Brother Ali - Philistine David lyrics
[Brother Ali - Philistine David lyrics]
I stand tall I raise my fists
I pray all this pain might lift
I don't want to die tonight
But, I can't live another day like this
The first time I ever broke the law
Was just being born in a
Zone that's controlled by y'all
A foreigner in my own damn home land
Made me a sixteen year old, grown man
I was aged by the pain that I saw
Outside my front door was the
Front line of a war
Shots gets fired I cry on the floor
Underneath my bed tryin' to hide from it all
I try to recall the first time that I saw
Someone close to me die and
My mind starts to draw a blank
There's far to many of us die
Genocide it's a genocide
And our enemies will never be satisfied
Until not even our memories survive
It feels like they got the
Whole world on their side
And the story of my people
Will never reach your eyes
But understand one damn thing I can't run
I don't care where Goliath
Got his strength from
I'll rush your tank with not even a hand gun
Only a rock from the land that I stand on
That's the law that I break when I breathe
The blood of my people races through me
I will never back down, I can not flee
I would rather die on my feet
Then to live on my knees
Adorning the soldier uniform I was born in
I did not chose the war I was drawn in
If I been called to be a martyrs end
I'm standing on Heaven's front
Door with a grin saying please, let me in
Greet me as a friend
I did not believe I would breathe free again
Lord have mercy on my soul
I was desperate and I had people to defend
I'm the slave who drowned
On the middle passage
I'm chief Sitting Bull at the
Hand of a savage
John Brown standing, both hands blasting
Crying freedom, something must happen
If I'm the only weapon that I have
Then I'm standing with a bomb
Strapped to my abdomen eyes full of water
God please, forgive me
My people must one day live free
I pray all this pain might lift
I don't want to die tonight
But, I can't live another day like this
The first time I ever broke the law
Was just being born in a
Zone that's controlled by y'all
A foreigner in my own damn home land
Made me a sixteen year old, grown man
I was aged by the pain that I saw
Outside my front door was the
Front line of a war
Shots gets fired I cry on the floor
Underneath my bed tryin' to hide from it all
I try to recall the first time that I saw
Someone close to me die and
My mind starts to draw a blank
There's far to many of us die
Genocide it's a genocide
And our enemies will never be satisfied
Until not even our memories survive
It feels like they got the
Whole world on their side
And the story of my people
Will never reach your eyes
But understand one damn thing I can't run
I don't care where Goliath
Got his strength from
I'll rush your tank with not even a hand gun
Only a rock from the land that I stand on
That's the law that I break when I breathe
The blood of my people races through me
I will never back down, I can not flee
I would rather die on my feet
Then to live on my knees
Adorning the soldier uniform I was born in
I did not chose the war I was drawn in
If I been called to be a martyrs end
I'm standing on Heaven's front
Door with a grin saying please, let me in
Greet me as a friend
I did not believe I would breathe free again
Lord have mercy on my soul
I was desperate and I had people to defend
I'm the slave who drowned
On the middle passage
I'm chief Sitting Bull at the
Hand of a savage
John Brown standing, both hands blasting
Crying freedom, something must happen
If I'm the only weapon that I have
Then I'm standing with a bomb
Strapped to my abdomen eyes full of water
God please, forgive me
My people must one day live free