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[Intro]
Yo, in case you ain't know
Im Armen rappin wit ma homie Bugz
And MY people are from
Armenia...., Armenia....
Home of the soul survivors of a terrible genocide
(Armenia...., Armenia....)
So I wanna share with you my people and some of the things we've been through
(Armenia...., Armenia....)
(Bugz)
So what you know about?
The struggles that my people went through when the Turks planned on takin us out
Said what you know about?
Seein that brand new mother gettin raped after she saw her baby drown
Said what you know about?
Barely surviving genocide when my family tree was damn near chopped down
Said what you know about?
How they gathered our leaders, cut they heads off left 'em bleeding on the ground
What you know about?
Havin trouble smiling 'cause they won't admit to what they done
Now what you know about?
Leaving home for America and runnin from corruption...
[(Bugz) Chorus]
Now I heard they got ghettos....... in Yerevan
Armenia...., Armenia....
Now I heard they got ghettos....... in Yerrort Mas
Armenia...., Armenia....
And it's comin from the devils....... who tearin down
Armenia...., Armenia....
So much trouble in the ghettos...... of Yerevan
Armenia...., Armenia....
[(Armen)Verse]
I'm from L.A. baby, eyes on the prize
Ears on my peers, yo I wonder where we'll be in 50 years
Or even a hundred, revolutionary war until we won it
If I had the money homie I would fund it
Return our lands to what they were
How the hell did we deserve to be placed in this situation where nobody's concerned?
But I'll tell you this -
If I just keep feelin sorry for myself then what's gon happen to my kids?
Papa said to his son, that he'll never live to see the day
When we could find a way to finally make Turkey pay
Forever in my heart, it stays
To make sure I won't forget where I'm from..., I'm from...
(Bugz)
What you know about?
Havin trouble smiling 'cause they won't admit to what they done
Now what you know about?
Leaving home for America and runnin from corruption...
[(Bugz) Chorus]
Now I heard they got ghettos....... in Yerevan
Armenia...., Armenia....
Now I heard they got ghettos....... in Yerrort Mas
Armenia...., Armenia....
And it's comin from the devils....... who tearin down
Armenia...., Armenia....
So much trouble in the ghettos...... of Yerevan
Armenia...., Armenia....
[(Armen)Verse]
Sometimes I feel hopeless, head down, it's hard to find a way around it
Full of doubt but I'm still climbin this mountain
And drinkin from the fountain of youth
Because the new generation is the foundation
To build a movement
If you tell me that I'm just dreamin, I ain't gon fake it
But a dream will only go as far as you choose to take it
At this point we ain't got nothin to lose, except our essence
My suggestion, yo lets learn from the Jews, and make the best of
What we got with every talent 'till we rise in our societies
And link with others of our kind, no time for silly rivalries
I'm sometimes amazed how one of my brothers
Could have enough hate to hurt another one of my brothers
There's nothin worse homie take it slow, we all in the same boat
And if it sink, then we all have to pay for it
But still I smile through every trial, it makes me proud
To know that I'm from Armenia....
(Bugz)
So what you know about?
The struggles that my people went through when the Turks planned on takin us out
Said what you know about?
Seein that brand new mother gettin raped after she saw her baby drown
Said what you know about?
Barely surviving genocide when my family tree was damn near chopped down
Said what you know about?
How they gathered our leaders, cut they heads off left 'em bleeding on the ground
What you know about?
Havin trouble smiling 'cause they won't admit to what they done
Now what you know about?
Leaving home for America and runnin from corruption...
[(Bugz) Chorus]
Now I heard they got ghettos....... in Yerevan
Armenia...., Armenia....
Now I heard they got ghettos....... in Yerrort Mas
Armenia...., Armenia....
And it's comin from the devils....... who tearin down
Armenia...., Armenia....
So much trouble in the ghettos...... of Yerevan
Armenia...., Armenia....
(Outro)
We were crumbled, crushed
But those of us who was lucky enough to climb up out that struggle
need to carry on the torch for us Armenians as a people.
I'm talking about the new generation, the old generation, everybody.
You know there's some Armenians that don't even know about a genocide?
There's young Armenian minds that have no idea about this, just growin up living their life.
All the while, we, we're dying out as a race basically.
So how are YOU gonna help stop THAT? Or are you just gonna turn your back and act like everything is cool?
They're STILL defeating us - America won't admit to it for political reasons, Turkey's their ally, so it's up to us.
Now you ask me 'Armen how?' - How did the Jews do it?
How have we been able to go into any society and rise? And become the doctors, lawyers, accountants?
And I see it happening today in America man which is a beautiful thing,
But we gotta make sure we keep it in our hearts with every move we make.
How can we turn on each other? That's what I don't get.
We can't let America tear us apart, and money tear us apart.
Life is hard, but so is death! And knowing that we got crushed and robbed and raped and castrated and enslaved
And basically almost completely destroyed!
And they still won't admit to it, they still won'te let us bury the dead...
Time is killing us slowly and if we don't do nothing about it
And I'm talking about everybody
If we don't do nothing about it, then that's it man we're gone.
Armenia is an ancient people.
(Armenia, Armenia)
(Armenia, Armenia)
 Hitman818 · Fri Jan 11, 2008 @ 04:12am · 1 Comments |
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