didn’t you milk us enough, isolate us from the world?
didn’t you abuse us enough, forever manipulate us?
didn’t you squeeze us enough, pick our pockets clean?
now give it all to the Russians and the Chinese?
leading economy, well-fed and plump, how are you?
regional power, boastful, arrogant, how are you?
most reputable passport, how are your borders?
seller of land and sea, you swindler, how are you?
hey puppet bureaucrat, how are you?
give us some of your rations to chew
you stepped in it so deep you can’t wash it off
you never saw the milk lines in a coupon life
remember butter to cut the hangover before your speech
shameless, derelict, empty pockets, pretty pose
poisoned, rotten, all talk no walk
if you rule by religion, why do you serve China?
why do you pick from us to pay off your foe?
righteous path, why do you always go astray?
why was your noose always facing critics?
what about you sheep, you slave
obedient ever present servant, how are you?
grand apologist, talk about regime’s bread
how does it taste? is it sweet? is it greasy?
did the kid get his American vaccine?
have it while it’s hot, yes it’s halal, please!
didn’t you milk us enough, isolate us from the world?
didn’t you abuse us enough, forever manipulate us?
didn’t you squeeze us enough, pick our pockets clean?
now give it all to the Russians and the Chinese?
didn’t you milk us enough, isolate us from the world?
didn’t you abuse us enough, forever manipulate us?
didn’t you squeeze us enough, pick our pockets clean?
now give it all to the Russians and the Chinese?
the gulf is not Persian or Arab, it’s Chinese
he didn’t see that we saw the twenty five year deal
this time you overstepped and went too far
Iran will give its blood and take its home back
he who sold my homeland, sharpened a needle
and stitched together lies, will get his due
he whose footprints are all over this fraud
traitor who mortgaged Iran’s wealth, will get his due
who will answer this bankrupt people?
our generation burned, what is our children’s fate?
what’s the state plotting against us next?
maybe China is getting Iran whole as tribute
dishonorable thugs, have some shame
hold the country’s pants up, forget our religion
you burned the butterfly, now the cocoons’ turn?
tear up the deed or get me a place in prison
didn’t you milk us enough, isolate us from the world?
didn’t you abuse us enough, forever manipulate us?
didn’t you squeeze us enough, pick our pockets clean?
now give it all to the Russians and the Chinese?
didn’t you milk us enough, isolate us from the world?
didn’t you abuse us enough, forever manipulate us?
didn’t you squeeze us enough, pick our pockets clean?
now give it all to the Russians and the Chinese?
o the union of the freedom fighter and the hungry
five fingers make a fist
the oppressor’s path crosses the court of the oppressed
the club of vengeance is thick
the club of vengeance is thick
the club of vengeance is thick
*The treaty of Torkamanchay was signed between the Qajar dynasty and Russia and forced Iran to cede large parts of its territory.
Toomaj Salehi is an Iranian musician and rapper. He was recently arrested and tortured, facing death penalty simply for his words. His sole crime is speaking truth.
Bijan Mottahedeh works and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. His main areas of interest are photography, video, and poetry. www.verseye.com