Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد, Baġdād, IPA: [bæɣˈdæːd]) is the capital of Republic of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Province. The population of Baghdad as of 2011 is approximately 7,216,040, making it the largest city in Iraq, the second largest city in the Arab World (after Cairo, Egypt), and the second largest city in Western Asia (after Tehran, Iran).
Located along the Tigris River, the city was founded in the 8th century and became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Within a short time of its inception, Baghdad evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center for the Islamic World. This in addition to housing several key academic institutions (e.g. House of Wisdom) garnered the city a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning". Throughout the High Middle Ages, Baghdad was considered to be the largest city in the world with an estimated population of 1,200,000 people. The city was largely destroyed at the hands of the Mongol Empire in 1258, resulting in a decline that would linger through many centuries due to frequent plagues and multiple successive empires. With the recognition of Iraq as an independent state (formerly the British Mandate of Mesopotamia) in 1938, Baghdad gradually regained some of its former prominence as a significant center of Arabic culture.
Quickening of the Elder
Knowledge of the Otherside
Deepweed sets emotion
Hardening of the Warrior
The burning
That will never die
Melding of the Riffchild
From wall to the Universe
Weed priest stoned arrival
Sharpening of the weapons
The skill inside the endless mind
Celestial King walks water
Hear words foretell destruction
Hear words expose corruption
Generation darkening
Echoes from the mountain
A warning to behold the times
Insight saved the blind man
Covenant with the Father
The burning that will never die
Supersonic psalmist project
Reveals astro child
Windows of the Riffian
Nameless masses cower
From horse and carriage
I'm going crazy,
Gonna lose my shit if I don't check myself.
I keep my head down,
One day we'll seem alive,
Hold onto life and make this go away.
Somebody has to make me understand,
Why I'm here to stay.
Too many people've died, or lost their mind.
It happens every day.
Hold onto everything I've every known,
And I might be
Talked to my friends and
No one even know who the Hell is held.
I see my brothers broken down,
But still know what they have to do.
One day we'll seem alive,
Hold onto life and make this go away.
Somebody has to make me understand,
Why I'm here to stay.
Too many people've died, or lost their mind.
It happens every day.
Hold onto everything I've every known,
And I might be
One day we'll seem alive,
Hold onto life and make this go away.
Somebody has to make me understand,
Why I'm here to stay.
Too many people've died, or lost their mind.
It happens every day.
Hold onto everything I've every known,
All that she said was we gotta get it onAll that I want
is to never go home
Last thing I need is another fucking girl
War in the east yeah it's gonna last long
Oil in the White Hose was always fucking wrong
Homeless man is screaming but he'll soon be gone
I'd rather be in Baghdad
You know I'd rather be there
I'd rather be in Baghdad
You know I'd rather be there
FIle the papers I'm gonna get along
Alimony divorce Yeah you'll go far
You take the cocaine and I'll take the car
I'd rather be in Baghdad
You know I'd rather be there
I'd rather be in Baghdad
You know I'd rather be there
I'd rather be in Baghdad
You know I'd rather be there
I'd rather be in Baghdad Baghdad
In your plane int he blue sky
you roam again
words that echo in your mind
make your heart beat faster
this is no vietnam
we will win in Iraq
The president said said, "let it ride"
islam be damned
make your last stand
in Baghdad
Warrior, the time bomb's about to go
what will you feel
will you ever wonder
if that man that's in your sights
ever kissed his girlfriend goodbye
the captain said, "kill or die"
islam be damned
make your last stand
in Baghdad
Great satan, our flags are burning
Now america has fond its young men
in the sand
where their casualty
is just another number
in iraq
the president said, "let it ride"
you will be damned
make your last stand