Philistine David-Brother Ali

[ti:Philistine David] [ar:Brother Ali] [al:The Truth Is Here] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Philistine David - Brother Ali [00:20.73]I stand tall I raise my fists [00:22.84]I pray all this pain might lift [00:24.95] [00:25.58]I don't want to die tonight [00:27.10]But I can't live another day like this [00:29.51] [00:30.43]I stand tall I raise my fists [00:32.77]I pray all this pain might lift [00:35.14]I don't want to die tonight [00:36.85]But I can't live another day like this [00:39.17]The first time I ever broke the law [00:41.23]Was just being born in a zone that's controlled by y'all [00:43.91] [00:44.58]A foreigner in my own damn home land [00:46.93]Made me a sixteen year old grown man [00:49.17]I was aged by the pain that I saw [00:51.03]Outside my front door was the front line of a war [00:54.06]Shots gets fired I cry on the floor [00:56.53]Underneath my bed tryin' to hide from it all [00:58.93]I try to recall the first time that I saw [01:01.31]Someone close to me die and my mind starts to draw [01:03.64] [01:04.15]A blank [01:04.60]There's far to many of us die [01:06.63]Genocide it's a genocide [01:08.04] [01:08.56]And our enemies will never be satisfied [01:10.16] [01:11.17]Until not even our memories survive [01:13.55]It feels like they got the whole world on their side [01:16.11]And the story of my people will never reach your eyes [01:18.32] [01:18.94]But understand one damn thing I can't run [01:21.36]I don't care where the liar got his drink from [01:23.91]I'll rush your tank with not even a hand gun [01:26.19]Only a rock from the land that I stand on [01:28.26] [01:29.17]I stand tall I raise my fists [01:31.45]I pray all this pain might lift [01:33.43] [01:33.94]I don't want to die tonight [01:35.68]But I can't live another day like this [01:37.90] [01:38.90]I stand tall I raise my fists [01:41.24]I pray all this pain might lift [01:43.71]I don't want to die tonight [01:45.48]But I can't live another day like this [01:47.89]That's the law that I break when I breathe [01:49.96]The blood of my people races through me [01:52.27]I will never back down I can not flee [01:54.33]Would rather die on my feet then to live on my knees [01:56.95] [01:57.71]Adorning the soldier uniform I was born in [02:00.47]I did not chose the war I was drawn in [02:03.08]If I been called to be a martyrs end [02:05.28]I'm standing on heaven's front door with a grin [02:07.57]Saying please let me in [02:08.96]Greet me as a friend [02:10.12]I did not believe I would breathe free again [02:12.20] [02:12.78]Lord have mercy on my soul [02:14.76]I was desperate and I had people to defend [02:17.43]I'm the slave that drowned on the middle passage [02:19.76]I'm chief sitting bull at the hand of a savage [02:22.36]John brown standing both hands blasting [02:24.80]Crying freedom something must happen [02:26.96] [02:27.71]If I'm the only weapon that I have [02:29.61]Then I'm standing with a bomb strapped to my abdomen [02:32.18]Eyes full of water [02:33.48]God please forgive me [02:34.62]My people must one day live free [02:36.99] [02:37.84]I stand tall I raise my fists [02:40.02]I pray all this pain might lift [02:42.50]I don't want to die tonight but I can't live another day like this [02:46.70] [02:47.25]I stand tall I raise my fists [02:49.84]I pray all this pain might lift [02:52.26]I don't want to die tonight but I can't live another day like this