Promised Me Land Lyrics

Avinu Malkeinu

Allahu Akbar

Chaneinu V'aneinu

Allahu Akbar

Baruch Hashem

Allahu Akhbar

They say you promised me land, but I'm just a man

Trying to stand for myself so I don't know if I can

Hold hands

With my brother where he stand

They say you promised me land, but be honest how can

You stand on any side of a line in the sand

Old man

Why you not lending your hand

What kind of God are you

What do we gotta do

To get the truth out of you

Without having to lie to you

You remind me of my parents

With my brother and me

Misusing sticks and carrots

Like your love isn't free

Why do you have us act entitled

To what doesn't belong to us

Because it belongs to you

Did you make us strong enough

How long will the feud go on

Why it gotta be so long and rough

Can you help us do less wrong

And show us how to be as strong as your love

You sitting above, but we don't understand

It's time to come down and show us your hand

I know it's your plan but damn

The children is learning a scam

You shrugging your shoulders, you give me a wink

Then you go disappear into the sink

As quick as a blink now I think

You might destroy me for making a stink

I've taken your name in vain more than once

And I can explain

All of these days and nights

That I've taken these blunts straight to the brain

Now I'm paying a price for these stunts

But no shame - I came as I came

I think you explained it once

The same day you gave Jacob his name

They say you promised me land, but I'm just a man

Trying to stand for myself so I don't know if I can

Hold hands

With my brother where he stand

They say you promised me land, but be honest how can

You stand on any side of a line in the sand

Old man

Why you not lending your hand

My brother's in the other corner

He'll say he was here first

Passing through the hands of the

Imperialist Turks

Into another empire,

Where the sun never sets

He had a good place for a safe

Where the guns could be kept

Promises was made to him

In exchange for his assistance

In a war devoid of honesty

When they'd say to wait till Christmas

Then some years passed, I came

He saw me as younger

But my soul is much older

Got dang big little brother

If the reason that I'm there

Ain't fair to him, then I don't care

Where our parents been?

Somewhere looking down as they swear

Up and down they was there to do

Something besides just give a run around

And stare down from the top of the stairs

And it's fine that he don't care what I been through

Though I think he do

He been dared to make it him too

He just don't think it through

Wasting money on rockets

While he scream from a roof

This home don't belong to either of us

It's yours - look, we the proof

They say you promised me land, but I'm just a man

Trying to stand for myself so I don't know if I can

Hold hands

With my brother where he stand

They say you promised me land, but be honest how can

You stand on any side of a line in the sand

Old man

Why you not lending your hand

Ase imanu tzedakah vachesed,

Vehoshiyeinu.

Avinu Malkeinu,