Seanchai - Let Me Tell You Where You're From lyrics
rate meI see you with your friends<br />
Hanging out<br />
You're my little man<br />
No doubt<br />
And that's the part<br />
That kinda got me worried<br />
Kids these days<br />
Getting old in a hurry<br />
Everyday gun play<br />
By some crazy mutha<br />
Shooting up schools<br />
For no good reason other<br />
Than they're scared and confused<br />
Life's unfair so they choose<br />
To cock the glock<br />
And make the six o'clock news<br />
Which comes on the box<br />
Right after Jerky Springer<br />
Waving his finger<br />
At some studio ringer<br />
Talk show whore<br />
Making fun of the poor<br />
A punch in the jaw<br />
Crowd roars for more<br />
Like that wrestling federation<br />
It's a negative vibration<br />
Across the nation<br />
Television's on<br />
Pushing 'Leprechaun'<br />
So pull out the plug<br />
And let me tell you something son<br />
Let me tell you where you're from <br />
<br />
First thing,<br />
One time we were kings<br />
Under Brehon law<br />
Fair to the weak and the strong<br />
But thugs came in<br />
So called aristocratics<br />
Crossed the sea<br />
Gave us some static<br />
Have you heard before<br />
About Fiach O'Byrne at Glenmalure<br />
Picked up his sword<br />
Showed Lord Gray the door<br />
But An Gorta Mór<br />
Nearly wiped us out<br />
So we were poor<br />
By the time we came out<br />
To Brooklyn, U.S.A.<br />
Worked like slaves<br />
For no pay<br />
Both my Grandfathers<br />
Fought for their due<br />
The I.R.A became the T.W.U.<br />
But once more<br />
Thugs knocked on the door<br />
And once more son<br />
We went to war<br />
For five years in Burma<br />
Da was in the zone<br />
Uncle Andrew,<br />
Uncle Hughie,<br />
They never made it home<br />
So take some time out,<br />
Remember what they done<br />
And let me tell you something son,<br />
Let me tell you where you're from <br />
<br />
I see you on the street<br />
You make me proud<br />
Keep your two feet<br />
On solid ground<br />
Confrontation everywhere<br />
You turn your head<br />
With no foundation<br />
You'll be easily led<br />
By all the wrong folks<br />
For all the wrong reasons<br />
Leave them on the shelf<br />
Look within yourself<br />
And keep it mind son<br />
You come from a tribe son<br />
You've got the heart<br />
Of a lion son<br />
That's how we've survived son<br />
So don't be no thug<br />
But don't be no herb either<br />
Don't give no one shit<br />
But don't take no shit neither<br />
To know where you're going<br />
You gotta know where you're from<br />
And let me tell you something son<br />
Let me tell you where you're from
