Ithaka, Gabriel, o Pensador - Who's The Enemy? lyrics

Did ya ever notice that
Governments of the globe
Try to generalize each other
As friend or foe?
But what is a country, but a dividing wire
Of who pays taxes to which vampires?
Just try to see that folk
That live in tyranny
Ain't anymore the enemy than you or than me
I remember back when I was fourteen
Of the news on TV and of
The films on the screen
Tried to have us all hatin' the Soviet Union
The Evil Empire, I believe was their slogan
But later on, when the heat began to cool
Russian exchange students arrived
At our school
They dug computer games, rock and Hip-Hop
Studied hard, drank like fish
Smoked a lot of pot
Two brainy dudes and four goddess like girls
Didn't exactly look to me like
Enemy Of The World

Is this the enemy? Is this the real enemy?
Don't look like the enemy
Now tell me who's the enemy

I learned once, now I try to unlearn
That some countries' flags should
Be shredded and burned
But, I live in a country
Which by force of fate
Has developed a culture of
More love than hate
It's a country where people vote peace
Not war
And where any foreigner finds an open door
Here we have many colors and many religions
Many ways of seeing things and
Of thinking these visions
But sometimes you just see what
They shove in your eye
And the easiest way of thinking
Is believing a lie
That's why some accept the unacceptable
And soldiers go, where no one has to go
And leaders tell just what they
Want us to know but where the hell is the
Real truth they never show?
Talking about hell
Where does the devil reside? And in a war
How come god has to choose one side?
Don't be fooled by your pride
When a guy with no wisdom
Wants to be a super hero
In the name of freedom
Even sacred words can be excuses for killing
What you really want to know is
Who's the real villian?

Is this the enemy? Is this the real enemy?
Don't look like the enemy
Now tell me who's the enemy

The commander-in chiefs of this planet
Put the population control on automatic
By planting the the seeds of
Hate in our lands
And watering the seeds with propaganda
Among the black, the brown, yellow, red
And the white the Muslim, the Hindu
Christian and Israelite
But the enemies of The Man, ain't my enemies
Just individuals trying to make ends meet
So please
Don't believe everything you hear and see
Ulterior motives runs miles and miles deep
Basic need became basic greed
Globalizing economy, while ignoring ecology?
Bombs kill folk and pollute the air both
Eradicate species
But guarantee market growth
Got money for arms
But not for schools and medicine?
Now you tell me
Who's got the enemy doctrine?

Is this the enemy? Is this the real enemy?
Don't look like the enemy
Now tell me who's the enemy

Who is the victim here?
Who is the one I fear?
Who is the one I blame?
Who puts the world in shame?
Who makes the world insane?
Who makes the bombing rain?
Who makes me cry in pain?
Who makes me die in vain?

Who's chasing who? You better think twice
Who's the hunter? Who's the hunted?
Who are the cats? Who are the mice?
I see politicians, how they speak so nice
I see how suspiciously they roll the dice
I see how they lie and control our lives
I see, I see they're just cold like ice
I simply can't stand all this sacrifice
In the name of the law
When the laws are lies
Don't rely on those who preach
That same old speech
That many should be poor
So one or two can be rich
I've been walking and talking
Across the five continents
I've seen hunger and humility
Anger and arrogance the more I see
The more I feel this shame
The more I see we're different
The more I feel we are all the same
I've seen a lot places, a lot of faces
A lot of so-called races of
Humanity in front of me
I've seen some pictures on the wall
And on the TV screen
But, I still haven't seen the real enemy

Is this the enemy? Is this the real enemy?
Don't look like the enemy
Now tell me who's the enemy