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By: Cedric McClester It’s not even open to debate ISIS or the Islamic State Proselytizes nothing but hate While trying their best to conflate Islam with the things they do Which is forbidden in Islam’s view Look at the sins that they accrue By doing what Muslims eschew ISIS leader, Al Baghdadi can’t wait To take on the mantle of the caliphate Even though they always assassinate Those who assume that lofty weight There’s death and destruction everywhere Which is evidence Baghdadi doesn’t care How he conducts his foreign affairs And the whole world's acutely aware Was Nine-Eleven the catalyst And the neo-cons the strategists How did it all come down to this And who said they’re the pragmatists Now ISIS has gone full throttle Because the genie is out of the bottle But who called them a role model When their own mothers they wouldn’t coddle By now the only logical deduction Is there were no weapons of mass destruction That was just the introduction To shock and awe the full production So now we’re reduced to counting the dead And all of the snakes from Medusa’s head The whole Middle East has turned blood red And we all must sleep in that messed up bed Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved.
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Oct 28, 2015
Oct 28, 2015 at 12:47 PM UTC
NOT OPEN TO DEBATE
By: Cedric McClester It’s not even open to debate ISIS or the Islamic State Proselytizes nothing but hate While trying their best to conflate Islam with the things they do Which is forbidden in Islam’s view Look at the sins that they accrue By doing what Muslims eschew ISIS leader, Al Baghdadi can’t wait To take on the mantle of the caliphate Even though they always assassinate Those who assume that lofty weight There’s death and destruction everywhere Which is evidence Baghdadi doesn’t care How he conducts his foreign affairs And the whole world's acutely aware Was Nine-Eleven the catalyst And the neo-cons the strategists How did it all come down to this And who said they’re the pragmatists Now ISIS has gone full throttle Because the genie is out of the bottle But who called them a role model When their own mothers they wouldn’t coddle By now the only logical deduction Is there were no weapons of mass destruction That was just the introduction To shock and awe the full production So now we’re reduced to counting the dead And all of the snakes from Medusa’s head The whole Middle East has turned blood red And we all must sleep in that messed up bed Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved.
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Oct 28, 2015
Oct 28, 2015 at 12:47 PM UTC
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