Hold On

The place I was raised was poisoned

Power in dangerous hands

All life long, we've paid a price

Of exclusion as inheritance.

Entering the embassy

Caught up forever, damn red tape

Sent away, not accepted

I'm not from the United States.

Priorities and privileges

Are given arbitrarily

Others, like me

Are damned to be the enemy.

Oh, oh, Hold On

Hold On,

Hold On,

Hold On

Getting on an airplane

Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting in a cue

I'm the one they'll take aside

I'm not, not from the EU.

Priorities and privileges

Are given arbitrarily

Others, like me

Are damned to be the enemy.

Oh, oh, Hold On, Hold On

Easy to crucify

Hard to unify

Hold On, Hold On

Easy to crucify

Hard to Unify

Hold On

I saw mosques and monasteries

Burning down in flames

The preachers of the western God said

It's me who takes the blame

I heard politicians screaming

For what I must amend

The election days are over

We've got to make a stand

Hold On