Open Letter Lyrics

What's the point
Waiting for the doorman to drop the key?
You'll be gone
Long before this evil falls asleep
What's the point
Waiting for a better day to come along?
They will bow
To their dogs before they see our reign come
[Chorus]
First the French decamped and left us with the garbage
Then our flag was dyed with Islam and Arabic
They forgot to whom this country once belonged
There is always someone here to take the throne
Traitors, traitors, traitors
[Verse 2]
Did you believe
That they would listen just because they said they would?

How naïve!
They've always been too righteous for their own good
For you know
Power is addictive to the one it wields
They have sown
With evil hands and harvest our tragedy
[Chorus]
First the French decamped and left us with the garbage
Then our flag was dyed with Islam and Arabic
But they forgot about Algeria's free men
We could have it all but were enslaved again
Traitors, traitors, traitors
[Verse 3]
All the same
We will never let them have their filthy ways
We remain!
These are our mountains; this is our place
We will break
Through the the door and have what’s ours all along
For without us
Algeria is suffering on her own
[Pre-Chorus]
So come the rain, come the wind, come the hunger
We won't sit and wait for freedom any longer
We must sacrifice the arm to save the heart
We will split the land before it falls apart
[Chorus]
First the French decamped and left us with the garbage
Then our flag was dyed with Islam and Arabic
But our roots go deep and our will is strong
We will cling onto this land where we belong
Traitors, traitors, traitors
Traitors, traitors, traitors
Traitors, traitors, traitors, traitors...
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"OPEN LETTER" TRACK INFO
Written By
Matoub Lounès
Release Date
September 16, 2016
Unsongs
Moddi
1.
June Fourth 1989: From The Shattered Pieces Of A Stone It Begins
2.
A Matter Of Habit
3.
Punk Prayer
4.
Open Letter
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Our Worker
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8.
The Shaman and The Thief
9.
Eli Geva
10.
Strange Fruit
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Where Is My Vietnam?
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Oh My Father, I Am Joseph
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