I am the Third
World, a term that's been used to mean the people
Who've been seen as being sickeningly poor, but
What's the reason for our lack of power?
The real war we must tackle ain't the battle that you
Heard of on the TV channel, making you think
We're poor because we're weak and ignorant, -think again
Our enemies would lead you to believe
Backward barbaric methodologies are the cause of the
Poverty, disease and failing economies, but
All of these are connected to devil revenue
The third world is not undeveloped
It's over-plundered and under-funded. And don't tell me
Nothing ‘bout conditional loans, hypocritical
Money trap, give me ten take twenty back
And force in the corporate clique you endorse
Foreign investment is the Trojan horse
They role in with force, claiming to be your savior
McDonalds Mclabor ain't no motherf**ing favor!
Neither is your greediness, sellin' out dated
Computers and data to my neighbor!
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Where we're from is the third world
We're all part of the third world
In this third world war we must become
Warriors of the third world
I am the Third
World, but check the S1W, for
Another view tellin' you who is who
In the literature you could take out we were
Made out to be barbaric by nature, but
Wait sir, how could we be the third when we
Ancients? Our civilizations pre-date
His. It's curious, check the
Roots of this term to learn it's significance
Ca viens de le troisieme estate
Some French sh**, of tremendous relevance
Le troisieme estate is the third estate, meaning third
Rate citizens in pre-revolutionary
France. Hence, third world is an
an*logy to revolutionary strategy
Two hundred years ago they beheaded the king
It's time we do the same thing cuz
Capitalist kingpins are running things in
To the trash bin, it has been quite
Enough, time to call their bluff, IMF and
The world bank, y'all stink, we vote to revolt!
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I am the Third
World, the only thing to be with any dignity
The second has collapsed and the first is the worst in
Terms of causing ma** destruction and suffering
On a scale of which the earth has never seen
That is something you know, but what you don't
Is that third world debt is a great big joke
The whole concept of third world debt is a
Great big lie, let me tell you why my
Friend, peep the irony, all the luxury of
Western society, is indebted entirely
To the ancient sources of resources (slave)
Labor and knowledge both technical and medical so
There you go, now the only way to go
Is direct unilateral concessions from oppressors
Forget about working together ‘cuz ‘give and take' don't make
Sense when you're dealing with a bank out to shake you
Down for everything. Funny thing was you
Thought they were brought to help us out
But they just s** our blood, while some sell us out
Here's some history to help sort it out: In the
Forties, the founding of developmental studies
Was motivated by money, not scholarly study
Plus, the US, Europe and their buddies
Were worried that the commies would sway our countries
To overthrow the global capital Cyclops
But since the second world died off, now it's
My job! Down with Amerikkka
Takin' ya to the next Che Guavera era!
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I am the Third
World, even though I live in the first
I thirst for justice and I side with the earth
The terms ‘developed' and ‘developing' are wrong
‘cuz the west has a way more volatile style
Disrupting what has been developed and reliable
Further polarizing and risingly unstable
I am the third world truly, and due to the
Changeable nature and danger, so might you be
You thought you were not ‘cause you were taught these
Deceptive divisions, but now in the west
We see the emergence of third world conditions
20% of the world's people use 80% of the juice
And 90% of the 80% used by the 20%
Is controlled by a small number of motherf**ers
And that number's only getting smaller
We got corporations, with bigger economies than
Nations. Think about the implications
The rights of profit making machines, supersede
The rights of human beings. This is not development
So I repeat, unilateral transfer
Paying the real debt is the only answer
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(Cut: Paul Kellogg, Editor of Socialist Worker, Socialist.ca)