Colonial Lies (Radio Edit)

I say you don't have to be a billionaire to be privileged and protected, seen Wo yo yo yo. Aye aye hai yeh No House no money no car no man No house no money no car no man No house no money no car no man I tell you: no house no money no car no man Yeh yeh yeh No house no money no car no man (Wo moy) This is the **** I know we all can understand (Weh yeh) Don't try and front baby boy: hey I de see you And as for you baby girl, hell yes I been there No house, no money, no car: not even a man This is a situation most of us have had If you need proof of this Open your newspapers And what you read will scream how much life seems unfair For the rest of us Nah what you read will scream how much life is unfair For the rest of us: for the best of us, hey You see: you'll read most of us will die Trying not to live some pale half-life why? Trying not to live some pale half-life why, yeh yeh (Most of us will die most of us will die) You see there that last line That was the crux of this And knowing what I know I feel I have to spit the truth of this now Spit the truth of this hey yeah They keep on trying They keep on trying You can't blame the youth today They keep on trying Seh! They keep on trying They keep on trying You cannot blame the youth today They keep on trying trying Even though the communities that they come from keep on dying Even though the communities that they come from keep on dying Globalisation! Gentrification! Social isolation! (Oh!) Desertification! Ecocide Genocide They're not lying (Hey!) Said knowing what I know I feel I have to spit the truth of this now Umhum do I look all that scared? Mek ah tell wunna about them They took out all the soul And now they feel no pain, and absolutely no shame Assisted by all of the rich snitches, bitches, and sellout villains Buzzed out on French champagne Ho! The privileged sold our cultures out To the minstrel train For all that dollar rain Causing obscene amounts of dollar pain, iyeh You see what I can't stand The system took her voice away, yeh yeh yeh And what I can't stand The system took their voice away, yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh No money no You know we have to save ourselves Because this ********: is pure invention We can set a path for liberation with our own intentions What we need What we need Could be hiding inside your grandmother's favourite lessons Or it could be shining a light inside your last child's very first questions No house, no money, no car, no man This is a situation most of us have had (No money no man) Although some of you may be too bougie For this poverty shit to apply That's understandable, cos are westerners But for the rest of us Mm don't be frontin' like you never crumpled crisps on toast Like you never emptied out your butts For one last smoke Like you never had to feen Cos you were all out of **** And that fine-ass man you picked up? He had nothing but seeds Damn He had nothing but seeds Damn