waiting the plague - K'naan's waving flag intrepretation

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waiting the plague

 

some excerpt:

 

Born to a clan, weaker than a foam

 

But silent condone, more people blown

 

But it’s the swarm all I have known

 

Where I got thrown, beasts we would crown

 

But out of the carcass, warlords own the harvest

 

Among the corpses, as a rival

 

Turn to obsolete, it can be sick

 

Expect no food, doctors no treat

 

So we killing, fighting too bloody

 

We wondering when we will agree

 

So we blindly bait, for that faithful prey

 

It’s half away, so reap what we sow

 

so forth how we decay

 

 

check the rest here and explanation behind this

[rudy-Diiriye]

This dude is a good homie! I feel what he said below:

 

Somalia’s self destruction didn’t start overnight and it might not end soon. In the beginning, the plague of the clan infected the hearts of many of it is people. That curse, in so many ways, helped to wreak havoc and pave the way for hell to descend upon Somalia and Somalis who ironically are homogeneous people that share ethnicity, culture, language and religion. An uncivil war began. Famine followed. Millions perished and thousand fled to every corner of the world. The world abandoned Somalia to destroy itself beyond recognition and dubbed it the emblematic and problematic “failed state” it was done deal. Neglected and thrown to warlord beasts, death and destruction became the destiny of Somalia.

 

However, hope came close when warlords were overthrown in 2006. For six months we saw a glimpse of peace despite the impatience of extremist elements within the forces that defeated the awful warlords. We felt it was all possible; that one day Somalis will come back to their senses and start reconciling and rebuilding. We came to believe that Somalia still possessed some selfless revolutionary sons and daughters. We sought salvation and comfort in the religion and those we thought were well-versed in it.

 

Sadly that dream did not materialize due to the short-sightedness of some of the leaders of the time and the narrow views of fanatics. Our hope was also dashed by the over-stretched hands of Uncle Sam who rightly and wrongly sensed threat of terror coming from Somalia. Bush contracted Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian butcher to neutralize the menace of Mogadishu. After enduring murder and mayhem, so-called Somali insurgents forced the Ethiopian proxy soldiers out of Mogadishu.

 

But again, we were fooled and letdown when the same insurgents who drove the invaders away began to terrorize the already suffering mothers and children of Somalia. Out of the cruelty of the Somali bloodbath, was born a group of satanic boys led by sadistic men of terror and tyranny. They said they were the youth. They are nothing but indoctrinated child soldiers trained to commit suicide bombings and to hunt down every Somali that is suspected to pose a threat to the wicked and evil ideology Osama and company are exporting to Somalia. The brainwashed boys bomb doctors, kill journalists, chase civil society, stone young girls to death, cut limbs, ban music and sports and perpetuate the worst kind of violence and terror.

 

Many of Somalia’s educated and privileged sons and daughters fled the carnage and found refuge in places like Toronto, Canada where K’naan now calls home. Many of them are getting older, weaker and tired with pain and shame. Lost is their dignity and pride. They became dependent and weary. They gave up of the idea of ever returning to their homeland. They feel they are losing the children they brought with them to strange and alien culture. They feel abandoned and snubbed. They know they can’t go back to the bloody boys of Al-Shabaab. After doul searching, deep down, they feel responsible of of creating this monster in the first place and for that they are remorseful.