Neverlands

They took my mother

She named me Kugonza Mwanga

And that means 'love the creator'

But I'm not sure that I wanna

God gave no love to Uganda

Our neighbours Congo, Sudan, Rwanda

Fuck these men, cause East Africa never used Hakuna Matata

Yeah, so much taboo and drama

There's no Tabula Rasa

No blank slate, no new frontier to view and conquer

Just recycled voodoo telling me

'They killed your mama, now you kill their papa'

As I lose my youth for honour

I'm a rebel child, deep in the belly of Africa

They fed me my homemade original devil's pie

Cocaine and gunpowder, take a line, now say goodbye

All I need is one line to make me jump to the frontline

It's all so random

They kill my family and then they hold my hand

So I panic

They rip my shirt, I get my shoulder branded

The clothes I have are hand-me-downs from all the soldiers banished

Only nine, I cannot cry to show I'm savage

Hey you baby boy, you saw what took your moms and pops away

So now you can't avoid, today you need to make a choice

All I wanted was someone's love and then they gave me plenty toys

Then they gave me guns and drugs and told me 'go and make some noise'

Alright, alright

It's not mine but I fight the fight

It's not right but it's my life

Father please forgive this child

I mean I'm just a kid

I want nothing big, just wanna live

I'm left behind, I can't be right

Father forgive this child

Amen

Forgive this child I mean

Shed light on me, let it shine

And then I might grow up to be a man

Wish that I was Peter Pan

Cause being young was something I never had

I throw that wish out there, but it never lands

They took my father

Wahi named me Mu'min Sabir

Cause that means 'patient believer'

But now I'm used to the anger

Baba was shot by cowards

I was tortured for hours

Fuck Disney, no genies in the mid-east to give us power

I had this outer body experience reaching Saturn

That follows Mars, but reality had pulled me downward

Yelling 'Syria is ours'

These bullets shower

Cause we trigger happy with these weapons coming from US and Saudi

I'm just a teen in this scene that surrounds me

I'm just 16 but I know how to hold an M16 like I'm in the army

But the army harmed me, so karma called me

Told me 'they're the villains in this story

Kill them and do not be sorry'

There's no apologies

I watch these hostages return the favour

With the same interest they offered us

And that's murder them, then we bury them coffin-less

Hoping this preposterous mess helps me miss my father less

As a baby boy, baba always told me

Son you can't avoid your fate, but boy

Someday you need to make a choice

All I wanted was someone's love, when he died it left a void

All I got: Quran and guns, so after prayer I'll make some noise

Alright, alright

In my mind, gotta fight this fight

For my right to live my life

Allah please forgive my sins

I mean we must resist

I want nothing big, just wanna live

I'm left behind, I can't be right

Y'all don't forgive my sins

Ameen

Forgive my sins I mean

Shed light on me, let me know whether or not I've grown up to be a man

Wish that I was Peter Pan

Cause being young was something I never had

I throw that wish out there, but it never lands