History Of Violence
Title | History Of Violence |
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Artist | Belly |
Album | The Revolution |
Release Date | 2007-06-05 |
Description | ? |
Lyrics | [Intro] Middle east Lets go Chyeaaa Got a lot of shit on my chest Lot of weight on my shoulders Too much shit on my mind I gotta let it out My people need me (Haaaaaaah), look we [Verse 1] Ain't a fool, I was born on a war torn corner Jeneen, Falasteen, full of steam where the bombs stormed on us Tried to escape but they never fore warned us Wed end up with the weight of the whole world on us Whats the difference between peace and war You can make war from peace, but not peace from war Maan, why you think they teach us for, what the speech is for Can’t nobody fuckin speak no more Maan, im getting to the point I can't breathe no more Cause all I ever breathe is disease of war Young soldiers die before there seeds are born It go back and forth like somebodys keepin score In the final they need somebody else- No We all know they do mean help is close I want peace, I guess that makes me a dreamer This is for the victims of the Middle East and Katrina, yeea [Hook] Do we deserve this, is it worth it Why the fuck they got us feeling like we worthless They do it on purpose, and its working Heyy, I ain't tryin to say to be perfect We had a history of violence We had a history of violence We had a history of violence We had a history of violence We had a history You might also like[Verse 2] We ain’t askin you to love us, stop tryin to judge us Who made the decision to go ahead and say fuck us What you seeing them hover No matter how high them warplanes fly, Gods above em What happened to Palestinian rights, Lebanese freedom A war aimed at civilian life Buildings get shot down, Children go fight Millions watch but they keep on killing despite Im watching daughters cry, over fathers that die Hit the power plants, no power, no water supply Forget the lies, this is when the truth comes in They hit airports and ports and no food comes in Ma spinning as the worlds revolving Right now we teaching our kids If there is problems only war can solve it Truth or dare, tell the truth I dare This callus betoy us like the who dont mayor There is people out there, too broke to give us their 2 cents I speak for them, if you relate I speak for you too then They say peace, but we dont have clue when How we let them drop bombs on the UN Tears trickled down my face, This is a war on my race So dont expect me to fall in my place Thinking that kids, they can be replaced Its a disgrace, over four million civilians displaced Tryin to hold back the cries, one hand on his mouth His pops died at eleven, he the man of no house Ain't no planning it out, this what lameness is about And you be damned if you let them kick his family out I have seen it, in my dream and They call us names when they acting like extremists They left us in pieces, thats not what peace is Thats not the teachings of Muhammad, Moses, Jesus Come on [Hook] Do we deserve this, is it worth it Why the fuck they got us feeling like we worthless They do it on purpose, and its working Heyy, I ain't tryin to say to be perfect We had a history of violence We had a history of violence We had a history of violence We had a history of violence We had a history [Outro] What happened to our history All the good we have done Yall base your opinions on us Based on what 2 percent of Our religion thinks Or the race thinks We lost a million civilians in Iraq Thats more people than any terrorist strike ever took We lost more american soldiers Than we did innocent lives on September 11 How does that equal out And it's all for oil Money, political game, fame What happened to be civilized people We are a civilization, arent we? For all the people that lost their lives in Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon Anywhere else across the world, this is for you |