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halaj pharaoh-jali lialu - idle no more lyrics

[chorus]
this is not
how the story ends
keep the faith
persevere my friends
(jessica gordon)
(sylvia mcadam, sheelah mcclean)
(nina wilson, the first nations)
(homage)
this is not
how your story ends
soon the sun
it will shine again

[verse one]
clear tears cascading down cheeks
speak more eloquent than pink tongues
they leave an unimpeded trail that reveals
what was seen so that we can become
pupils of our history to see the vast sp-ce
between the past and today like were nothing
like the settlers who said that they were heaven sent
with a destiny to make this land their residence
but tears stroll down to lips to spit lyrics
about how we’re the residue of pilgrims
cause we settle in the sight of the beaming sun
and we settle when the crescent peaks down from above
and we settle cause we surmise that the four will die
off with our forefathers but we can’t foresee
the four seeds germinating in our toddlers like
us they will be neo colonizers

[chorus]
this is not
how the story ends (i hope not)
keep the faith
persevere my friends (i’ll try)
(i close my eyes; i feel the braille)
(it reads the sun will rise and that we will prevail)
(i open my eyes and we are terrorized)
(how do i live by faith in place of sight)
this is not
how your story ends
soon the sun
it will shine again
(can we take much more?)
(how long must we endure)
(the pain the depression, the blame for oppression)
(i hear what you saying, but when will it get better?)

[verse two]
well i’d like to be the one to tell you
that things are going to get better for all of us soon
but if i’m being honest, i am not convinced
since we continue in imperial traditions
cause it used to be love that conquered all
and if you chose to surrender, then she would gladly give you
everything a human being could ever need
but if you put up a fight then she would leave you be
but now it’s us who conquer all
and if you don’t surrender then we’ll just k!ll you
and as for love, she’s been colonized too
cause we manipulate her message and we bind her truth
put it in a pretty package and sell it to the m-sses
p-ssing it off as a commodity that is worth having
now, love is nothing more than an export
and as for you and me we are the subjects for

[post chorus]
white supremacy, capitalism, patriarchy, imperialism
of these four we can’t take much more
the ammunition of a system which wages war
on human potential so from this day forward
together my people, idle no more
idle no more, idle no more
together my people idle no more
i don’t know everything that you’ve endured
but i know that we suffer from the same four
and of these four we can’t take much more
the ammunition of a system which wages war
on human potential so from this day forward
together my people, idle no more
idle no more, idle no more
together my people idle no more
i don’t know everything that you’ve endured
but i know that we suffer from the same four

[verse three]
and i’m committed to the cure
the cure to eradicate the four the four
from indigenous sh0r-s threatening the life
of those who have yet to be born
and we could take the chains off our feet
and we could take the chains off our minds
but more souls will rest in peace
if love remains colonized

[bridge]
so, we got to decolonize love
but how can we decolonize love
to be honest i don’t know where that journey
will end, but this is where i choose to begin
yeah, yeah, this is where i choose to begin

[verse four]
i repent for ignorance my god forgive me
you only need to forgive yourself to be free
now go forth and bring my people from their graves
cause when you do that, freedom rings
now go live in a way that mitigates climate change
cause when you do that, freedom rings
now go remove the mute to hear the truth
and let the world know that the bell hooks you

[outro]
toni morrison
you live forever

- halaj pharaoh jali lialu lyrics

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