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This was written from the point of view of a new al-Qaeda recruit.
I was trying to understand their point of view, and imagined what this fictious person must believe.
I do not support al-Qaeda, and I do not consider their efforts to be righteous.
Content Type: Lyrics
Content Created: October 2005
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
today is the day of my jihad
today is the day I will die
I don't understand what I'm doing
Don't want to make this sacrifice
today is the day of our jihad
we'll make western infidels pay
they don't understand our religion
they don't understand what we say
today is the day of the jihad
the suicide bombers stand by
the clerics rant on Al Jazeera
from their mountain cave far behind
the war torch blazes in the pre dawn
Vitriol warms and beats our hearts
families know they'll somehow carry on
once sons and daughters play their parts
the anger fuels my understanding
what's right, what's wrong, that I believe
a temporal word defines a world
western consumers aught to leave
the western world bought and ate their fill
they invaded our holiest land
they raped our minds with soulless media
and wonder why we make a stand
all they want to do is listen to
pop and hip-hop records all day
fleeting starshine and cop-killing ways
lip-syncing pimps and gangsta ho's
fan-boys unite in their iPod light
thumpin' on a ripped showbox tune
cruise down the ave in some tricky dick ride
wonder what's the problem with that?
Another place, a different time
Forsaking the desert beauty
You hate for lack of understanding
I see my jihad as duty