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Immigrant's Fight

from He Found Brick Inedible by MOTHER TAREKA

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Beat by KidILL

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i'm tryin to get hired, naw im tryin to get fired
im tryin to rid my soul of selfish desire
i aint a buyer of capitalism's propanda
naw i'm a real hip hopper now can the
people wake the fuck up already?
cus u know hells around us steady
casulties of war shit, this continent's a warship
and everyone got their own responsibilities
it aint with ease that i communicate these
ugly truths, workin class testimonies
we scrub their floors stand tall to open their doors
maintain their pools and gulf course
this class war's international highly mechanical
hegemony organized by the so called civilized
1st world nations, stuck on the oil teat
allied with dictators til people take to the streets
Kill'em all slow, public executions
make'em pay for the ways that they abusing us
so who do you trust? your family? your clan?
the safety net borders that are drawn in the sand?
yeah, it gets deeper, cus im born in the middle east
the place where poverty sleeps, the heart of the beast
the oil well's spillin civilization poisons
different republic, similar disappointments
boys in my homelands actin like grown men
aint no time to chill, or savour bein children
thats reality kid, get it how you get it
break the law cus Allah understands

sometimes its hard to recognize privilege
the kind of poverty you experience is relative to where you live
you are both the work horse and the gears of oppression, lets go!

I left my homeland in the middle of night
came to a place i'm told was doin it right
broke n starved is the immigrant's/refugee's fight
but poverty's everywhere whether you black or white

or muslim or christian i hope that you listen to your heart
and accomplish your mission
break the law cus Allah understands
when you fight the corporate plans of the rich white man
enforcin police states, a thousand holocausts
all in the name of the luxuries of the north
slavery's abolished but we still their property
tradin time hourly, they got the power we
lackin, so dont hesitate to give'em a smackin
end their petrol economy, yo come! follow me!
arent u sick n tired of livin for the weekend?
arent u fed up with the ways they be speakin on your behalf? makin u the global enemy?
the people's uprising might be the only remedy
we're runnin out of time, lets re-write history
change dont come til you make it be
we're runnin out of time, lets re-write history
change dont come til you make it be
tell'em if you want my freedom goddamn it then
you gonna have to pry it out my cold dead hands

I left my homeland in the middle of night
came to a place i'm told was doin it right
broke n starved is the immigrant's/refugee's fight
but poverty's everywhere whether you black or white

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from He Found Brick Inedible, released July 24, 2011

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Mother Tareka Hamilton, Ontario

Sax blasting, flute tooting, loop-pedal pumping MC Mother Tareka is a Syrian Palestinian artist, and an adopted Hamilton son. Tarek makes powerful Jazz Arabesque Afrobeat Funk HipHop music, and is musically known for his energetic live band arrangements, and intense political messages. ... more

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