Sanjy Wanjy - To Be Young, Gifted and Brown lyrics

If i was named muhammad or hussein I wonder if my feelings on islam would be the same Or maybe i would read those famous names And maybe it would change the way i think about my faith Cos the way that i was raised Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage That’s the way that i was raised Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage Cos the way that i was raised Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage That’s the way that i was raised Was to fear the almighty I’m terrified of when i’ll have to tell my mother Mum, i don’t believe in the same god that you do My god is a rock star who’s called will toledo My god is some dude who wrote some jokes that one day (peter holmes! will and pete, i love you both!) Your god is some dude who doesn’t know what love is Your god preys on fear and i find that disgusting Cos the way that i was raised Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage That’s the way that i was raised Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage Cos the way that i was raised Was to fear the almighty or forever feel his rage That’s the way that i was raised Was to fear the almighty I have my religious hang-ups But i ain’t in handcuffs I can say that my life’s been bad But i ain’t lived in -------- Where i’d receive an ‘education’ On ignorance and human hatred Where looking like you do has made you a victim You have been labelled a misfit When all that you are fam is young, brown and gifted This guilt is insurmountable There’s privilege in that We know that he’s accountable How difficult is that? The privilege is unreal My feet are on the heater now I’m writing poems, thinking ‘bout The atrocities that they’re living out How can i not Feel guilt at that I didn’t choose to be born here Just think ‘bout that Cos the way that we were raised in the uk You can choose to use your voice And with our tongues, we will prevail Cos there’s people being raped This world’s a disgrace And it makes me feel ashamed That i can sing about them now When for the same act they’re encaged This world’s a disgrace And it makes me feel ashamed That there’s people being raped For how they think about their faith And if this is indeed the lord’s doing Then he’s malignant in my eyes