The Beast Is Us

[George Galloway speaks] ...to face the fact That in a democratic country, we are responsible for what our government's do And the only way we can expiate that responsibility is to Use every breath we have, everything we can do To demonstrate our utter rejection of the criminal acts of our government's [Verse 1] Apartheid on West Bank - nobody cares Shots coming from the left flank, the kids unaware Refugee camps a death camp, live by the flares I'm here to treat me like I got opinions nobody shares? My politics is more than just 'fuck Tony Blair' Gordon Brown, David Cameron, that's why I'm still standing I'm more inclined to expose Israel to their apartheid Bring on your excuses, the truth is you can't hide Even when our politicians in the West act righteous and piest Doing what they do best - start talking all about road maps and shit While Israelis are busy busting caps and shit Got the bulldozers out and constructing shit This place another farmer but that land is his When Hamas fired rockets Israel rebounds Kills five times more, locks the checkpoints down How the fuck you putting checkpoints there to start with? When that land's Palistinian, it's known and it's chartered Collective punishment, they dish it out daily So I hate Israel but I don't hate Israelis Do you get that? Think a little bit before you get pissed And is it any wonder Gaza kids adopt a death wish And don't beleive that being Jewish is the same as being pro-Zionist That's a Zionist game to make you think cussing Israel's a racist view I don't think so, but I'll tell you what racists do To make you think that other people's are stupid and mean And get to killing 'em - Like Sharon did in Geneve Start provoking 'em - Like Sharon did at Temple Mount Same way Bush is always calling Muslims out Same way the Home Office over here is always calling minorities out Calling you racists out Fuck some 'baby baby' shit, some 'get go fuck a bitch' gravy gravy shit BRAINTAX GAVE YOU THIS You wanna be like "I was too serious" I'll say stay ignorant and I'll stay curious [Hook] Ask the rest of the world - The beast is us Wanna buy another weapon - The beast is us Wanna get away with murder - The beast is us We're the West and the beast is us Ask the rest of the planet - The beast is us Want to buy another missile - The beast is us Yesteryear we trust bombs from Russia with love But nowadays I guess the beast is us (The beast is us) [Verse 2] Short memories i lace melodies Spit 'bout crimes we forget for the sake of our own little tragedy's Incidental maladies Irrelevant like a fucking Akon ballad is The biggest shame of this society we live in While we act all spiritual when we're money driven It's the way we forget in a hell of a rush Like 'If it ain't affecting me then I ain't too fussed' Then there's bombs on the street and us Brits get shaky But how can we be shot - Check our leadership lately? They're rattling to save us, talking 'bout Jesus Fundementalist believers acting like crusaders Memories are short over here The zeitgeist is a truck that the media steer So we ain't on the streets protesting - We're stuck in front of TV sex digesting Forgetting about the lies and the unfound weapons Suggestions, the questions we should be asking journalists a second I'm (BRAAAIIIIN) taxing - the opposite of asprin Blood is on the streets and the East End soaking it up Bush making me a target - and I'm not too pleased There's no peace when the beast is us [Hook] [Woman talking] ... We see other families in the area suffer very heavy casualties Perhaps 160 wounded were taken to Gaza City Shifa Hospital last night There are more than two dozen still in hospital Head wounds, fractures, burns from flying pieces of metal Among them are many children The very high civillian casualty toll from the assasination attempt Has really fuelled the fire of revenge here People are saying that Hamas is retaliatory That strike against Israel is inevitable now And that likely means a suicide attack on Israeli cities