NATIVE DEEN LIFE'S WORTH LYRICS

Summer night on the 4th of July and I’m hanging outsideI take my kids downtown to watch fireworks flyAs the light flicker in my daughters eyesI think about the plight of a war torn childAnd how these same sights and sounds make them cryAnd how much is this life worth, is what I say to youAs I sit here right now, watching the evening newsAnd how much is this life worth, cause it cant be trueWe’re dying over different points of viewSo how much is this life worth to you.Yah Allah, Yah AllahIt five o-clock and Im rushing home like I always doI call ahead to my wife and kids and say I’ll be there soonI put the radio on, and the announcer speaksOf a man rushing home just in time to seeHis house blown to rubble with his family beneathAnd how much is this life worth, is what I say to youAs I sit here right now, watching the evening newsAnd how much is this life worth, cause it cant be trueWe’re dying over different points of viewSo how much is this life worth to you.Yah Allah, oh AllahHow much is this life worth,How much is this life worth,How much is this life worth,How much is this life worth,We say we stand for justice for all, but what about babies when bombs fallHow much is their life worth to youAnd when we say we answer the call of AllahBut is it the way of RasoolullahHow much is his life worth to youYah Allah, help us make due…yeah…And how much is this life worth, is what I say to youAs I sit here right now, watching the evening newsHow much is this life worth, cause it can’t be trueThat we’re dying over different points of viewSo how much is this life worth to you.So how much is this life worth to you.

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2 Poems by Dr Sami al-Arian

DATE: 04/06/2008 19:51:48 / MOOD: Angry

Dr Sami Al- Arian

We Shall RiseTo Maya AngelouLike the dream of the slaveYou riseAnd with the scream of the braveI shall riseIn honoring the memory of your ancestorsYou riseWith my stateless brothers and sistersI shall riseLike dust in the sunlightYou riseAnd as ashes in a fiery nightI shall riseYou offendBecause of your existenceAnd IFor my resistanceYou upset themRecalling their pastAnd IBy holding steadfastThey may trod you in dirtMay cause me all the hurtInflict upon you excruciating painWhile they shut me up and detainBy they won't see you brokenNeither would my faith be forsakenAs you've never bowed your headAnd never lowered your eyesI'll continue to raise my fistAnd hide my mother's criesThey may shoot you with their wordsCut me up with their swordsThey may insult you with their eyesDenigrate me with their liesTrying to kill you with their hateBury me alive to seal my fateBut they'd certainlyBe shamed and failAs the free chant and singOn their march to prevailSo keep your head held highAs I follow you and tryAnd keep your beautiful smileAs I walk my first mileThey'll pressure and blameThrow us in prison to control and tameThey'll exile and defameLynch us all or shoot and maimBurn crosses with no shameTarget our children in a dirty gameBy why is that a surprise?Despite their evil and terrorTheir falsehood and liesYou shall riseAnd I shall riseYou're the black oceanLeaping and wideI'm the MediterraneanWith a stormy tideStaying togetherSide by sideIt's no surpriseWe shall riseSurely shall riseWe together shall rise---

No Longer Afraid*For us to feel "secure"What price is being paid?If living in freedomWhy are we afraid?Fear is everywhereAll aroundPerhaps irrationalBut without any boundYou can see it on our facesSense it in our eyesYou can hear it in our whispersFeel it in our criesLooking over my shouldersUnable to speak my mindLiving in a deviant worldWhere the deaf is led by the blindWhat happened to my countryFor fear to rule the day?How have my peopleLost their direction and way?Why do I seem uncomfortableWhy am I not at easeWhy do I feel helplessAs if the roots are cutFrom underneath the treesWhy the bigoted policiesIn our name and honorThe disgusting abuses,Despicable lies and sleazeWhy am I tongue-tiedMy mind unwittingly closedMy hands unable to squeezeWhy acting like a drunkOr as one who's affectedWith a deadly diseaseWhy are my eyesGazing endlesslyUnable to focus or cryTo make demands or pleasWhy am I hesitantTo look in the mirror?What would I thinkI might actually see?A person who's frightenedLost his precious soulHis self-confidenceThat can't be me!I shall regain my unshakable faithMy humanity and dignityFor me to remain fearfulI couldn't be freeSo come and join meMy dear sister and brotherAs we embark togetherOn the path to true freedomIn a mission, paramount and awesomeTo defeat our innermost fearsCherish our great valuesDefend our rightsOld warriors heroically wonWe're no longer afraidTo speak out mindsShout out truth to powerTo stand up for justiceAnd march tenaciously in unison* This poem is dedicated to Rev. Warren Clark, and his colleagues.

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