Brother Ali
앨범 : Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color (Deluxe Ver.)

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 this 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 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
gather ‘round
Such the cities catch fire
and the flames grow higher
And the poor and the pious
get inspired and decide to
gather 'round
gather 'round
When the times get dire
and the mighty are liars
And the righteous fighting for
their life
get organized and gather 'round
gather 'round
When the prophets are silenced
and the tyrants are giants
And David sets his sights on Goliath
and we finally gather 'round
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
But the weak keep crying
and the innocent dying
And these are the times
when the real freedom fighters
gather ‘round
gather ‘round
Such the cities catch fire
and the flames grow higher
And the poor and the pious
get inspired and decide to
gather 'round
gather 'round
When the times get dire
and the mighty are liars
And the righteous fighting for
their life
get organized and gather 'round
gather 'round
When the prophets are silenced
and the tyrants are giants
And David sets his sights on Goliath
and we finally gather 'round
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
Taking the 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