They say I am incapable of self-expression
They say I do not belong
They say: This land was ours from so long
They say: You must go
I chose not to follow
They took my blood
They pierce my bones with fear
Green uniforms and rifles
They enter my house
Two hours pass
My people walk off their land
My people say they don’t want to see their children slaughtered
I am lost
They say I do not belong
They say I have no rights
They say I have no home
Everyone’s talking
What’s wrong and what’s right
What’s real and what’s fake
Everyone’s full of hate
I will not stand aside
I choose to ride
I belong, from so long
Before the birth of civilization
Before the birth of time
I am endowed with love
I am endowed with peace
But I will not sit and watch you fry my brother
I will not sit and cry when you rape my sister
I am past watching and crying
My throat is sour
Did you see my power?
I screamed!
I cried so loud the world became deaf
I said to myself: I will not need your help
I will take my right
I will fight
Now they call me a terrorist
The enemy of the State
I was erased from the map of the world
My freedom, my dignity
Have become words to be sung and treasured
I cried, I bled, I died
I am the son of man
Did you see how blue my face was
When your hands were around my neck?
Did you see my sister’s tears
Her bones wavering with fear?
You let her blood soak the earth
Not knowing that You have given birth
To a hundred thousand souls
My blood is sour
You will see my power!