The Pirates of Somalia Page #11

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if what I'm about to say

is old news to some of you.

I did a paper on the subject

my freshman year at university,

and it just stuck with me.

- A school paper?

- Yes.

- Are we gonna hear

your grade too?

- No, sir, that is classified.

[laughter]

Um, in 2002 Somaliland

held an election

where the minority clan won the

presidential office by 80 votes,

and the transition of power

was completely peaceful,

no violence,

not one shot fired.

That doesn't happen

anywhere in Africa.

That doesn't even happen here.

Anyway, it caught my eye

and made me start

to fall in love with Somalia

and ultimately made me

go there to find out

what made them different.

After spending

my last five years

immersed in their

country's struggles,

they don't need your

warships off their coast.

What they need is to be

recognized by all of you

for the incredibly complex but

honorable culture that they are.

A fledgling democracy doesn't

make headlines like pirates do.

You guys wouldn't be

sitting here talking to me

if I wrote a book

on a fledgling democracy.

Hell, I couldn't even

afford this suit

if I wrote a book

on a fledgling democracy.

All I'm asking is that you guys

start to look at Somalia

in a different way,

not so much as them versus us,

but rather look at Somalia

as us

when we were young.

[singing in Somali]

[coughing]

- I've never seen a diamond

in the flesh

I cut my teeth on wedding

rings in the movies

And I'm not proud of my

address

In the torn up town

No post code envy

But every song's like

gold teeth

Grey Goose, trippin'

in the bathroom

Bloodstains, ball gowns,

trashin' the hotel room

We don't care, we're driving

Cadillacs in our dreams

But everybody's like Cristal,

Maybach

Diamonds on your timepiece

Jet planes, islands, tigers

on a gold leash

We don't care, we're not

caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals

- Royals

It don't run in our blood

That kind of luck

just ain't for us

We crave a different

kind of buzz

And let me be your ruler

- Ruler

You can call me Queen B

- And baby I'll rule I'll

rule, I'll rule, I'll rule

- Let me live that fantasy

Yeah

Hey

Hey, yeah

My friends and I we've

cracked the code

We count our dollars on

the train to the party

And everyone who knows us

knows

That we're

fine with this

We didn't come from money

But every song's like

gold teeth

Grey Goose, trippin'

in the bathroom

Bloodstains, ball gowns,

trashin' the hotel room

We don't care, we're driving

Cadillacs in our dreams

But everybody's like Cristal,

Maybach

Diamonds on your timepiece

Jet planes, islands, tigers

on a gold leash

We don't care, we're not

caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals

- Royals

It don't run in our blood

That kind of luck

just ain't for us

We crave a different

kind of buzz

So let me be your ruler

- Ruler

You can call me Queen B

- And baby I'll rule I'll

rule, I'll rule, I'll rule

- Let me live that fantasy

Oh, oh

Hey, oh

Oh, yeah, oh

Yeah, ah

Ohh, oh, yeah

Oh, ohh

- Oh

- Cadillacs in our dreams

And we'll never be royals

- Royals

It don't run in our blood

That kind of luck

just ain't for us

We crave a different

kind of buzz

So let me be your ruler

- Ruler

I can be your Queen B

- And baby I'll rule I'll

rule, I'll rule, I'll rule

- So let me

live that fantasy

- Ooh

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