Look into my eyes   Tell me what ya see   You don?t see a damn thing   'Cuz you can?t relate to me      You blinded by our differences   My life makes no sense to you   I?m the persecuted one   You the red, white and blue      Each day you wake in tranquility   No fears to cross your eyes   Each day I wake in gratitude   Thankin? God, He let me rise      Ya worry ?bout your education   And the bills you have to pay   I worry ?bout my vulnerable life   And if I?ll survive another day      Ya biggest fear is getting a ticket   As ya cruise your Cadillac   My fear is that the tank that?s just left   Will turn around and come back      Yet do you know the truth of where ya money goes?   Do you let the media deceive your mind?   Is this a truth that nobody knows?   Has our world gone all blind      Yet do you know the truth of where ya money goes?   Do you let the media deceive your mind?   Is this a truth that nobody knows?   Some one tell me      Oh, let?s not cry tonight   I promise you one day it?s through   Oh, oh, oh, my brothers   Oh, oh, oh, my sisters      Oh, shine a light for every soul   That ain?t with us no more   Oh, oh, oh, my brothers   Oh, oh, oh, my sisters      See, I?ve known terror for quite some times   57 years, so cruel   Terror breathes the air I breathe   It?s the check point on my way to school      Terror is the robbery of my land   And the torture of my mother   The imprisonment of my innocent father   The bullet in my baby brother      The bulldozers and the tanks   The gasses and the guns   The bombs that fall outside my door   All due to your funds      You blame me for defending myself   Against the ways of my enemies   I?m terrorized in my own land   And I?m the terrorist      Yet do you know the truth of where ya money goes?   Do you let the media deceive your mind?   Is this a truth that nobody knows?   Has our world gone all blind      Yet do you know the truth of where ya money goes?   Do you let the media deceive your mind?   Is this a truth that nobody knows?   Some one tell me      Oh, let?s not cry tonight   I promise you one day it?s through   Oh, oh, oh, my brothers   Oh, oh, oh, my sisters      Oh, shine a light for every soul   That ain?t with us no more   Oh, oh, oh, my brothers   Oh, oh, oh, my sisters      American, do ya realize   That the taxes that you pay   Feed the forces that traumatize   My every living day      So if I won?t be here tomorrow   It?s written in my fate   May the future bring a brighter day   The end of our wait      Oh, let?s not cry tonight   I promise you one day it?s through   Oh, oh, oh, my brothers   Oh, oh, oh, my sisters      Oh, shine a light for every soul   That ain?t with us no more   Oh, oh, oh, my brothers   Oh, oh, oh, my sisters