinking that kids, they can be replaced
Its a disgrace
Over four million civilians displaced
Tryin to hold back the cries
One hand on his mouth
His pops died at eleven
He the man of no house
Ain't no planning it out
This what lameness is about
And you be damned if you let
Them kick his family out
I have seen it, in my dream and
They call us names when
They acting like extremists
They left us in pieces
Thats not what peace is
Thats not the teachings of Muhammad, Moses
Jesus come on

Do we deserve this, is it worth it
Why the fuck they got us
Feeling like we worthless
They do it on purpose, and it's working
Heyy, I ain't tryin to say to be perfect
We had a history of violence
We had a history of violence
We had a history of violence
We had a history of violence
We had a history

What happened to our history
All the good we have done
Yall base your opinions on us
Based on what 2 percent of
Our religion thinks or the race thinks
We lost a million civilians in Iraq
Thats more people than any
Terrorist strike ever took
We lost more American soldiers
Than we did innocent lives on September 11
How does that equal out and it's all for oil
Money, political game, fame
What happened to be civilized people
We are a civilization, arent we?
For all the people that lost their lives in
Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon
Anywhere else across the world
This is for you