[Verse 1:]
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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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[Chorus: singer]
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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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[Verse 2:]
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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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[Chorus: singer]
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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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[Verse 3:]
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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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[Chorus: singer]
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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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We Will Rise
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Lowkey |