Lowkey, Tony Benn - One World lyrics
[Lowkey, Tony Benn - One World lyrics]
The way we are controlled, is very simple
They keep us frightened
Used to be the Kaiser, then Hitler
Then Stalin, now the Muslims
Next it will be the Chinese
They keep us divided men and
Women, black and white, Muslim
Christian and Jew
They keep us demoralized, that’s what the
Education system league table's about
And they encourage cynicism and in that
Way they hope to control us
And I think if you are
Going to establish your rights, you have to
Begin by being absolutely clear, you are
Not frightened, not divided, not demoralized
Not cynical and then you can make progress
What I call positive, you call negative
What you call an optimist, I call a pessimist
In these times apocalyptic: what is a misfit?
We all bleed red blood when
The oxygen hit's it let me talk on this
You should be more honest
The truth is the war in
Iraq was a resource conflict
Take a look at your flag
They'll destroy it in a flash
Drop bombs on your soil for
The oil and the gas
Capitalism means weak devoured by the hungry
That’s what happens when companies are
More powerful than countries watch x-factor
Go on twitter and keep talking
Listen my friend It's til the the
End we are sleep walking
When the selfish gain wealth from blood
It's like the whole world
Submitted to beelzebub we won't
Help ourselves and no ones helping us
It's only a matter of time
Before we self destruct
We've only got one world
We've only got one world we've only got one
We've only got one
Take these words as a warning
If you wanna wake up
To hear the birds chirp in the morning
T nC's commit crimes unforgivable
In 50 years time, will our world be livable?
Most natural disasters aren't natural at all
Every slave has a master
Theres an actual cause
The ice caps are melting so fast
And they're coming for ya
How long before Bangladesh is under water
Talk of white farmers
And what Mugabe did to them
But what about the plight
Of the Somali fishermen
How they dumped waste in their
Water and took their livelihoods
Turn off the tv, read a flippin library book
When the selfish gain wealth from blood
It's like the whole world
Submitted to beelzebub we won't
Help ourselves and no ones helping us
It's only a matter of time
Before we self destruct
Who can live off the land when
What you stolen is gone bro?
As precious as the gold in
The coves in the Congo
What is wrong when the human
Race makes atomic bombs?
Sometimes I look to the sky and
Wonder where God is gone
Is He just waiting for a
Man made judgement day? Don't worry mate
Just watch tv and stuff your face
There must be another way
I'm unafraid to speak up
What you think caused the
Tsunamis? and hurricane Katrina?
In the grand scheme of things
What good is a verse?
We weren't meant to abuse what
God put in the earth
Now you wonder why I'm not a fun guy
When it hit's our kids the only thing
That survives will be the fungi
When the selfish gain wealth from blood
It's like the whole world
Submitted to beelzebub we won't
Help ourselves and no ones helping us
It's only a matter of time
Before we self destruct
(We've only got one world)
One world, One race, and One love
They keep us frightened
Used to be the Kaiser, then Hitler
Then Stalin, now the Muslims
Next it will be the Chinese
They keep us divided men and
Women, black and white, Muslim
Christian and Jew
They keep us demoralized, that’s what the
Education system league table's about
And they encourage cynicism and in that
Way they hope to control us
And I think if you are
Going to establish your rights, you have to
Begin by being absolutely clear, you are
Not frightened, not divided, not demoralized
Not cynical and then you can make progress
What I call positive, you call negative
What you call an optimist, I call a pessimist
In these times apocalyptic: what is a misfit?
We all bleed red blood when
The oxygen hit's it let me talk on this
You should be more honest
The truth is the war in
Iraq was a resource conflict
Take a look at your flag
They'll destroy it in a flash
Drop bombs on your soil for
The oil and the gas
Capitalism means weak devoured by the hungry
That’s what happens when companies are
More powerful than countries watch x-factor
Go on twitter and keep talking
Listen my friend It's til the the
End we are sleep walking
When the selfish gain wealth from blood
It's like the whole world
Submitted to beelzebub we won't
Help ourselves and no ones helping us
It's only a matter of time
Before we self destruct
We've only got one world
We've only got one world we've only got one
We've only got one
Take these words as a warning
If you wanna wake up
To hear the birds chirp in the morning
T nC's commit crimes unforgivable
In 50 years time, will our world be livable?
Most natural disasters aren't natural at all
Every slave has a master
Theres an actual cause
The ice caps are melting so fast
And they're coming for ya
How long before Bangladesh is under water
Talk of white farmers
And what Mugabe did to them
But what about the plight
Of the Somali fishermen
How they dumped waste in their
Water and took their livelihoods
Turn off the tv, read a flippin library book
When the selfish gain wealth from blood
It's like the whole world
Submitted to beelzebub we won't
Help ourselves and no ones helping us
It's only a matter of time
Before we self destruct
Who can live off the land when
What you stolen is gone bro?
As precious as the gold in
The coves in the Congo
What is wrong when the human
Race makes atomic bombs?
Sometimes I look to the sky and
Wonder where God is gone
Is He just waiting for a
Man made judgement day? Don't worry mate
Just watch tv and stuff your face
There must be another way
I'm unafraid to speak up
What you think caused the
Tsunamis? and hurricane Katrina?
In the grand scheme of things
What good is a verse?
We weren't meant to abuse what
God put in the earth
Now you wonder why I'm not a fun guy
When it hit's our kids the only thing
That survives will be the fungi
When the selfish gain wealth from blood
It's like the whole world
Submitted to beelzebub we won't
Help ourselves and no ones helping us
It's only a matter of time
Before we self destruct
(We've only got one world)
One world, One race, and One love