Lowkey, Mai Khalil - Terrorist lyrics

So, we must ask ourselves
What is the dictionary
Definition of terrorism?
The systematic use of terror especially
As a means of coercion
But what is terror? According
To the dictionary I hold in my hand
Terror is violent or destructive acts
Such as bombing committed by groups in
Order to intimidate a population
Or government into granting their demands
So what's a terrorist?

They're calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
When they put it on me, I tell them this
I'm all about peace and love
They calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
Insulting my intelligence
Oh how these people judge

It seems like the Rag heads and
Pakis are worrying your dad
But your dad's favourite food
Is curry and kebab it's funny, but it's sad
How they make your mummy hurry with her bags
Rather read the Sun than study all the facts
Tell me
What's the bigger threat to human society
BAE Systems or home made IED's?
Remote-controlled drones killing off
Human lives or man with home made
Bomb committing suicide?
I know you were terrified when
You saw the towers fall it's all terror
But some forms are more powerful
It seems nuts, how could there be such agony?
When more Israelis die from peanut allergies
It's like the definition didn't ever exist
I guess it's all just dependent
Who your nemesis is
Irrelevant how eloquent the
Rhetoric peddler is they're telling fibs
Now tell us who the real terrorist is

They're calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
When they put it on me, I tell them this
I'm all about peace and love
They calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
Insulting my intelligence
Oh how these people judge

Lumumba was democracy, Mosadegh was democracy
Allende was democracy hypocrisy
It bothers me
Call you terrorists if you don't
Wanna be a colony
Refuse to bow down to a policy of robberies
Is terrorism my lyrics?
When more Vietnam vets kill themselves
After the war than die in it
This is very basic one nation in the world
Has over a thousand military bases
They say it's religion, when clearly it isn't
It's not just Muslims that
Oppose your imperialism
Is Hugo Chavez a Muslim? Nah
I didn't think so
Is Castro a Muslim? Nah… I didn't think so
It's like the definition didn't ever exist
I guess it's all just dependent
Who your nemesis is
Irrelevant how eloquent the
Rhetoric peddler is they're telling fibs
Now tell us who the terrorist is

They're calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
When they put it on me, I tell them this
I'm all about peace and love
They calling me a terrorist
Like they don't know who the terror is
Insulting my intelligence
Oh how these people judge

You think that I don’t know
But I know, I know, I know
You think that we don’t know, but we know
You think that I don’t know
But I know, I know, I know
You think that we don’t know, but we do

Was Building 7 terrorism?
Was nano-thermite terrorism?
Diego Garcia was terrorism
I am conscious the Contras was terrorism
Phosphorous that burns hands –
That is terrorism
Irgun and Stern Gang, that was terrorism
What they did in Hiroshima was terrorism
What they did in Fallujah was terrorism
Mandela ANC – they called terrorism
Gerry Adams IRA – they called terrorism
Erik Prince Blackwater – it was terrorism
Oklahoma, McVeigh – that was terrorism
Everyday USA – that is terrorism
Everyday UK – that is terrorism, every day

Every day, every day, every day
Every day, every day, every day

You think that we don't know know but we do