Sour Times

[00:00.67] In these sour times
[00:02.66] Please allow me to vouch for mine
[00:05.36] Bitter taste in my mouth
[00:06.97] Spit it out with a rhyme
[00:08.95] I'm losing my religion to tomorrow's headlines
[00:12.66] Forrest Gate
[00:13.42] Sorry mate?
[00:14.20] Nah nothing, it's fine
[00:16.94] Please allow me to vouch for mine
[00:19.95] Bitter taste in my mouth
[00:21.45] Spit it out with a rhyme
[00:23.49] I'm losing my religion to tomorrow's headlines
[00:27.03] Forrest Gate
[00:28.03] Sorry mate?
[00:29.05] Nah nothing, it's fine
[00:32.31] And now its post 7/7, why they callin it that?
[00:35.99] They Tryna link it to New York like we're all under attack
[00:39.47] From the same big bad guy but it's takin the piss
[00:43.12] 'Cause the truth is Al Qaeda doesn't really exist
[00:46.74] There ain't no super villain planning these attacks from some base
[00:50.32] The truth is so much scarier and harder to face
[00:53.22] See there's thousands of angry young men that are lost
[00:56.40] Sidelined in the economy, a marginal cost
[00:59.11] They think there's no point in putting ballots up in the box
[01:02.13] They got no place in this system and no faith in its cogs
[01:04.77] They're easy targets to be getting brainwashed by these knobs
[01:07.35] Who say that spillin' innocent blood is pleasing a god
[01:10.92] Well it sounds good when you don't see no justice or jobs
[01:14.43] The gas bills are piling up but all the oil's getting robbed
[01:17.89] So David's taking out Goliath and his wife and his dog
[01:20.89] Segregated, castrated now we'll see who's on top
[01:25.21] So see it ain't religious faith that's causin' these crimes
[01:28.64] It's losing faith in democratic free market designs
[01:32.26] It's no coincidence the bombers came from ghettos up north
[01:35.37] And the way that Bush and Blair talk gives a lost boy a cause
[01:38.89] Then double standards get 'em angered both at home and abroad
[01:41.43] There's a monopoly on pens that's why they forge their own swords
[01:45.08] The misguided turn violent strap themselves up with bombs
[01:48.09] But they're still cowards 'cause they ain't here when the backlash is on
[01:56.77] So in these sour times
[01:58.83] Please allow me to vouch for mine
[02:01.33] Bitter taste in my mouth
[02:03.25] Spit it out with a rhyme
[02:04.77] I'm losing my religion to tomorrow's headlines
[02:08.36] Forrest Gate
[02:09.09] Sorry mate?
[02:09.88] Nah nothing, it's fine
[02:12.43] Please allow me to vouch for mine
[02:15.06] Bitter taste in my mouth
[02:16.81] Spit it out with a rhyme
[02:18.58] I'm losing my religion to tomorrow's headlines
[02:21.89] Abu Ghraib, sorry mate?
[02:23.51] Nah nothing, it's fine
[02:26.98] So all the mans that wanna say
[02:28.71] That my religion has to change
[02:30.36] That we're stuck in a bygone age
[02:31.84] It's time to set the vinyl straight
[02:33.35] Don't you think it's kinda strange
[02:34.57] That all this terror outrage
[02:35.97] These last gasp castaways
[02:37.25] These bastards that will blast away
[02:38.78] Just turned up in the last decade?
[02:39.97] When Islam has been the way
[02:41.09] For millions from back in the day
[02:42.44] Instead of thinking that we're crazed
[02:43.73] Investigate just what it says
[02:44.98] Fast, help the poor, and pray
[02:46.26] Go Mecca, be steadfast in faith
[02:47.33] That's the basics that's the base
[02:48.47] So how did we get here today?
[02:51.53] Well interpretations always change
[02:53.76] Today they're read with rage
[02:55.70] Being jihardened up
[02:57.18] Desperation's kinda fucked
[02:59.54] Makes you use a book of peace
[03:01.16] As weapons in a ruck
[03:02.96] So listen
[03:04.22] Terrorism isn't caused by religion
[03:05.10] Or an old school vision of Islam
[03:07.74] It's against the Qur'an
[03:08.82] And it's a new innovation
[03:10.17] Caused by mash up situations
[03:11.43] That's what makes them turn to arms
[03:13.44] The problem is modern
[03:15.44] And it's all local factors
[03:17.53] Dictatorships, injustices and wars cause Fatwas
[03:26.39] So in these sour times
[03:28.79] Please allow me to vouch for mine
[03:31.19] Bitter taste in my mouth
[03:32.76] Spit it out with a rhyme
[03:34.67] I'm losing my religion to tomorrow's headlines
[03:37.63] Abu Ghraib, sorry mate?
[03:39.45] Nah nothing, it's fine
[03:41.74] Please allow me to vouch for mine
[03:44.52] Bitter taste in my mouth
[03:46.27] Spit it out with a rhyme
[03:48.08] I'm losing my religion to tomorrow's headlines
[03:51.00] Guantanamo, sorry bro?
[03:53.04] Nah nothing, it's fine
[03:55.50] Please allow me to vouch for mine
[03:58.17] Bitter taste in my mouth
[03:59.66] Spit it out with a rhyme
[04:01.78] I'm losing my religion to tomorrow's headlines
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