IT TOOK A 10,000 MILE PLANE RIDE
FOR ME TO RISE FROM THE DEAD
AND GET RID OF THE BRAINWASH
I ONCE HAD IN MY HEAD
I WENT TO VIET-NAM
TO STOP THE COMMUNIST SPREAD
WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE END
I WOULD POSSIBLY BE DEAD
TO FIGHT AND KILL
THIS MAN THEY CALL V.C.
TO TAKE HIM FROM COMMUNISM
AND GIVE HIM DEMOCRACY
WHAT I WAS TO DO WAS RIGHT I KNOW
BECAUSE I WAS TOLD SO BY THE KLAN
BECAUSE HE KNOWS
WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL MAN
WHEN I ARRIVED HERE
I STARTED SMOKING
THIS WEED WE’D CALL DEW
AND THINGS I USE TO LOOK AT
I NOW LOOK CLEAN THRU
THE FIRST TIME I SMOKED IT
I STARTED LAUGHIN RIGHT OFF THE BAT
BUT FROM THEN ON
I REALIZED THERE WAS NOTHING TO LAUGH AT
BECAUSE EVERYTHING AROUND ME
NOW SEEMED SO VERY REAL
AND THINGS I NEVER BEFORE TRULY NOTICED
I COULD NOW STRONGLY FEEL
I’D LOOK AT THE WHITEMAN
AND MY BODY WOULD FILL WITH DISGUST
BECAUSE I REALIZE NOW
THEY CARE NOTHING ABOUT US
WHEN THEY FREED US FROM SLAVERY
EVERYTHING WAS JUST FINE
BUT THEY SIMPLY TOOK THE CHAINS OFF OUR BODIES
AND REPLACED THEM ON OUR MINDS
FOR ALL OUR LIVES
WE’VE BEEN LETTING THIS WHITEMAN DECIDE
AND WHAT EVER HIS DECISION
WE SIMPLY TOOK IT IN STRIDE
WE COME TO THIS COUNTRY
WE FIGHT HARD AND FIGHT LONG
NEVER ASKING OURSELVES THE QUESTION
COULD WE POSSIBLY BE WRONG
I NOW LOOK AT THIS WAR
THRU MY NEWLY OPEN EYES
AND IT FRIGHTENS ME
THE THINGS THAT I NOW REALIZE
THESE PEOPLE ARE LIKE
THE INDIAN THE PUERTO RICAN AND ME
AND IF THE WHITEMAN HAS HIS WAY
THEY WILL NEVER BE FREE
THESE PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING
A BATTLE AGAINST THIS KLANDISH FOE
A BATTLE THAT WE SHOULD
HAVE FOUGHT A LONG TIME AGO
WHY SHOULD WE COME HERE
FIGHT, DIE AND INCREASE THE WHITEMANS WEALTH
AND TRY TO FORCE UPON THESE PEOPLE
SOMETHING WE DON’T WANT OURSELF
I’VE NEVER BEFORE SEEN PEOPLE
AS FRIENDLY AS THOSE
IF YOU SHOWED THEM SOME RESPECT
THEIR DOOR NEVER CLOSED
I’VE EXPERIENCED MORE LOVE
AND ENJOYMENT WITH THESE PEOPLE
THAN I HAVE EVER BEFORE
BECAUSE I WENT IN SEARCH OF FRIENDSHIP
AND NOT IN SEARCH OF WAR
TO FIND SUCH ENJOYMENT
IN A WAR TORN COUNTRY
THIS PLACE WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL
IF THESE PEOPLE WERE ONCE AGAIN FREE
YES! I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY
AND MADE MANY A FRIEND
THOUGH I MUST RETURN TO MY OWN
I’D LIKE TO COME BACK AGAIN
AFTER THEY’VE TAKEN DOWN THE BARB WIRE
AND RUN OUT THE KLAN
AND THESE ONCE AGAIN
HAVE CONTROL OF THEIR LAND
WHAT GOVERNMENT THEY’RE UNDER
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME
THE ONLY WISH THAT I HAVE
IS THAT THESE PEOPLE BE FREE
THEY TALK OF A TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
THEY SAY IT’S SOMEWHERE AROUND
BUT THERE WAS TRULY KNOWLEDGE
IN THE BUSH THAT CAME
UP FROM THAT GROUND
YES! I CAME 10,000 MILES
JUST TO SEE
THINGS THAT ALL MY LIFE
WERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
Author Mr. I Abdul-Jon
