I said Please don't bring me down Listen As I flip through the scenes on my TV screen I see pieces There ain't no peace for me It's deceiving I see political prisoners And refugees overseas plead for freedom I'm seeing images of women being beaten Oppressed nonetheless I'm seeing kids bleeding Again, I see some lives changed forever Their mind state is irate I pray they get better Cause I believe in peace for all people Lethal but only toward the forces of evil And I believe in freedom in every land For every man Freedom without a price tag Murder in the name of God is not "peace" And it never made sense to me So please don't look at me To be the reason for your grief And don't disturb my inner peace All I see is injustice Everything I hear is false They took all my spirit Left me with nothing else They're the ones rolling in with all the tanks All I do is clinch my fist Tell me, how did I become How am I the terrorist? Who supplied the bullets to the troops And gave weapons to the youth From the pulpit tell us who's the culprit Hide the truth hand us lies While we fight for our lives Make us rise and salute Keep our eyes off the loot I heard words can never hurt you Rather sticks and stones sure do I'm hearing words degrade races And resonate hate And in turn it separates us We should trade places Then maybe it can teach us That we're related And exhibit like features I see we each believe in peace Don't that make us both believers Heaven is a place on earth Without a grievance How you a**ume that I'm inhuman Is truly a delusion Hollywood induced Viewing me as the intruder I hope you see me eye-to-eye I don't believe in overnight But I believe in due time So I told you my philosophies On everyday atrocities Freedom, and equality Not to make you follow my lead But as a bridge So that we can connect And the both of us can live All I see is injustice Everything I hear is false They took all my spirit And left me with nothing else They're the ones rolling in with all the tanks All I do is clinch my fist So tell me, how did I become How am I the terrorist?