Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Gather Round , by - Brother Ali. Release date: 17.09.2012
Song language: English
Gather Round |
| Ain’t no stopping the calling, I’m a warrior scholar |
| With the pad and the pen or with the sword and the chopper |
| Look at how far I got if you lost I could guide you |
| In between two extremes like Safa and Marwa |
| In the desert like Bedouins in search of water |
| Except we’re thirsting for power up in the urban drama |
| Every day our sons and daughters are led to the slaughter |
| Indoctrinated by a complacent social order |
| Decapitated they’re trying to cut our jugular vain |
| That’s the sacred lifeline from the heart to the brain |
| Make us blind to mankind’s suffering pain |
| Ugliness worldwide that’s done in our name |
| So the only thing we’re seeing is what we can gain |
| Precious blood shed in vain and nothing is changed |
| Drugged up in the daze in a comfortable maze |
| Upscale slaves in luxury cages |
| But the weak keep crying and the innocent dying |
| And these are the times when the real freedom fighters gather ‘round |
| I said the cities catch fire and the flames grow higher |
| And the poor and the pious get inspired and decide to gather |
| ‘round |
| When the times get dire and the mighty are liars |
| And the righteous fighting for their life get organized and gather |
| ‘round |
| When the prophets are silenced and the tyrants are giants |
| And David sets his sights on Goliath and we finally gather |
| ‘round |
| Hostile environment locked in a conflict |
| Wandering lost in an impossible climate |
| Boxed in confinement democracy hostage |
| Bound for the towers monsters in the cockpit |
| Following blind unconscious accomplice |
| Judged by time indicted for our silence |
| Couple years ago I made a statement |
| Can’t figure a single Goddamn way to change it |
| As of late I made adjustments to my language |
| Numbers are the only thing the people gain strength in |
| If we’re going to change we got to step up our relations |
| Got to see our own selves in each other’s faces |
| Share each other’s spaces give each other room |
| And hear each other’s pain bare witness to the truth |
| And the ground gets holy when the ground is stood |
| And the goods may odd but the odds are good |
| «That is why I challenge you now to stand together. |
| Because together we’ve got |
| Power and we can make decisions.» |
| Justice… |
| Is somewhere in between reading sad poems and 40 ounces of gasoline crashing |
| Through windows |
| Justice… |
| Is between plans and action |
| Between writing letters to congressmen and clapping a captain |
| Between raising legal defense funds and putting a gun on the bailiff and taking |
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| Judge captive |
| It is between prayer and fasting |
| Between burning and blasting |
| Freedom… |
| Is between the mind and the soul |
| It is between the lock and the load |
| Between the zeal of the young and the patience of the old |
| Freedom… |
| Is between the finger and the trigger |
| It is between the page and the pen |
| Between the grenade and the pin |
| Between righteous anger and keeping one in the chamber |
| So I say down with Goliath |
| I say down with Goliath |
| But we must learn, know, write, read |
| We must kick, bite, yell, scream |
| We must pray, fast, live, dream, fight, kill and die |
| Free |