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Title: HOW LONG ??
Post by: Kateb_nuri on July 21, 2006, 05:15:09 PM



How long
By Mister Kateb Nuri .Shunnar

How long 
Will we bow down
To
Injustice
Racism
Hatred
Freedom that has us locked, and bound by the hands and feet
How long?
Will we allow inequality?
How long 
Will we let the evils of the world pull the stars from heaven skies
How long ?
How long will we hide
How long will we continue to accept the numerous lies
From the Churches ,Government and the Corporate World.
How long will we stand by and watch the bodies be put into the dirt
How long can you stand there
I know  the inside you hurts
Where are your nerves 
I knoweth thou can feel the pain
I knoweth thou can see and smell the rain
I knoweth thou has a sensible brain
How long will you stand there
Your soul should be full of shame .
How long will you blame
How long will you sing
I’m a Christian
I’m a Muslim
I’m a Jew
I
I
I
Look out for myself
I care not about you
How long will we knock one another
How long will it take for us to see
There is but yet ONE GOD
One DESTINY
One AIM
How long will we be just so pitiful and simple
We all should be ashamed
How can truly claim
Muhammad
Moses
And
Jesus the Christ
These three men were strong they stood up and gave a fight
These three men ran wicked governments , injustice  inequality ,mental and physical slavery from the land 
They cared for the sick .
They gave food to the poor ,and housed those who had no where to sleep
They gave us a foundation
But
We walked on it and turned it into sand .
How long
Will you ,us, and I
Set aside with our eyes closed and our nose turned up as if we are too good to correct what is wrong
HOW LONG ??