But Do You Condemn Them?
We see your people murdered Time and time again And we watch your children suffer But do you condemn them?
We are witnessing injustice Against your women and your men We see it with our own eyes But do you condemn them?
For decades you’ve been wronged This didn’t just begin We hear about your struggle But do you condemn them?
You’re submerged in darkness A deep place where you can’t swim And we hear your cry for help But do you condemn them?
We see light shine from your people But we downplay it as dim We’re really jealous of your courage But do you condemn them?
The hypocrisy of our ways Sticks out just like a stem And we never fail to ask you “But do you condemn them?”
We praise our president Your oppressors get support from him We know this to be unfair But do you condemn them?
Your hope for all humanity Is starting to look so slim We have the power to help you But do you condemn them?
Your land which is so sacred And precious like a gem Is being taken from you But do you condemn them?
We aren’t helping you now And we didn’t help back then We know it’s a stupid question But do you condemn them?
You don’t ask for much Just for the occupation to end That land has belonged to you But do you condemn them?
We claim we can’t help you But take your enemies as our friend We reject calls for ceasefire But do you condemn them?
We justify the killing Claiming that’s not what they “intend” We can’t escape the truth But do you condemn them?
We send billions to your attackers So we must have lots to spend We deflect responsibility But do you condemn them?
We say we can’t do much All we do is pretend We’re on the wrong side of history But do you condemn them?
We never have an answer Against these claims we can’t defend So as a copout we wonder “But do you condemn them?”
It’s not like us to do what’s right Something you can’t comprehend We couldn’t tell you ourselves But do you condemn them?
We’re supporting a genocide A fact that we fail to contend And while this is true, we want to know “But do you condemn them?”
Idris is a sophomore at Lehigh Carbon Community College.