Abu Nurah - End The Occupation lyrics

Afghanistan, Iraq, and Palestine End the occupation now is the time (2x) It's essential for a people to govern their own affairs And return to the land of which they're rightful heirs Living in exile is like life suspended For people back home the misery never ended Those who resist are accused of terrorism For refusing to accept conditions worse than a prison To the world, much of the suffering is invisible Mountains of evidence held to be inadmissible Occupations dehumanize populations Their strongest supporters are the world's wealthy nations Afghanistan, Iraq, and Palestine End the occupation now is the time (3x) It's the women and children who suffer most from occupation Their stories should be broadcast on every U.S. station Maybe then the people would push the administration To suspend the billions in aid we give the Israeli nation Maybe one day mothers could breathe a sigh of relief And their hearts begin to heal from the decades of grief Enough of roadmaps and Israel's iron fist The immoral state of affairs must cease to exist How do you explain a 3-year-old shot in the head Or an 80-year-old being crushed to d**h in his bed Bishop Tutu has said that Palestine is a replica Of what Blacks had to endure in apartheid South Africa Many see the connection, others choose to ignore it They say no to divestment but back then they were for it Afghanistan, Iraq, and Palestine End the occupation now is the time (3x) Iraq was invaded against the will of the people And now the same clique is trying to bring us a sequel Human rights to the rulers are just meaningless words They don't care about the Americans and much less the Kurds War means profit and power for the corporate elite Contractors looted Iraq and they weren't even discreet Like pimps in the night and the soldiers their hookers Along with perverted patriots and the curious onlookers Falluja was no mistake nor Abu Ghraib and Haditha Human life gets no respect recall the song by Aretha If it were animals being abused in a cage The mainstream media by now would have the world in a rage But it's only human mothers and daughters So the corporate networks make sure nobody bothers Images of the carnage are considered in poor taste The ma**es are blind as blood rivers flood to the waist Afghanistan, Iraq, and Palestine End the occupation now is the time (3x)