Sani Nassif - What For Lyrics
Imagine walking down the street on an average dayThe suns out, and a warm breeze blows your wayYou witness children play as you walk towards the store, you just need toFinish a quick choreSo many feet rapidly beat across the concrete floorYou soon approach the market door, but suddenly you feel a searing fireMelt your skinAnd then you hear a pop so loud that a roaring sound pierces into yourBrainNever in your life have you felt such painYou couldn’t fathom what is going onYou look around you but your world is goneNever did such chaos encompass your existenceSmoke and fire fill the airEverywhere the floor is stained in blood from severed limbsSo many dead lay all around youYou look to the sky and wonder how such horror found youAnd why someone would kill such innocent people the reality astounds youThen you try to get up but the ground bounds youYou lift your head to find your legs are goneAnd the rest of your body is so damaged you wonder how you’re holding onAnd you soon realize you never may have love againAnd to your family and friends you’ll never get to say goodbyeSo you start to cry as you die on this cold hard groundThe piercing ringing of your vanishing hopes and dreams will be the lastSoundAs you take your final breaths the sharpest pain emanates from your coreAnd you AskWhat For?(Melodic Interlude)ChorusWhy are we killing so many people?Every day the news is the same nightmare but a sequelWe are all EqualBut who of us want to see it?Religions tell us to be good but who of us want to be it?Am I the only one that sees it?That these wars cannot bring peaceThat the subjugation of an entire nation to war only creates oppression andOppressionHas been historically provenTo only bring more warSo as we continue to kill each other I ask What For?Verse TwoIt's written within the Koran do not kill disbelievers, Let them be, andCoexist in PeaceJesus said love your enemies and it’s written within t he Torah that thouShall not killThen why in the name of religion does so much innocent blood spill?What must it be, is religions misinterpretation the key?Because I hope we see it's religions that were created to decreePeaceful notions to help bring unity,Not more conflict that will never set us freeCreating and repeating more and more negativityIf we just open our eyes we will seeThe Destruction that has been havocked from city to citySo many dead as though it seem this bloodshed is endlessHow can it not be evident taking peoples loved ones is senselessTaking peoples Right to Live, Right to LoveAnd enforcing belief systems through violenceTrying to force people into silenceWill only breed hatred and oppressionAnd without the proper treatment and rights people will organize fights toLive in freedomRather than die in oppressionTherefore the Blood we spill will quickly spark into more warAnd is that really what religion is for?A never ending cycle of war?Or is there something more?Are religions struggles really never ending struggles through death?Or are they Productive battles of the mind?Struggles to spread knowledge and wisdom for that is the only way we willNot fall behindThat is the only interpretation of religion that can bring peaceAnd as said before Religions were created to bring peace not warSo as we continue to kill each other I ask What For?(Chorus Repeat)Third VerseFrom Syria to Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Turkey and So many moreOppressive governments have repeatedly cause uprisings and warSo I ask What For?Are we going to continue to ignore history?Because we keep on repeating the past and that’s no mysterySo I want to say this to be, Crystal ClearHistory has shown people will revolt from tactics based upon FearPeople would rather die fighting for FreedomThan live under OppressionSo governments must stop the aggression and either be for the peopleBy the people, or Be GoneBecause we need a helpful caring government for us all to get alongAnd governments; should helping people be wrong?Don’t you all want to feel like your efforts have made a difference?Instead of spending your whole lives repeating the same problems that haveBeen there since your birthDon’t you all want to feel like something has actually changed since youEntered this earth?Because that is exactly what you will feel when you choose to help peopleOutAnd the great rate of infinitesimal change that will arise from it willProve to you what life is all aboutBut there is no doubtThat without change every one of you oppressive governments will continueTo fallAnd these senseless battles will continue to re-upload and installSo let us unite and stop these senseless wars for us allBefore anymore dieBefore hundreds of thousands more lives are wastedWasted upon thousands of building and streetsWasted Fighting over Power and GreedWasted fighting back tearsWasted in hatredWasted in misinterpreted religionWasted not making a differenceAnd Wasted In OppressionSo let us Stop the Aggression before we repeat the same mistakes anymoreAnd ask OurselvesWhat For?
