The Fighter's Lament

Intro

Ya leili

Ya habibi

Aah

Verse 1

Silver fire split the silent lounge

Patty runs down from the dusty hall

Staring at the owner on the tiles

Heavy hearts begin to fail

Red pools spreading wide

She cries they killed them all

Searching for the breath of life

Found nothing in the gloom

Pre-Chorus

They need a name

They need a face to hold the shame

They take the man who fought with grace

Locked behind the iron lace

Chorus

He was a king inside the ring

Justice is a broken string

Wrongly bound and wrongly blamed

The system leaves us all ashamed

Ya Hurricane

Ya Hurricane

Free the man from every chain

The fighter they could never tame

Verse 2

Bello hides behind his shaking hands

Cops are pulling up into the heat

Rubin driving through the empty streets

Searching for a peaceful night

Blue lights in the mirror

Forced to pull onto the side

Darker skin means nowhere left to hide

Walking in a hollow light

Pre-Chorus

The witness lied

They threw his honor far aside

A jury with a poisoned pride

No truth is found when hope has died

Chorus

He was a king inside the ring

Justice is a broken string

Wrongly bound and wrongly blamed

The system leaves us all ashamed

Ya Hurricane

Ya Hurricane

Free the man from every chain

The fighter they could never tame

Bridge

Locked in a cell

Living in a waking hell

How can a life

Belong to a gavel and a knife

Where the innocent pay the price

While the guilty men drink on ice

Chorus

He was a king inside the ring

Justice is a broken string

Wrongly bound and wrongly blamed

The system leaves us all ashamed

Ya Hurricane

Ya Hurricane

Free the man from every chain

The fighter they could never tame

Post-Chorus

Free him now

Break the vow

Ya Rubin

Ya Hurricane

Aah laila la