Testo We Are The Drum - Iyana
Testo della canzone We Are The Drum (Iyana), tratta dall'album We Are The Drum
We are the drum - they could not silence
The first war was chains - this war is in our minds
Fanon told us - each generation must rise
They built hell on earth - and told us to wait - heaven is coming
Divide and conquer - it is happening right now
Until we free our thoughts - we are not free at all
Disorganisation allows for exploitation
Biko said - the power of the oppressor is the oppressed mind
Malcolm X warned us - wake up
They conditioned how you think - that is the deeper crime
The propaganda was patient - it took generations to plant
They told you - you came from the lowest place
That shame is a weapon - not the truth about you
Fanon said - the colonised mind polices itself
They built it inside you - it came through their doors
But Fanon said - that shame is not yours
Know who you are - and know what you must do
Malcolm started in the streets - broken and lost
They gave him a cell - he came out knowing the cost
He read every book - he sharpened his mind
He said - education is the passport - leave ignorance behind
We are the drum - they could not silence
The first war was chains - this war is in our minds
Fanon told us - each generation must rise
They built hell on earth - and told us to wait - heaven is coming
Divide and conquer - it is happening right now
Until we free our thoughts - we are not free at all
Disorganisation allows for exploitation
Biko said - the power of the oppressor is the oppressed mind
Malcolm X warned us - wake up
Biko said it plain - said it so we could not miss
The greatest weapon of the oppressor is this
Not the gun - not the law - not the wall
It is the mind of the oppressed - that is the sharpest tool of all
They said we had nothing - but crossed oceans to take
We had nothing? - then why did they come so fast?
They banned the drum - because it made us one
So they made it illegal - and tried to silence us all
They called Malcolm dangerous - because he refused to bow
He said - by any means necessary - and he meant it now
Know yourself - or they will define you
Pan African - global - nothing to hide
We are the drum - they could not silence
The first war was chains - this war is in our minds
Fanon told us - each generation must rise
They built hell on earth - and told us to wait - heaven is coming
Divide and conquer - it is happening right now
Until we free our thoughts - we are not free at all
Disorganisation allows for exploitation
Biko said - the power of the oppressor is the oppressed mind
Malcolm X warned us - wake up
The flag went up - the crowd cheered loud
But Cabral said - do not be fooled by the crowd
A new flag means nothing - if the people are not free
Tell no lies to the people - let them see
The people are not fighting for words in the air
They are fighting for food - for land - to be there
Not a leader in a palace - while the people beg outside
Real freedom means the people gain - not just the guide
He said - they told us they gave us history - that is a lie
We had our own history - long before they arrived
They made us forget - made us walk at the back
Liberation means returning - coming back
If the new leader eats alone - the struggle was lost
Organise - return to your source - whatever the cost
The new boss must not become the old boss in disguise
Open your eyes - organise – rise
We are the drum - they could not silence
The first war was chains - this war is in our minds
Fanon told us - each generation must rise
They built hell on earth - and told us to wait - heaven is coming
Divide and conquer - it is happening right now
Until we free our thoughts - we are not free at all
Disorganisation allows for exploitation
Biko said - the power of the oppressor is the oppressed mind
Malcolm X warned us - wake up
Cabral was born in a colonised land
He led his people with a book in one hand
He was killed in 1973 - before independence came
But the flag rose - and nothing was ever the same
Biko was killed in 1977
Fanon was gone by 1961
Malcolm was silenced in 1965
But his words never died
Now it is our turn
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Writer(s): Wintra Media
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