Lowkey - One World lyrics

[Intro: Tony Benn] The way we are controlled, is very simple, they keep us frightened Used to be the Kaiser, then Hitler,then Stalin, now the m**ms, next it will be the Chinese They keep us divided men and women, black and white, m**m, 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 [Lowkey: Verse 1] 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 hits 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 [Hook 2x] We've only got one world We've only got one world We've only got one We've only got one [Lowkey: Verse 2] Take these words as a warning If you wanna wake up, to hear the birds chirp in the morning T. N.C.'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 [Hook x2] [Lowkey: Verse 3] 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 hits 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 [Outro] (We've only got one world) One world, One race, and One love