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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Look Into My Eyes--Outlandish




Lyrics to Look Into My Eyes
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Look into my eyes
Tell me what ya see
U don’t see a damn thing
Cuz u can’t relate to me U blinded by our differences
My life makes no sense to u
I’m the persecuted one
U the red, white and blue
Each day u wake in tranquility
No fears to cross your eyes
Each day I wake in gratitude
Thankin’ God He let me rise
Ya worry ’bout your education
And the bills u have to pay
I worry ’bout my vulnerable life
And if I’ll survive another day
Ya biggest fear is getting a ticket
As ya cruise your Cadillac
My fear is that the tank that’s just left
Will turn around and come back
Yet do u know the truth of where ya money goes
Do u let the media deceive your mind
Is this a truth that nobody nobody nobody knows
Some one tell me
Oh let’s not cry tonight
I promise you one day it’s through
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
Oh shine a light for every soul
That ain’t with us no more
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
See I’ve known terror for quite some times
57 years so cruel
Terror breathes the air I breathe
It’s the check point on my way to school
Terror is the robbery of my land
And the torture of my mother
The imprisonment of my innocent father
The bullet in my baby brother
The bulldozers and the tanks
The gasses and the guns
The bombs that fall outside my door
All due to your funds
You blame me for defending myself
Against the ways of my enemies
I’m terrorized in my own land
And I’m the terrorist
Yet do u know the truth of where ya money goes
Do u let the media deceive your mind
Is this a truth that nobody nobody nobody knows
Some one tell me
Oh let’s not cry tonight
I promise you one day it’s through
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
Oh shine a light for every soul
That ain’t with us no more
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
American do ya realize
That the taxes that u pay
Feed the forces that traumatize
My every living day
So if I won’t be here tomorrow
It’s written in my fate
May the future bring a brighter day
The end of our wait
Oh let’s not cry tonight
I promise you one day it’s through
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters
Oh shine a light for every soul
That ain’t with us no more
Ohohoh my brothers
Ohohoh my sisters

A PALESTINIAN TALE IN PROSE AND SONG


I want to tell a Story….

I want to tell the world a story…
about a home with a broken lantern and a burned doll,
about a picnic that wasn’t enjoyed,
about an axe that killed the flowers;
A story about a fire that consumed a plait,
a story about a tear that didn’t run down…
I want to tell a story about a goat that wasn’t milked,
about a mothers dough that wasn’t baked,
about a wedding that wasn’t celebrated,
and a baby girl that didn’t grow up…..
about a football that wasn’t kicked,
about a dove that didn’t fly.
I want to tell a story about a key that wasn’t used,
about a classroom that wasn’t attended,
about a book that wasn’t read,
about a playground that was silent.
About a besieged and lonely farm and
about its fruits that were not picked,
about a lie that wasn’t discovered.
A story about a masjid that’s no longer prayed in,
about a mosque that no longer stands,
and a culture no longer rejoiced.
I want to tell a story about a muddy, grassy roof,
about a stone that faced a tank,
about a stubborn flag that refuses to lie down,
about a spirit that cannot be defeated;
I want to tell the world a story.
Now… light a candle for Palestine…
you can do it, light a candle, one little candle;
Watch the darkness fade away,
just try it….
one ray of light wipes away the gloomiest night…
As dawn breaks just observe….
can you see that all the darkness of the world
cannot extinguish the faintest flicker of a beam of light.?
Light a candle… one little candle,
watch the darkness fade away… you can do it…
Hey….. WORLD.. did you hear me..?
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~ By my dear Sister Angel Falasteen
 

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