[Verse 1]
Rockets fired on our homeland from terrorists
our brothers don't want us to exist

rockets aimed at Isra'el from the Ga'za Strip
for our own survival.
we must resist


Staged an offensive to save our land
but blameless people died with the terrorist man

our missiles killed so many innocent
I mourn for you all: my soul is rent


[Chorus]
CHILDREN OF THE GA'ZA: WE BEWAIL YOU
TRAGEDY OF A HATRED SO OLD

WE PRAY FOR OUR PEOPLES' PEACE FOR 4,000 YEARS
BUT AN ANCIENT GRUDGE JUST can't BE LULLED


[Verse 2]
we called for a cease-fire we stopped the raid
to let in humanitarian aid

to help the innocent, but peace always fades
when war is rooted in ancient hate


We know just how it feels to lose our babies in war
they gassed them they shot them they flogged them raw
innocent people tortured as the governments all saw

the deafening slam of the death camp door

[Bridge]

in Europe, they just firebombed the homes of the Jews
retaliation for what they didn't do
I see racism has survived way past World War II


[Verse 3]
Ga'za: once a principality of the Philistines

They stole our Ark, oppressed us they treated us mean
'til King Dav'id quelled them with his siege machines
we got the same father we both agree


We pray for de-escalation
the miracle of peace for out two nations

serving One G-d in jubilation
til then: from the Diaspora: I shout out lamentations