Wealth of Nations
from Small Axe by Verbal Terrorists
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lyrics
Chorus:
North/South divide, can’t deny the disparity
Rich/Poor in time, gap just widens apparently
Drop debt we cry, they decide on insanity
East/West two sides will collide in calamity
North/South divide, can’t deny the disparity
Old cultures die, globalised, it’s a fallacy
Pollution on the rise, trapped inside this reality
East/West two sides will collide in calamity
Verse 1:
Well they claim it’s a process of progress
What a shame they don’t notice the protests
And the pain of a half of the globe’s heads
‘Cos the core just continues to grow, yet
The periphery’s bitterly trapped in inefficiency
Strapped for cash living crap and insufficiently
As we globalize there’s no rise in prosperity
It’s all total lies just divided more readily
The South cast aside we deprived it so heavily
The US decides-that’s a sign of hegemony
I don’t give a fuck what neo-liberal scholars say
When half the world works for two dollars a day
And what on Earth do we have to offer in aid?
Comic Relief? £26 mil is the best that we’ve raised
But that couldn’t pay a day’s worth of African debt
Locked in a vicious circle paying back to the West
But don’t get this twisted, I applaud that generosity
But let’s be realistic, it’s more about the policies
Liberal institutions enforcing global poverty
They profit from the poorest without apology
Free trade’s not fair when it’s a 1 way affair
‘Cos the richer in the pair always take’s a greater share
All that pain and despair and no one seems to care
Yes, free trade’s not fair but we just sit back and stare
Chorus
Verse 2:
So as we’ve sat and watched this New World Order emerge
Have we seen the start of a borderless Earth?
Via the internet people from all quarters converse
Some say the cultures of the 4 corners converged
We can’t try and deny that’s a fictitious depiction
2 call it Westernised’s a less suspicious description
Thanks to media supremacy implicit in the system
You see it’s exploitation not malicious 2 the victims
Because Hollywood gives us all hours of enjoyment
But trains us to chase fame and live in paranoia
Multi Nationals even offer forms of employment
But bleed local economies 2 the point of destroyin’ ‘em
Enveloped in poverty struggling with development
The only way to get by is to trade with the Americans
You gotta fall in line be a modernised nation
No wonder we’re facing homogenisation
It’s a cultural invasion through the TV stations
This status quo that they’re perpetuating
Media slave-ship drives consumerist statements
It’s all about the amount of money your making
We’re forced to embrace this even though it degrades us
The system of trade is engineered to be racist
Reinforcing American ways mate it’s blatant
Well no wonder the West is so greatly hated…
Chorus
North/South divide, can’t deny the disparity
Rich/Poor in time, gap just widens apparently
Drop debt we cry, they decide on insanity
East/West two sides will collide in calamity
North/South divide, can’t deny the disparity
Old cultures die, globalised, it’s a fallacy
Pollution on the rise, trapped inside this reality
East/West two sides will collide in calamity
Verse 1:
Well they claim it’s a process of progress
What a shame they don’t notice the protests
And the pain of a half of the globe’s heads
‘Cos the core just continues to grow, yet
The periphery’s bitterly trapped in inefficiency
Strapped for cash living crap and insufficiently
As we globalize there’s no rise in prosperity
It’s all total lies just divided more readily
The South cast aside we deprived it so heavily
The US decides-that’s a sign of hegemony
I don’t give a fuck what neo-liberal scholars say
When half the world works for two dollars a day
And what on Earth do we have to offer in aid?
Comic Relief? £26 mil is the best that we’ve raised
But that couldn’t pay a day’s worth of African debt
Locked in a vicious circle paying back to the West
But don’t get this twisted, I applaud that generosity
But let’s be realistic, it’s more about the policies
Liberal institutions enforcing global poverty
They profit from the poorest without apology
Free trade’s not fair when it’s a 1 way affair
‘Cos the richer in the pair always take’s a greater share
All that pain and despair and no one seems to care
Yes, free trade’s not fair but we just sit back and stare
Chorus
Verse 2:
So as we’ve sat and watched this New World Order emerge
Have we seen the start of a borderless Earth?
Via the internet people from all quarters converse
Some say the cultures of the 4 corners converged
We can’t try and deny that’s a fictitious depiction
2 call it Westernised’s a less suspicious description
Thanks to media supremacy implicit in the system
You see it’s exploitation not malicious 2 the victims
Because Hollywood gives us all hours of enjoyment
But trains us to chase fame and live in paranoia
Multi Nationals even offer forms of employment
But bleed local economies 2 the point of destroyin’ ‘em
Enveloped in poverty struggling with development
The only way to get by is to trade with the Americans
You gotta fall in line be a modernised nation
No wonder we’re facing homogenisation
It’s a cultural invasion through the TV stations
This status quo that they’re perpetuating
Media slave-ship drives consumerist statements
It’s all about the amount of money your making
We’re forced to embrace this even though it degrades us
The system of trade is engineered to be racist
Reinforcing American ways mate it’s blatant
Well no wonder the West is so greatly hated…
Chorus
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Verbal Terrorists are a politically motivated hip hop group from Newcastle, UK. We are independent activists who seek to challenge the hegemonic culture and ideology through music and direct action!
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