Oi Polloi Lyrics

Oi POLLOi

1. GO GREEN
Governments and multinationals Corrupt and twisted women and men Are going to bring this planet To a premature end With their selfishness and greed
They destroy anything of worth Are you just going to sit and watch Their rape of mother earth? They just could´t care less
About the ecological devastation Inflicted by their insane striving For profit maximisation We´ve got to fight back We´ve got to give resistance Or they´ll pollute and exploit Our world out of existance Industrial accidents and radiation leaks
So babies are born as freaks Like the Re-Chen babies with one eye Or those who Windscale called before their time
And the petrol is full of lead So kids grow up wrong in the head
And aerosols destroy the ozone layer No protection - no we´re layed bare
And nuclear waste is dumped into the sea A slow poison for you and me
And what was once fertile land Has now turned to desert sandAnd acid rain pours from the sky So whole forests wither and die
And dirty cities grey and drab Cover theyland like concrete scabs
And toxic chemicals are pumped into streams Death where once life would have been
The whole situation has got out of hand So go green and make your stand
And it seems you couldn´t care less That our earth is in such a mess
It makes me wonder how long it will take Before you finally awakePlease, please you got to open your eyes ´Cos you´ve got to realise
Exactly what those in power got planned This is the last chance to make your standNow that we see what´s going on We´ve got to stop them and we aint got long This isn´t something just to sing about´Cos our time is running out...
2. YOU COUGH/THEY PROFIT
You cough - they profit Well i thought it was about mutual respect But your filthy smoke chokes me so am i incorrect? With your pathetic sick habit you pollute my air
Have you no respect for others? No, you just don´t seem to careI don´t like your selfish attitude one little bit You´re just a hypocrite
Animals die in the laboratory Forced to smoke over thirty a day Don´t think you can ignore them ´cos they got no voice Cause only you can stop it - only you have the choice Like it or not, they´ve murdered in your name While you continue to smoke you must live with the blame You think you´re oh so sussed but there´s something that you´ve missed And the big tobacco businessmen are laughing at this Yes, you actually pay to ruin your health
While you suckers abuse your body They´re just making more wealthYou cough - they profit
You choke - they profit You die - they profitYou cough - they profit Have you got the strength of will to stop it?
STOP ITSTOP ITSTOP IT I know you´ve got the strength of will to stop it.
3. PUNX OR MICE
You come to the gig And you think you´re really big
but to me you just look small As you cover the back of the ball Lacking even the guts to get up the front and dance
It´s enough to make me cry Are you punx or mice?
chorus:Are you punx or mice?
They cheat you, they rob you And they treat you all as fools
And yet you sit and take it Are you going to give up without a fight?
Are you punx or mice?chorus They´re sick, they´re wrong
They´ve oppressed us for too long Now it´s our turn to attack
We must fight back United, as one, together - you and iDon´t say we cant do it
Are you punx or mice chorus
4. NUCLEAR WASTE
Nuclear energy is a con It´s just a cover for making their bombsAnd it sends people to an early grave So we want the power of the wind and the waves
chorus:Harness the wind Harness the wavesWe don´t need this filthy nuclear waste Solar power - yet another alternative Think of the boundless energy the sun has to give Then there´s hydro-electricity with turbines and dams And we can out our consumption with conservation programmeschorus: Harness the wind
The sun the wavesWe don´t need this filthy nuclear waste The civil atomic energy programmes is nothing but an elaborate cover-up for the real use of nuclear power namely the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons We call for an end to the nuclear power programmes and properly funded research into renewable sources of energy
chorus:Harness the wind The sun the waves
We don´t need this filthy nuclear waste
5. THE ONLY RELEASE?
You wouldn´t believe the pain That´s tearing trough my head If you were in my placeThen you´d wish you were dead Locked in a cage like a prison cell
Im living in a living hell All around screams of fearBut they fall upon def ears
chorus: Why won´t they leave me in peace?
Is death really my only release
No! Tortured to death behind closed doors
Cries for help are just ignored
Set me free! Please!If it were you instead of me
You´d screaming to be set free
Set us free! Please!Animal liberation and human rights
It´s one struggle - it´s one fight Set us free!Please!
chorus
And now they´re coming back
To stick me on the rack To put me through pain
They´ll drive me insane They put their profit before my pain
My suffering is their financial gain And you know this ain´t right
So show you care about my plightchorus Is death really the only release?
chorus One, Two, Three, Four - Kick down that laboratory door Five, Six, Seven, Eight - LIBERATE!

OI POLLOI C/O EDINBURGH ANTI-FASCIST ACTION PO BOX 421, DUN EIDEANN EH11 1QD SCOTLAND

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