which side are YOU on? by REBEL DIAZ

Me hace gracia que en una cancion de hip hop esten con los "editors, engineers and indy media", sobre todo los engineers, gracias Tere, que parece que no existimos para nadie( aunque yo oficialmente no lo sea me considero uno de ellos ).





(G1)



See I gotta draw the line I cant take it no more

If you aint down with revolution what you waitin for

Makin money for suckas and our communities poor

Rippin flags off of coffins man this aint our war

Colonized and terrorized by the worlds biggest killers

the US government the biggest weapon and drug dealers

Fillin prisons with children incarceratin the future

Myspace and facebook they got us stuck on computers

Stuck on stupid bumpin music that's the abusive to the shorties

And the nonsense that you spittin they just listen and absorb it

Ive been dormant ive awoken im a giant im ready

Im with the APPO in Oaxaca and we holdin machetes



WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?



CHORUS:

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

Chi city!!!

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

South bronx!!!

WHICH SIDE ARE YOUON?

Oaxaca!!!

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

Palestina!!



(RodStarz)

I rock hard like palestinian children holdin slingshots!!!

Im with every single kid that's down for hip hop

For the culture the life what it really stands for

This music is resistance it's the voice of the poor

Im on the side of the workers, the teachers and lunchladies,

on the streets with brown mommys raisin our brown babies,

im with youth organizers cleanin up the bronx river

im like jaime escalante when I stand and deliver

im with evo morales man he runnin bolivia

distribution of the land so they could all live bigger

im with hugo and fidel, grandmaster and melle mel,

with the Panthers up in queens justice for sean bell,

im with camacho negron, im with ojeda rios,

freedom for oscar lopez time to get an appeal,

im with abu jamal im with assatta shakur,

im with the compas in Immokalee getting a penny more!!





(Lah Tere)



im with elvira arellano im with Rudy Lozano,

im for a world without borders and a better tomorrow.

Im with Mothers on the Move Im with sistas on the rise

Im with La Pena del Bronx, keepin culture alive

Im with the kids at the Batey watchin a beat battle

Mean muggin all these yuppies in shorts and brown sandles

Im with parents everywhere fightin for good schools

And for all these good women to find some good dudes





Im with Salvador Allende Man Im Super Anti Momio!

Con el pueblo en la Havana grito Viva Cuba Cono!

Im for immigrants, activists, unions and freelancers

For djs mcs bombers and breakdancers

Im with editors, engineers and indy media

Im with my family and my crew Rebel Diaz

Im with Dj Disco Wiz a Latino Pioneer

Cuz its its dope when the elders break bread with the kids..







(G1)



Im for tellin the truth exposing the lies

Think about the dead soldiers when youre drivin your ride

Them people died for the oil and Daddy Bushs revenge

Im with the widows the children and the lonely best friends

Im with Families Stayin Together as ONE

Im Not for the Raids and the Deportations!!

Im with Victor Toro and The M.I.R.

So watch out for those snitches in that unmarked car!

And for Lil Saulito, we gonna fight for your moms..

So we gonna shout her out, twice in One song..

Im for twelve million workers and Elvira Arellano

Im for a world without borders and a better tomorrow



WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?



CHORUS:

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

Chi city!!!

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

South bronx!!!

WHICH SIDE ARE YOUON?

Oaxaca!!!

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

Palestina!!



Despues de escuchar el video y leer la letra, me hago la pregunta, la respuesta es tan vieja y obvia que resulta infantil, y vergonzoso que me hagan la pregunta en 2010 para la especie humana, la respuesta es el denominador comun, que no el sentido comun, no estoy con ningun side de los que hablan y con todos a la vez, no es una contradiccion, solo hay un side visto desde muchos angulos, pero es el mismo. La pena esta en que nunca lleguemos a verlo todos a la vez.

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