As the cultural work continues with AROC we construct this collective creation with a poet in the movement drops bars about Capitalism and sK organizes a phenomenal instrumentation of sound.
Arab Youth Organizing is made up of Arab youth ages 14-22 from all over the Bay Area who engage in political education, skill building, and organizing.
December 17th, 2010
Mohammed Bouazizi's self immolation caused a revelation
The United States raped our region
Tired of bein told what to believe in
Political oppression was what we were conceived in
The people demand freedom, chests heavin as we screamin
You invaded our soil with pigs, but that's what our religion forbids us from Eatin
Proceed to killin for treason, but is that the only reason?
US invasions seem to happen every season
Drones will sneak up while an Arab kid sleepin
And ya big guns be gleamin, just like ya flag
Red, white, and blue and you gotta salute or they'll question ya loyalty
And I ain't talkin 1940s, homie this is now
CNN be the source and you dare not question how
Look at em actin, they deserve to take a bow
They talkin bout the Dow and fittin in with the crowd
But they ain't tell you bout the local poverty
The invasions bein justified with democracy
People livin on the streets, yet yall focused on foreign policy?
Naw fuck your democracy
And that Adam Smith philosophy
Cause a free market economy is why we got poverty
If ya don't believe me just look at their ideology
Private property, inclusion of social policies
Cause while WE strugglin, they drivin Ferraris
This the same system that bombed Nagasaki
This American dream, is just another scheme
And my name ain't Martin but I still have a dream
CREAM, capitalism ruins everything around me
NSA, Patriot Act still ain't enough to drown me
The revolution found me
And the struggle surrounds me
Scream for the prisoners
Scream for the children
Scream for the poor and let's keep movin
Because I have a solution to this economic pollution, a political movement starts with US
Standing up for justice will always be a must
Educate, mobilize, inspire, and empower
We can't let our voices keep vein devoured
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Poetry by
www.araborganizing.org/our-work/ayo
beat by
instagram: @Knockzarelli
Art Design by
www.sKnoxx.com
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