Fire in the Street

Fire, fire, fire in street now People on their feet Riots in the street Burning up the future for their gold Burning up the future for their gold Proxy wars, and old world scores Profit and power while the ice cap thaws Ain't give a shit about our planet only want to say that they ran it All ism and schism, and nationalism A closed world prison, for the same rich risen Making bombs and selling their people Never wonder why were so unequal… Ain't time to wish away the sadness and the sorrow We're always fighting for today and not tomorrow, so it seems See the righteous rage of the new age Sing the righteous songs of a new page Gotta End SARS shooting Corporate looting Right coup booting An in Santiago the ticket embargo Churches burning, at the cost of learning Marching on, like Grandma Wong Still singing that Hong Kong Song… Get up, Stand up for the world in which your living Get Up, Stand up for the world in which is given to you True powers in the many not the few… Fire, fire, fire in street now People on their feet Riots in the street See the righteous rage of a new age Sing the righteous songs of a new page Gotta END bad leaders Hateful feeders Future stealers Wild fires they can't suppress Mass movements to protest Too many to arrest The tide towards progress In London, Rio, Seoul Tehran and Tokyo Paris, Manila, Minsk Lagos and Port-au-Prince Get up, Stand up Get Up, Stand up Fire, fire, fire in street now People on their feet Riots in the street