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Song Info
Genre
Hip-Hop • Alternative Hip Hop
Charts
Peak #965
Peak in subgenre #95
Author
Neil O'Brien
Rights
@nti-copyright
Uploaded
April 28, 2009
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MP3 2.8 MB • 128 kbps • 3:03
Story behind the song
This is about the way the state and the capitalist system combine to oppress the working class. The "series of debates" mentioned were the Putney Debates held between the Levellers and the Grandee factions of the Parliamentary army, towards the end of the English Civil Wars.
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A series of debates back in sixteen forty-eight Outlined the limits of liberty and the purpose of the state And the decisions they made are with us to this day Superficials may change but principles remain the same The first role of government is to guard against equality Cos the rich saw democracy as a threat to their property So the system must be stacked to weigh against the majority With a thousand dirty tricks to penalise those in poverty Sometimes it's a budget cut for public education Other times it's repression of a worker's combination Whatever the method, the aim is always the same: Protect the privileged minority and keep the poor in their place That's why they spend your taxes funding third world fascists They're just arming their allies in the clash of the classes And any who spoke out or tried to resist They used to call them commies, but these days they call them terrorists These "terrorists" could never match the forces of "order" Trained by the CIA in terror and torture Turned loose on civilians, trade unionists and farmers On behalf of United Fruit, down in Guatamala And it's always the same when there's money to be made Big business makes a killing in a literal way I wish I could say this was an isolated case But the truth is it's happening every single day From Coke in Colombia to Shell in Nigeria To Disney in China to Enron in Argentina Behind each glossy corporate branded identity Is a brutal and squalid impoverished reality Starvation level wages and 15 hour days Intimidations and evictions with a gun to your face Yeah big business may deliver like the governments say But answer me this: who pays?
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