If I could show you what my home really meant In the time before hellfire swallowed it You'd get a sense that nothing's permanent Even here, things could go so quick Humankind, I think we're all so sick But in the rubble still beauty exists It's been a war in my homeland for more than I've been alive, all them years combined Even in times of peace it was lies Under the surface some tribes werе denied I always knew wе had a sense of false pride But the stolen land, and the lost lives Were something new to me I used to see the country beautifully But never truthfully Youthful and free, you could say naive Child of the east, raised in the west They only tell you bout their best and leave out the rest Who got sacrificed, who got left And who's still suffering yet Lake Tana sunsets where my soul cries I've been longing for this moment for my whole life And I've been wanting all our people to be alright But I'm feeling like I'm getting hit from all sides Addis nights, rocking mics in the stage lights I've been longing for these moments for my whole life And I've been wanting all our people to be alright But I hear them bullets flying now from all sides You could tell a tourist by the scuffs on they shoes On dirt roads they haven't learned how to move I'm far removed from knowing what's true About a country where the news is only one view But I know enough to know I don't know enough And neither does anyone who's not in the midst Of a region where they're in danger of getting hit Ethiopia has never been a monolith We got Oromo and Amhara and Somali folks We got Tigrayan and Sidama and Gurage folks Indigenous nations, at least 80 more of those Growing up I only knew about who stayed close Lived 30 years before the day I ever came home And who we met then helped me heal my soul up It wasn't the same country my folks spoke of Now there's a reckoning of what we know to be us Lake Tana sunsets where my soul cries I've been longing for this moment for my whole life And I've been wanting all our people to be alright But I'm feeling like I'm getting hit from all sides Addis nights, rocking mics in the stage lights I've been longing for these moments for my whole life And I've been wanting all our people to be alright But I hear them bullets flying now from all sides Tigray I dream of returning to you next time to stay And reclaiming what was lost when I first fled I dream of who I might've been holding hands With who I've become, inspired and in solidarity I dream of the spirit of my mother, long buried Rising in recognition and impossible reunion I dream of chasing my brothers, gathering And keeping them safe, whole and alive I dream of climbing to Grandma's roof To get a closer look at God I dream of us, blessed and brave I dream of us, festive and free I dream and dare Expect
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