r/lebanon • u/Ruski_Kain • 20h ago
Culture / History Lebanon's Struggle: In the Shadow of the Empire
Yo, Lebanon’s the heart of a fractured land, Where the echoes of war still linger in the sand, From the cedars to the mountains, we'll take a stand, But the empire’s grip is tight, got ‘us in demand.
History’s a wound that we try to heal, French Mandate, then the West’s steel, But they never saw us people, the pain we feel, From Beirut’s streets to the southern hills, it’s real.
The civil war’s scars still etched in our soul, Sectarian lines, but we the ones paying the toll, While foreign hands came to take control, Siphoning the riches while we dig the hole.
Zionists in the South, their hands stained with blood, Palestinians gettin' eviscerated, caught in the flood, Assad's regime has fallen, now al Nusra’s on the rise, Sullivan e-mailed Clinton, said AQ in Syria is on US's side.
Now look at the scene, Lebanon's torn at the seams, A small piece of land, but they’re chasing big dreams, The U.S. backs Israel, that’s part of the scheme, While Hezbollah’s resistance is more than a meme.
The Cedar Revolution, we thought we were free, But the West pulled strings, they never let us be, Iran’s influence, still pulling the fee, Every faction’s a pawn in this geopolitical spree.
The IMF’s in the game, they want to privatize, Selling off the country while the people die, The banks offshored the money, let the people cry, Lebanon’s dollar debt was a bomb, ticking ‘til the sky.
But we rose up, on October 17, We were tired of the corruption, the broken regime, We wanted a new Lebanon, not the puppet masters’ scheme, A nation united, where we tried to redeem.
From the 1982 invasion to blowing up the Port sky-high, They tried to break Lebanon, but we never die, The spirit of the people’s strong, it won’t comply, We're caught in the crossfire, but we still reach the sky.
The power plays are endless, they keep us in line, But our heart is a flame that won’t decline, We’ve seen the wars, the sanctions, the strife, But we hold on, we still fight for life.
It’s Lebanon’s struggle, in the shadow of the Empire, We burn for freedom, but the flames get ever higher, From the mountains to the sea, we aspire, But the world’s turning cold, as the truth gets tire.
The West plays games, they control the fire, But Lebanon’s the phoenix, rising from the mire, From the ashes of war, we’ll never retire, We the people stand strong, our will won’t expire.
So when you hear the name, don’t just think of war, Think of the resilience that’s worth fighting for, Lebanon’s struggle is a battle for the core, The people’s freedom’s a future we’ll restore.
