Fahhem's Blog - Lyricshttps://blog.fahhem.com/2010-07-19T23:29:00-07:00An intermittent post of thoughtsAn intermittent post of thoughtsBrother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn2010-07-19T23:29:00-07:002010-07-19T23:29:00-07:00fahhemtag:blog.fahhem.com,2010-07-19:/2010/07/brother-ali-uncle-sam-goddamn/<p>So I'm tired of these lyrics websites having such bad lyrics for good
artists. Every once in a while I'll try to post some real lyrics for
songs that I listen to with inadequate lyrics elsewhere. Here's my
latest in the series:<br>
Ah,<br>
The name of this song is Uncle …<a class="read-more" href="/2010/07/brother-ali-uncle-sam-goddamn/"><span>continue</span></a></p><p>So I'm tired of these lyrics websites having such bad lyrics for good
artists. Every once in a while I'll try to post some real lyrics for
songs that I listen to with inadequate lyrics elsewhere. Here's my
latest in the series:<br>
Ah,<br>
The name of this song is Uncle Sam Goddamn<br>
It's a show tune but the show ain't been written for it yet.<br>
We're gonna see if Tony Jerome and the band<br>
can maybe work this shit out for me<br>
straighten me out right quick.<br>
I like it so far man</p>
<p>Yeah</p>
<p>Come on, let's go</p>
<p>Welcome to the United Snakes<br>
Land of the thief, home of the slave<br>
Grand imperial guard where<br>
the dollar is sacred and proud</p>
<p>Let's do this shit for real, come on now</p>
<p>Smoke and mirrors, stripes and stars<br>
Stolen for the cross in the name of God<br>
Bloodshed, genocide, rape and fraud<br>
Written to the pages of the law, good lord</p>
<p>The cold continent latch key child<br>
Ran away one day and started acting foul<br>
King of where the wild things are, daddy's proud<br>
Cause the roman empire done passed it down</p>
<p>Imported and tortured the work force<br>
They never healed the wounds or shook the curse off<br>
Now the grown up Goliath nation<br>
Holdin open auditions for the part of David, can you feel?</p>
<p>Nothing can save you, you question the rain<br>
You get rushed in and chained up<br>
fists raised but I must be insane<br>
Cause I can't figure a single goddamn way to change it</p>
<p>Welcome to the United Snakes<br>
Land of the thief, home of the slave<br>
Grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred and power is God</p>
<p>Welcome to the United Snakes<br>
Land of the thief, home of the slave<br>
Grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred and power is God</p>
<p>All must bow to the fat and lazy<br>
The fuck you obey me and<br>
why do they hate me, who me?<br>
Only two generations away from<br>
the World's most despicable slavery trade</p>
<p>Pioneered so many ways to degrade a human being<br>
That it can't be changed to this day<br>
Legacy so ingrained in the way that we think<br>
We no longer need chains to be slaves</p>
<p>Lord it's a shameful display<br>
The overseers even got raped along the way<br>
Cause the children can't escape from the pain<br>
And they're born with the pores<br>
and there's hatred in their veins</p>
<p>Try and separate a man from his soul<br>
You'll only strengthen him and lose your own<br>
Well shoot that fucker if he walk near the throne<br>
Remind him that this is my home (now i'm gone)</p>
<p>Welcome to the United Snakes<br>
Land of the thief, home of the slave<br>
Grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred and power is god</p>
<p>Welcome to the United Snakes<br>
Land of the thief, home of the slave<br>
Grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred</p>
<p>Hold up, gimme one right here, hold up</p>
<p>You don't give money to the bums<br>
On the corner with a sign, bleeding from their gums<br>
Talkin bout, you don't support a crackhead<br>
Whatchu think happens to the money from yo' taxes</p>
<p>Shit the government's an addict<br>
With a billion dollar a week kill brown people habit<br>
And even if you ain't on the front line<br>
When master yell crunch time you right back at it</p>
<p>You ain't look at how you hustling backwards<br>
And the end of the year add up what they subtracted<br>
Three outta twelve months your salary<br>
Paid for that madness, man that's sadness</p>
<p>What's left get a big ass plasma<br>
To see where they made Dan Rather point the damn camera<br>
Only approved questions get answered<br>
Now stand your ass up for that national anthem</p>
<p>Welcome to the United Snakes<br>
Land of the thief, home of the slave<br>
Grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred and power is God</p>
<p>Welcome to the United Snakes<br>
Land of the thief, home of the slave<br>
Grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred and power is God</p>
<p>[instrumental break]</p>
<p>Custom made, the consumer news</p>
<p>Keep saying we're free<br>
But we're all just blue (x3)</p>
<p>Custom made, the consumer news<br>
Keep saying we're free<br>
But we're all just blue</p>K'naan - America (ft. Mos Def and Chali 2na)2009-04-20T02:31:00-07:002009-04-20T02:31:00-07:00fahhemtag:blog.fahhem.com,2009-04-20:/2009/04/knaan-america-ft-mos-def-and-chali-2na/<p>Several times I've looked for the lyrics to this song and been
disappointed. Below I've combined the sources online with my (limited)
knowledge of Arabic. I'll try to get my Somali friend to translate the
Somali Chorus. UPDATE: I got Moha Egal to translate the Somali verse for
me!</p>
<p>(ENGLISH …<a class="read-more" href="/2009/04/knaan-america-ft-mos-def-and-chali-2na/"><span>continue</span></a></p><p>Several times I've looked for the lyrics to this song and been
disappointed. Below I've combined the sources online with my (limited)
knowledge of Arabic. I'll try to get my Somali friend to translate the
Somali Chorus. UPDATE: I got Moha Egal to translate the Somali verse for
me!</p>
<p>(ENGLISH ONLY)<br>
uh huh uh huh uh huh<br>
oh this takes me home,<br>
it makes me think about sitting outside of my old home when i was
younger and singing something like</p>
<p>(Chorus I)</p>
<p>gabar yaroo subhaano (Young beautiful girl)<br>
maro shabeelo hirato (wearing tiger-patterned)<br>
maro qafiifa huwato (light, thin clothing.)<br>
maga'aaga ii sheeg (Tell me your name.)<br>
magaeygu waa sharaf (she says: My name is Sharaf)<br>
sharaf haaji weeyan (Sharaf Haaji, it is.)<br>
aqalada hariirta (Those beautiful houses)<br>
dhina baan ka jooga (I live beside.)<br>
alla ya u sheega (Somebody please tell them)<br>
tinta u shanleeya (give them a clue)<br>
nahoy zamzamey (of you, Zamzam,)<br>
sabaah nuurey (who shines like the morning light)<br>
adoo kin kin iyo (like the scales)<br>
kaluun badaneey (of a colorful fish,)<br>
adoo hajka jira (while you were gone on Hajj)<br>
xasuus badaneey (had many memories.)<br>
sahiibtaa asho ashaq baa dilay (Your friend, Aisha died of love.)<br>
ugu dambeyntiina (at long last [I realized])<br>
aniyo geeluba (both I and the camels)<br>
wa u banaanbahnay (need love.)</p>
<p>(Chorus II)<br>
wanagii orodnee (Remember us fleeing,)<br>
nabad barinee (searching for peace?)<br>
mareykan waa laga soo waayay(3x) (In America, none was found.)</p>
<p>There are certain things fresh,<br>
and certain things mesh,<br>
I got my own sound i dont sound like the rest,<br>
and even my attire and my choice of dress,<br>
and not long ago i don't spoke English<br>
my point is police pull me over a lot<br>
they wonder what kind of rap sheet i got.<br>
and sometimes i take a young girl out to eat,<br>
and hold the door open "oh your so sweet",<br>
of course my affection's super illustrated<br>
and i like to give don't reciprocate it<br>
unless you could give me something innovated<br>
well lets cook it up we dont refrigerate it<br>
but back to this country of the educated<br>
where people get robbed and they celebrate it,</p>
<p>(Repeat Chorus II)</p>
<p>(MOS DEF)<br>
Marayken,<br>
my country tis of thee<br>
sweet land for robberies<br>
those smokin SUV's<br>
grab me an army green<br>
fat and frills<br>
thrills and spills<br>
eat and sleep<br>
hump and kill<br>
shop til you drop<br>
work til you dead<br>
get all you can<br>
then get in the wind<br>
outta my face<br>
on your knees<br>
sleep in the mansion<br>
shut out the streets<br>
make that cake<br>
woop that trick<br>
lick my swagger<br>
suck my sick<br>
get high get low get sticky get rich<br>
get yo own show get down get quick<br>
you slow you blow you broke get fixed<br>
terror dome, home swag home<br>
terror dome, home swag home<br>
home swag home<br>
home swag home</p>
<p>(Chorus II) (America repeated)</p>
<p>(CHALI 2NA)</p>
<p>There are some things pure while certain things blur<br>
dilute it with the lie and you believe when it occur<br>
falsified information got my people in the stir<br>
we have to be in search of something equal to the cure<br>
straight out the door, i come to give you more<br>
lay the law keep it raw, when i speak it from the core<br>
get underneath your skin like i scratched you with the claw<br>
conflicted with the rich cuz i kick it with the poor<br>
i laugh in the face of adversity<br>
sound clashed with the bass cuz its natural to me<br>
but if you pay attention to the past you will see<br>
not long ago you black they'd hang your ass from a tree<br>
certain things things change, while some stay the same<br>
some are recluse others are lovers of the game<br>
I'm trying to walk the lane, the serahtal mustakeen (Arabic for
straight path)<br>
instead of doing things that keep you covered in the flame.</p>
<p>(Repeat Chorus II) (America repeated)</p>
<p>Nanananana that shit was cool in English, but let me get that Somali
verse.</p>
<p>(Chorus I)</p>
<p>Sources:<br>
http://www.metrolyrics.com/america-lyrics-knaan.html<br>
http://www.url.com/lyrics/show/2275/k-naan/america<br>
My Somali friend, Moha Egal.</p>