| Is it just dream?, Am I a fool for trying?
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| I stand defiant but my enemy’s the tallest giant,
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| Will visions be reality? |
| they tell me never,
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| I wanna feel the unity that Malcolm felt in Mecca,
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| I wonder if it made sense in his last moments,
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| People don’t value the soul cause they can’t hold it,
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| Find something real beyond death and misery,
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| And understand the present in the context of history,
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| It’s been established Sykes-Picot was a bitter marriage,
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| Since the day Thomas Edward Lawrence tricked the Arabs,
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| I never back stab my people like Abu Mazen,
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| I’ll overthrow the monarchs like Abdul Karim Qassem,
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| This is a battle that many better men have died fighting,
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| But I hope to give an insight through my writing,
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| My pen fires at the men who defend liars,
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| I send fire till the end of your empire,
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| We will fight to live,
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| We will not give up,
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| We will not give in,
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| We will rise,
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| And through the blood and tears,
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| We will not give up,
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| We will not give in,
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| We will rise,
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| Guess who’s back, descendant of the occupied,
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| I represent the sentiments of many men you’ve colonized,
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| The President is eloquent but he’s never been on my side,
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| Melanin’s irrelevant cause everything was prophecised,
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| There was a time when they talked about the Arab Nation,
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| Broke our good leaders replaced them with a pack of masons,
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| Took your Keffiyeh and changed it to a fashion statement,
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| You sat with Satan, Camp David means assassination,
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| Peace in your imagination, that’s not real,
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| I’ve been where Arafat got poisoned and Sadat got killed,
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| I’m not a martyr, just a man without a Masters or a master,
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| Trying to unite the people like Abdul Nasser,
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| This is a battle that many better men have died fighting,
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| But I hope to give an insight through my writing,
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| My pen fires at the men who defend liars,
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| I send fire till the end of your empire,
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| We will fight to live,
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| We will not give up,
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| We will not give in,
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| We will rise,
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| And through the blood and tears,
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| We will not give up,
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| We will not give in,
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| We will rise,
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| If you’re my brother, you’re my brother but please be loyal,
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| Comrades for life till we’re deep in soil,
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| They came to the middle east told us we need royals,
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| Just ask Mossadeq about BP Oil,
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| Look at history, the pecking order you will discover,
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| Nationalize your resources watch your children suffer,
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| Are you still my brother?
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| Even if BAE Systems gives us weapons to kill each other,
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| I strike back at the empire till it falls,
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| Most of us invest our money in building walls,
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| Mark the words of the lyricist that’s written this,
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| Any money that I do make will build a bridge,
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| This is a battle that many better men have died fighting,
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| But I hope to give an insight through my writing,
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| My pen fires at the men who defend liars,
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| I send fire till the end of your empire,
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| We will fight to live,
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| We will not give up,
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| We will not give in,
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| We will rise,
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| And through the blood and tears,
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| We will not give up,
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| We will not give in,
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| We will rise. |