Shaheen - Persian Pride lyrics

[Intro] We Persian and proud No matter how many times these people are burning us down [Verse 1] But we still fly They're k**ing legends all over, they'll never k** mine The richest city on the earth making feel pride Leonidas and Alexander, the devils invade and pander I'll tell you a story, just let me k** time We got Cyrus and Darius fighting tyrants in areas That united the people from ancient Persia to Syria And all the way to Macedonia and even Bulgaria Back then, not anybody knew of Allah They worshipped a deity named Ahura Mazda The good versus the evil 'cause the two surround us We created a city, today a view we're proud of I say welcome to Persia, the gate of all nations The city of Persepolis was our greatest creation Mathematics and algebra, even music instruments Some of the greatest people, ancient civilization We were attacked by the Arabs and white man Alexander came and stole from people of Iran He burned down our cities, America likes to bypa** Depict us as villains, make mockeries out of my land [Hook] See our world fell down but we still stand The ghost of the Ahriman all around me The heat of the fire, we still feel that But I'm yelling "Persian Pride" showing it proudly And we will never die...And still we rise This is something that they will never take from me Just listen closely [Verse 2] America telling her people to hate us Compared us to ISIS, the Taliban, and Al Qaeda To get people excited to terrorize and invade us So they can run away with money while the government rapes us Hollywood making us villains, ugly ogres and savages Its an agenda, its not a joke or an accident They want to point fingers, make us the chosen antagonist Same with the m**ms, and Mexicans, the colored and Africans We can all be Kings, we can all be legends and we can all be free We can all be Cyrus and we can all achieve 'Cause what we'll make is something that no single God can bring I'm bringing Persian mixed with the culture of HipHop When I was younger, my own culture I ripped on I hated myself, 'cause television and Fox News Called me the root of evil and hoping I'd get shot soon They say Iranians are murderous thugs Like all we ever known was violence, ugly turbans and blood We're surrounded by liars, politicians and mullahs who have damaged our empire [Hook] [Conclusion] Nihilist in moderation Am I the only who survived in this abomination A combination of Cyrus the Great and Tyler Durden A Persian liberator walks amongst his conquered nation An angry anarchist plotting, hope to bomb the matrix f** your religion, I might snap I get letters from God, I never write back You see, he tells me he loves me, but theres a slight catch To let him walk all over me and never fight back Machiavelli wants to turn me into a Persian Prince Acquire virtue and rid of my mental turbulence I'm learning that I'm flawed But thats part of this trip, this journey to be God