Colonial DMB

I've recently rediscovered this song I liked back in the day (that's circa 1997) when I was a but little Odalisque. Its Don't Drink the Water by Dave Matthews Band, and according to wikipedia is about South African Apartheid and the persecution of the Native Americans. Now, just because it was on wikipedia doesn't make it true, but I think this bit of information is and it makes perfect sense.

As I read through the lyrics, I thought just how incredibly applicable to many areas in the Middle East it was. Definitely colonial North Africa and definitely Palestine. Yes I said Palestine, of course I'm going to mention it. And of course I must clarify, the oppressors in that situation are the radical Zionists, who have historically been European, and aren't necessarily adherents of the Jewish faith.

Come out come out
No use in hiding
Come now come now
Can you not see?
There's no place here
What were you expecting
Not room for both
Just room for me
So you will lay your arms down
Yes I will call this home
Away away
You have been banished
Your land is gone
And given me
And here I will spread my wings
Yes I will call this home
What's this you say
You feel a right to remain
Then stay and I will bury you
What's that you say
Your father's spirit still lives in this place
I will silence you
Here's the hitch
Your horse is leaving
Don't miss your boat
It's leaving now
And as you go I will spread my wings
Yes I will call this home
I have no time to justify to you
Fool you're blind, move aside for me
All I can say to you my new neighbor
Is you must move on or I will bury you
Now as I rest my feet by this fire
Those hands once warmed here
I have retired them
I can breathe my own air
I can sleep more soundly
Upon these poor souls
I'll build heaven and call it home
'Cause you're all dead now
I live with my justice
I live with my greedy need
I live with no mercy
I live with my frenzied feeding
I live with my hatred
I live with my jealousy
I live with the notion
That I don't need anyone but me
Don't drink the water
Don't drink the water
There's blood in the water
Don't drink the water

See if you can come up with any other historical examples the song can apply to. Why? Because applying late '90's music to socio-political events and movements in history is cool. Its what all the kids are doing these days. Psshh, what did you think we're doing? Reading the Perez Hilton and watching the Heroes? Shows what you know.