Sani Na**if - What For lyrics

Verse One Imagine walking down the street on an average day The suns out, and a warm breeze blows your way You witness children play as you walk towards the store, you just need to finish a quick chore So many feet rapidly beat across the concrete floor You soon approach the market door, but suddenly you feel a searing fire melt your skin And then you hear a pop so loud that a roaring sound pierces into your brain Never in your life have you felt such pain You couldn't fathom what is going on You look around you but your world is gone Never did such chaos encompa** your existence Smoke and fire fill the air Everywhere the floor is stained in blood from severed limbs So many dead lay all around you You look to the sky and wonder how such horror found you And why someone would k** such innocent people the reality astounds you Then you try to get up but the ground bounds you You lift your head to find your legs are gone And the rest of your body is so damaged you wonder how you're holding on And you soon realize you never may have love again And to your family and friends you'll never get to say goodbye So you start to cry as you die on this cold hard ground The piercing ringing of your vanishing hopes and dreams will be the last sound As you take your final breath the sharpest pain emanates from your core And you Ask What For? (Melodic Interlude) Chorus Why are we k**ing so many people? Every day the news is the same nightmare but a sequel We are all Equal But who of us want to see it? Religions tell us to be good but who of us want to be it? Am I the only one that sees it? That these wars cannot bring peace That the subjugation of an entire nation to war only creates oppression And oppression, has been historically proven To only bring more war So as we continue to k** each other I ask What For? Verse Two Its written within the Koran do not k** disbelievers, Let them be, and Coexist in Peace Jesus said love your enemies and it's written within the Torah that thou shall not k** Then why in the name of religion does so much innocent blood spill? What must it be, is religious misinterpretation the key? Because I hope we see its religions that were created to decree Peaceful notions to help bring unity Not more conflict that will never set us free Creating and repeating more and more negativity If we just open our eyes we will see The Destruction that has been havocked from city to city So many dead as though it seem this bloodshed is endless How can it not be evident taking peoples loved ones is senseless Taking people's Right to Live, Right to Love And enforcing belief systems through violence Trying to force people into silence Will only breed hatred and oppression And without the proper treatment and rights people will organize fights to live in freedom Rather than die in oppression Therefore the Blood we spill will quickly spark into more war And is that really what religion is for? A never ending cycle of war? Or is there something more? Are religious struggles really never ending struggles through d**h? Or are they Productive battles of the mind? Struggles to spread knowledge and wisdom for that is the only way we will not fall behind That is the only interpretation of religion that can bring peace And as said before Religions were created to bring peace not war So as we continue to k** each other I ask What For? (Chorus Repeat) Third Verse From Syria to Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Turkey and So many more Oppressive governments have repeatedly cause uprisings and war So I ask What For? Are we going to continue to ignore history? Because we keep on repeating the past and that's no mystery So I want to say this to be, Crystal Clear History has shown people will revolt from tactics based upon Fear People would rather die fighting for Freedom Than live under Oppression So governments must stop the aggression and either be for the people By the people, or Be Gone Because we need a helpful caring government for us all to get along And governments; should helping people be wrong? Don't you all want to feel like your efforts have made a difference? Instead of spending your whole lives repeating the same problems that have been there since your birth Don't you all want to feel like something has actually changed since you entered this earth? Because that is exactly what you will feel when you choose to help people out And the great rate of infinitesimal change that will arise from it will prove to you what life is all about But there is no doubt That without change every one of you oppressive governments will continue to fall And these senseless battles will continue to re-upload and install So let us unite and stop these senseless wars for us all Before anymore die Before hundreds of thousands more lives are wasted Wasted upon thousands of building and streets Wasted Fighting over Power and Greed Wasted fighting back tears Wasted in hatred Wasted in misinterpreted religion Wasted not making a difference And Wasted In Oppression So let us Stop the Aggression before we repeat the same mistakes anymore And ask Ourselves What For?