FellowMan - My Land lyrics

[Verse 1 - Brewsta] It's Brewsta, Caribbean king Telling you a bit about the world that I'm in Between all the sea and the suns and the sand The screams of the slaves stay haunting our land The rich living lavish, the poor be feeling it Cla**ism still alive, they just be concealing it Driving in the streets, my eyes looking down 'Cos I can't stand to look at the guy on the ground The child with the frown, the beggar by the window Disparity is destroying our kinfolk So badman rise up with the rifle Retaliation a gangsta disciple Entire nation, in disarray Goodbye to peace, hello to the misery The murder capital where we murder for capital I pray to God that the war don't finish we [Hook - Adwoa Owusu] 'Cos this is my land and I'll watch it burning Won't let a life get away And this is my tale and I'll say it my way No-one can take my pride away Bear it and you'll stay [Verse 2 - FellowMan] Name, FellowMan, you guess my nation My place by the tracks, my destination? Down the street to record this jam Say peace to the homeless man, he's my closest fam His people built this state Repaid with early graves, guilt and hate And now the same thing's resuming Living is hairy like Truman when you're presumed to be less than human And that's some heavy stuff to get a grasp of Especially when you're the one they say it's on behalf of In my name? I never did wrong to nobody; didn't do me the same, did you? But leaders don't speak for the grunts Never do, never have, never will, never once This could really be the land of the free, if we demand it to be Now if you're standing with me C'mon [Hook] [Verse 3 - TempRizn] You don't know where I'm from? They call it motherland You never heard of it? Watch where the bombs land Broken hearts anytime they drive by You don't understand why beautiful eyes cry Shattered dreams in the name of democracy? Old men in suits afford such hypocrisy They're running from war and poverty It's like deja vu, rewind the history They see the white man in camouflage Like me seeing a ghost with his entourage You first destroy, then you preach We know what you're here for, don't you leech? Don't meet the palm with the fist You heard the tales, know the gist They say it's too late to be on the same team But it's never too late to dream [Hook] [Verse 4 - Justified P.E.A.C.E.] I got some fresh Jordans, a new watch Painted on your TV screen, heated Glocks Handheld cannons, with my pants sagging Go to church just to tell 'em I'mma keep swagging Illiterate biblical money's my centerfold Rooted in the government, my worth is subliminal I eat the fast food to keep my life on fast forward Can't make it past 25, wasted the last 24 Seven, on a non existent nine to five Thought about minimal wage until I push the rocks Over my grave, I'm young and untamed Cause my daddy disappeared with my dreams in his hands This is my land; but why they take it from me? Half my sisters and brothers don't know there's moore in us; peace To the melanin deficit an*log unintelligent digital simulated media brainwashing my brethren [Hook] [Bridge - Adwoa Owusu] All this time we have been running Centuries and still we're hurting Can't decide if we are still human Wish I was exaggerating A billion lives have pa**ed in waiting The answer was never in hating [Verse 5 - Aashish Edakadampil] Break the locks, we have been misinformed Raise a storm, no, we won't conform Handed down a dying earth Immersed in hate from the time of birth Latitudes decide your worth A human's dearth a human's mirth Here we are on cosmic dust Look at how we all combust Was unjust but now disgusts Pause the beat - it's meant to hurt My land, your land, promised land for the coke brand Ten more minutes they have their way there'll be nothing left to withstand Yeah I read my history; bought it with the currency But in rage the pages all got lit up when I found he wrote that story Allah krishna buddha and christ - what if the child can't afford the price? I don't wanna chide but I can-not hide the pain inside; now you decide Nobody can tell what to do when I'm thinking about ways to hit undo All they had to do was teach me love and I know that it sounds like a painful truth Open your eyes, time to see - there's a key to an us on the family tree All summed up on a pale blue dot wishing for humanity