DISPLACED
I am a man, a father
Doing his best to simply
survive
Feed my family, keep them
safe
Most days I wonder how we
even stayed alive
That day the men with guns came
and forced down my door
and forced down my door
They grabbed hold of my wife
while holding me down with a
knife
Raped and tortured her
eventually taking her life
eventually taking her life
As if that wasn't enough
they went for my 14 year old daughter
I will never get her screams
out of my head
most days I wish too that I
was dead
but how could I save her
with the knife at my throat
And you ask me why I decided
to get on that boat.
Filthy Untouchable Lost Black Boys
Go
back to where you came from!
I am a man of great standing
it is my duty to distribute food, resolve
disputes
To Mother Earth we give our prayers
We once roamed this country
proud and free
That day I watched your boats sail to our
shores
We got written out of your
history
You say it is to help me, to
assimilate me
But I no longer have any say
You systematically
desecrate our sacred lands
Sent us to reservations of
your own choosing
Then sell off our home to
the highest bidder
You show me pieces of
paper
that have no true value to any one but you
And all the while you sing your Anthem
which has absolutely no meaning for me?
And all the while you sing your Anthem
which has absolutely no meaning for me?
I now roam
this land
no papers
to say who I am
my history
gone
the life I
knew abruptly stolen in a moment
my only
happy memories
are when I
remember the sounds of their laughter...
I wish I could go back to where I came from
where I belong.
I wish I could go back to where I came from
where I belong.
(c) Teresa / divinia 21st August 2012
SONG USED - ANTHEM WITHOUT NATION by Nitin sawhney
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