[00:09.63]It's a movie and the whole world is viewing it
[00:13.08]And the popcorn is dreams torn, but we're always chewing it.
[00:17.07](They said) Dishonest by God but the costumes by the devil
[00:21.36]And the screenplay is adapted from a book that's embezzled.
[00:25.89]This is where I grew up.
[00:27.63]This is where I grew proud.
[00:29.67]This is where neighbors never say music is too loud.
[00:33.57]This is where the streets have no name, but they have history.
[00:37.65]This is loss is victory.
[00:40.32]Oh my name it ain't nothing; my age it means less.
[00:46.23]The country I come from could be like the rest.
[00:56.25]I was taught and brought up there, laws to abide
[01:04.26]And the land that I live in has God on its side.
[01:13.38]I was young; I grew. I could tie my shoe.
[01:17.31]I was blind, but I knew that I would always see blue.
[01:21.09]Blue seas I see through on the bottom I'll meet you
[01:25.29]And when we come up for a breath would you mind if I kiss you?
[01:29.16]Childhood came up for the kiss, but it slips its pain in with mist
[01:33.48]And the sunny skies came and I missed it,
[01:36.63]Vanished and when swept.
[01:38.58]Landed we slept in the arms of convenience, blanket obedience.
[01:44.22]Now to some of the Americans,
[01:48.54]War had its day
[01:52.38]And the Civil War too was soon laid away
[02:00.27]And the names of our warlords
[02:04.17]I was made to memorize.
[02:08.19]With guns in their hands, they said,
[02:13.56]God's on their side.
[02:17.70]I had an undying wish to keep from dying.
[02:21.75]I had an untimely hitch keep me from climbing
[02:25.68]But I climbed a hitch itself and I tried flying.
[02:29.70]I had an uprising in my soul.
[02:33.42]The left was fight in the right
[02:35.52]And the right was fight in the light
[02:37.41]And the light was blind in the night
[02:39.42]And the night woke up in tears
[02:41.01]When my fingers went to wipe them
[02:43.05]They became a poem but to write then
[02:44.97]They would have to speak tears in another language
[02:47.64]That would take years.
[02:52.26]So now as I'm leavin'
[02:52.92]I'm weary as Hell
[02:56.31]The confusion I'm feelin'
[03:00.36]Ain't no tongue can tell
[03:01.77]The words fill my head
[03:08.37]And fall to the floor
[03:12.27]If God's on our side then would you ever need war?