David Rovics
Miami
The leaders of the world had gatheredTo make the planet freer for free tradeTo create a better business climateFor all the profits they had madeSurrounded by an armyThere for their defenseArmed with APC's and 'coptersAnd lots of common senseBehind a fence behind a wallThat shouts you shall not passBroken skulls, plastic bulletsAnd a thousand gallons of tear gasAnd the world leaders kept on talkingBehind the mote upon the hillAnd they boasted of prosperityAnd their latest free trade billThey thanked God, they thanked BoeingThey thanked the World BankThey thanked the firepowerOf the M1 TankThey defended their positionsAnd the glory of their classWith broken skulls, plastic bulletsAnd a thousand gallons of tear gasLetras de cancionesOn the streets we chantedWe have no clubs or gunsWe've just come to tell the peopleThe evil ways this system runsBut the truth can set us freeThe rulers all knew wellSo they drowned the truth with 'coptersAnd the ringing of the bellWith their tasers on our bodiesAnd our faces in the grassBroken skulls, plastic bulletsAnd a thousand gallons of tear gasAnd the cameras hid behind the linesOf half a million men in blueWhen the rich men moved their lipsThey recorded them on cueThe occupation of a cityBy an army of policeWasn't worthy of a mentionFrom the reporters of the peaceNeither were the wounded childrenOr the boarded glassOr the broken skulls, plastic bulletsAnd a thousand gallons of tear gas
From Letras Mania