lirik lagu 5 to 9 – riot before
tired muscles, tired eyes
can’t sleep through this oaxacan night
he’s kept away from dreaming, haunted by thoughts of failing
the family whom he shares a bed
a tiny room even less bread
he cries out to himself silently
i am not a man
i can’t feed my children
this is no life for them
so he’s out of bed with the sunrise
he kisses his wife and kids goodbye
then heads north to the border
to work, become a provider
but gathered at the country line
are protesters all holding signs
he can’t read but translates perfectly
i am not a man
i’m just a mexican
illegal immigrant
the politicians the pundits the public debate
but one question’s lost in policy
“is a man not a man if he’s born outside a boundary?”
stumbling through the desert alone and afraid
he almost dies from the heat
but he thinks of his family and that keeps him going
he won’t stop for death least the laws of a country
arrested is no threat when you’re already living unfree
so he works the fields from 5 to 9
plus any job that he can find
saves up all his money, sends it to his family
before he falls asleep at night
a thousand miles from his life
he -ssuredly repeats
i am a human
a father a husband
a global citizen
not a debatable statistic
i’m not your problem economic
i’m not a threat to patriotic
that’s idiotic
i am a…
lirik lagu lainnya :
- kumpulan lirik lagu wicher › lirik lagu intro – wicher
- kumpulan lirik lagu faithless › lirik lagu comin around (the temper trap remix) – faithless
- kumpulan lirik lagu lawrence flowers intercession › lirik lagu life (reprise) – lawrence flowers & intercession
- kumpulan lirik lagu pablo montero › lirik lagu se te olvidó – pop album version – pablo montero
- kumpulan lirik lagu falcon the god › lirik lagu tree love – falcon the god
- kumpulan lirik lagu classified flow › lirik lagu the cycle (intro) – classified flow
- kumpulan lirik lagu the tchekers › lirik lagu turfu – the tchékers
- kumpulan lirik lagu delta express d › lirik lagu cicatrices – delta (express d.)
- kumpulan lirik lagu lisa kingz › lirik lagu stroke my heat – lisa kingz
- kumpulan lirik lagu matthias reim › lirik lagu ich schau jetzt mal im himmel nach – matthias reim