Gather Round Lyrics - Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color - Brother Ali

[Verse 1: Brother Ali] 

Ain't no stopping the calling I'm a warrior scholar 

With the pad and the pen or with the sword and the chopper 

Look at how far I got if you lost I could guide you 

In between two extremes like Safa and Marwa 

In the desert like Bedouins in search of water 

Except we're thirsting for power up in this urban drama 

Every day our sons and daughters are led to the slaughter 

Indoctrinated by a complacent social order 

Decapitated they're trying to cut our jugular vain 

That's the sacred lifeline from heart to the brain 

Make us blind to mankind's suffering pain 

Ugliness worldwide that's done in our name 

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So the only thing we're seeing is what we can gain 

Precious blood shed in vain and nothing is changed 

Drugged up in daze in a comfortable maze 

Upscale slaves in luxury cages 

[Hook: Brother Ali] 

But the weak keep crying and the innocent dying 

And these are the times when the real freedom fighters gather 'round 

I said the cities catch fire and the flames grow higher 

And the poor and the pious get inspired and decide to gather 

'Round 

When the times get dire and the mighty are liars 

And the righteous fighting for their life get organized and gather 

'Round 

When the prophets are silenced and the tyrants are giants 

And David sets his sights on Goliath and we finally gather 

'Round 

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[Verse 2: Brother Ali] 

Hostile environment locked in a conflict 

Wandering lost in an impossible climate 

Boxed in confinement democracy hostage 

Bound for the towers monsters in the cockpit 

Following blind unconscious accomplice 

Judged by time indicted for our silence 

Couple years ago I made a statement 

Can't figure a single Goddamn way to change it 

As of late I made adjustments to my language 

Numbers are the only thing the people gain strength in 

If we're going to change we got to step up our relations 

Got to see our own selves in each other's faces 

Share each other's spaces give each other room 

And hear each other's pain bare witness to the truth 

And the ground gets holy when the ground is stood 

And the goods may odd but the odds are good 

[Hook] 

[Verse 3:] 

"That is why I challenge you now to stand together. Because together we've got 

Power and we can make decisions." 

[Amir Sulaiman:] 

Justice... 

Is somewhere in between reading sad poems and 40 ounces of gasoline crashing 

Through windows 

Justice... 

Is between plans and action 

Between writing letters to congressmen and clapping a captain 

Between raising legal defense funds and putting a gun on the bailiff and taking the 

Judge captive 

It is between prayer and fasting 

Between burning and blasting 

Freedom... 

Is between the mind and the soul 

It is between the lock and load 

Between the zeal of the young and the patience of the old 

Freedom... 

Is between the finger and the trigger 

It is between the page and the pen 

Between the grenade and the pin 

Between righteous anger and keeping one in the chamber 

So I say down with Goliath 

I say down with Goliath 

But we must learn, know, write, read 

We must kick, bite, yell, scream 

We must pray, fast, live, dream, fight, kill and die 

Free