If i was named muhammad or hussein
I wonder if my feelings on islam would be the same
Or maybe i would read those famous names
And maybe it would change the way i think about my faith
Cos the way that i was raised
Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage
That’s the way that i was raised
Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage
Cos the way that i was raised
Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage
That’s the way that i was raised
Was to fear the almighty
I’m terrified of when i’ll have to tell my mother
Mum, i don’t believe in the same god that you do
My god is a rock star who’s called will toledo
My god is some dude who wrote some jokes that one day
(peter holmes! will and pete, i love you both!)
Your god is some dude who doesn’t know what love is
Your god preys on fear and i find that disgusting
Cos the way that i was raised
Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage
That’s the way that i was raised
Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage
Cos the way that i was raised
Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage
That’s the way that i was raised
Was to fear the almighty
I have my religious hang-ups
But i ain’t in handcuffs
I can say that my life’s been bad
But i ain’t lived in --------
Where i’d receive an ‘education’
On ignorance and human hatred
Where looking like you do has made you a victim
You have been labelled a misfit
When all that you are fam is young, brown and gifted
This guilt is insurmountable
There’s privilege in that
We know that he’s accountable
How difficult is that?
The privilege is unreal
My feet are on the heater now
I’m writing poems, thinking ‘bout
The atrocities that they’re living out
How can i not
Feel guilt at that
I didn’t choose to be born here
Just think ‘bout that
Cos the way that we were raised in the uk
You can choose to use your voice
And with our tongues, we will prevail
Cos there’s people being raped
This world’s a disgrace
And it makes me feel ashamed
That i can sing about them now
When for the same act they’re encaged
This world’s a disgrace
And it makes me feel ashamed
That there’s people being raped
For how they think about their faith
And if this is indeed the lord’s doing
Then he’s malignant in my eyes