Illegal Attacks – Ian Brown feat Sinead O’Connor and Sway DaSafo.

I found this video on Youtube, though it is an old track from Ian Brown album ‘The World is Yours’ released in December 2007. The first time I heard this song is in 2007, a sister from Islamic Emirate sent this song to me, I found that the lyric in this song is very enlightening, provoking the world political issues and dealing with the truth behind hidden agenda of the wars (War Against Terrorism initiated by USA in 2003). This song contains powerful message of what are the motives behind War Against Terror founded by USA and its allies.. this vid is actually a remix of the original song 'Illegal Attacks' this version is the remix plus rap by Ghanaian-British rapper Sway DaSafo, and was given a new title 'Illegal Attacks plus Soldier Story Remix-Ian Brown feat Sway DaSafo'.. i praise Sway Da Safo for an excellent rap lines about a soldier`s life in the battlefield (you`re da man!)..ok, let`s hear the song and ponder the lyrics...ops, this song contains some uncensored words, but let`s just ponder the powerful message behind this song.. (i heard last year that Ian Brown has converted to Islam.. Subhanallah.. Ian Brown is an English Musician and was the former lead singer of an Indie and alternative rock band 'The Stone Roses')

Illegal Attacks

So what the f... is this UK
Gunnin' with this US of A
In Iraq and Iran and in Afganistan

Does not a day go by
Without the Israeli Air Force
Fail to drops it's bombs from the sky?

How many mothers to cry?
How many sons have to die?
How many missions left to fly over Palestine?
'Cause as a matter of facts
It's a pact, it's an act
These are illegal Attacks
So bring the soldiers back
These are illegal attacks
It's contracts for contacts
I'm singing concrete facts
So bring the soldiers back

What mean ya that you beat my people
What mean ya that you beat my people
And grind the faces of the poor

So tell me just how come were the Taliban
Sat burning incense in Texas
Roaming round in a Lexus
Sittin' on six billion oils drums
Down with the Dow Jones
Up on the Nasdaq
Pushed into the war zones

It's a commercial crusade
'Cause all the oil men get paid
But only so many soldiers come home
It's a commando crusade
A military charade
And only so many soldiers come home

What mean ya that you beat my people
What mean ya that you beat my people
And grind the faces of the poor

Soldiers, soldiers come home
Soldiers come home

Through all the blood and sweat
Nobody can forget
It ain't the size of the dog in the fight
It's the size of the fight in the dog on the day
Or the night
There's no time to reflect
On the threat, the situation, the bark nor the bite
These are commercial crusades
'Cause all the oil men get paid
These are commando crusades
Commando tactical rape
And from the streets of New York and
Baghdad to Tahran and Tel Aviv
Bring forth the prophets of the Lord
From dirty bast**** fillin' pockets
With the profits of greed

These are commercial crusades
Commando tactical raids
Playin' military charades to get paid

And who got the devils?
And who got the Lords?
Build yourself a mountain
Drink up in the fountain
Soldiers come home
Soldiers come home
Soldiers come home
Soldiers come home

What mean ya that you beat my people
What mean ya that you beat my people
And grind the faces of the poor



Ever since United States of America has started its campaigns of ‘War Against Terror’ in 2003, its allies, some of the countries had join forces to support this campaign including United Kingdom, sending its troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. The countries and its people were pushed into never ending wars and we have no idea the physical and emotional calamities that the soldiers have gone through, I have read the news that some of the soldiers had suffered from various psychological illnesses after went back from war zones, some of them even commit suicide. The effects of war are not a size of a ‘dog in a fight’. The effects are more than we can even think of. That was on the behalf of the soldiers, how about the people of the countries who are severely affected by the illegal attacks? being bombed, crude and brutally murdered, lost their loved ones, suffer economic deprivation, lack of facilities etc etc… ?

As the song continue….’ It's a commercial crusade, 'Cause all the oil men get paid’ which shows that the campaigns were not about to eradicate the Talibans, Al-Qaida Network or international Terrorist Organization but just mere military charade campaigns, more like an oil robbery to boost up the Western countries economy, in the name of War on Terror..



"What mean ya that you beat my people?.....And grind the faces of the poor?"