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Who's The Enemy? (feat. Gabriel O Pensador)

Ithaka

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    Did ya ever notice that governments of the globe
    Try to generalize each other as friend or foe?
    But what is a country, but a dividing wire
    Of who pays taxes to which vampires?
    Just try to see that folk that live in tyranny
    Ain't anymore the enemy than you or than me
    I remember back when I was fourteen
    Of the news on TV and of the films on the screen
    Tried to have us all hatin' the Soviet Union
    The Evil Empire, I believe was their slogan
    But later on, when the heat began to cool
    Russian exchange students arrived at our school
    They dug computer games, rock and hip-hop
    Studied hard, drank like fish, smoked a lot of pot
    Two brainy dudes and four goddess like girls
    Didn't exactly look to me like, Enemy Of The World

    Is this the enemy?
    Is this the real enemy?
    Don't look like the enemy
    Now tell me who's the enemy

    I learned once, now I try to unlearn
    That some countries' flags should be shredded and burned
    But I live in a country which by force of fate
    Has developed a culture of more love than hate
    It's a country where people vote peace, not war
    And where any foreigner finds an open door
    Here we have many colors and many religions
    Many ways of seeing things and of thinking these visions
    But sometimes you just see what they shove in your eye
    And the easiest way of thinking is believing a lie
    That's why some accept the unacceptable
    And soldiers go, where no one has to go
    And leaders tell just what they want us to know
    But where the hell is the real truth they never show?
    Talking about hell, where does the devil reside?
    And in a war, how come God has to choose one side?
    Don't be fooled by your pride, when a guy with no wisdom
    Wants to be a super hero in the name of freedom
    Even sacred words can be excuses for killing
    What you really want to know is
    Who's the real villian?

    Is this the enemy?
    Is this the real enemy?
    Don't look like the enemy
    Now tell me who's the enemy

    The commander-in chiefs of this planet
    Put the population control on automatic
    By planting the the seeds of hate in our lands
    And watering the seeds with propaganda
    Among the black, the brown, yellow, red, and the white
    The Muslim, the Hindu, Christian and Israelite
    But the enemies of The Man, ain't my enemies
    Just individuals trying to make ends meet
    So please, don't believe everything you hear and see
    Ulterior motives runs miles and miles deep
    Basic need became basic greed
    Globalizing economy, while ignoring ecology?
    Bombs kill folk and pollute the air both
    Eradicate species, but guarantee market growth
    Got money for arms, but not for schools and medicine?
    Now you tell me, who's got the enemy doctrine?

    Is this the enemy?
    Is this the real enemy?
    Don't look like the enemy
    Now tell me who's the enemy

    Who is the victim here?
    Who is the one I fear?
    Who is the one I blame?
    Who puts the world in shame?
    Who makes the world insane?
    Who makes the bombing rain?
    Who makes me cry in pain?
    Who makes me die in vain?

    Who's chasing who?
    You better think twice
    Who's the hunter? Who's the hunted?
    Who are the cats? Who are the mice?
    I see politicians, how they speak so nice
    I see how suspiciously they roll the dice
    I see how they lie and control our lives
    I see, I see they're just cold like ice
    I simply can't stand all this sacrifice
    In the name of the law, when the laws are lies
    Don't rely on those who preach that same old speech
    That many should be poor, so one or two can be rich
    I've been walking and talking across the five continents
    I've seen hunger and humility, anger and arrogance
    The more I see
    The more I feel this shame
    The more I see we're different
    The more I feel we are all the same
    I've seen a lot places, a lot of faces
    A lot of so-called races of humanity in front of me
    I've seen some pictures on the wall
    And on the TV screen
    But I still haven't seen the real enemy

    Is this the enemy?
    Is this the real enemy?
    Don't look like the enemy
    Now tell me who's the enemy

    Composição: Gabriel o Pensador / Ithaka Darin Pappas. Essa informação está errada? Nos avise.


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