Radio Africa
Inspired by Radio Africa – Latin Quarter, Global Warming Bluff – Red Day , No Rope As Long As Time – Latin Quarter, Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, Did They Know It Was G8 Time? – Galaxia/Red Day and Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Band Aid
Written by Steve Wallis, 24/3/2008
Are you hearing only bad news on Radio Africa?
Are you hearing only sad news on Radio Africa?
Apartheid is over but rich people in South Africa are mainly white
And to escape township squalor will require another fight
The IMF doesn't care about your plight
Under capitalism, the future’s not bright
Food is rocketing in price
So you can’t even afford rice
Many of you are starving with very little on your plates
We must all take power quickly, revolution cannot wait
Are you hearing the good news on Radio Africa?
Are you hearing the great news on Radio Africa?
Food shortages are devastating
But many of you are protesting
You are threatening socialist revolution
I recommend a PR-based solution
Many of you are starving with very little on your plates
We can all take power quickly, revolution cannot wait
Old Afrikaner farmer on the terrace of his home
Sits gently in his rocking chair, gazing at the land he still owns
Mandela out of prison, Biko in the ground
Sharpeville and Soweto voices silenced till the end of time
Freedom don’t come easy, don’t come bloodless, hasn’t come fast
But the hearts and minds of the countless people
Won’t give up, and you have friends in us
You struggled in the unions, uniting black and white
You must struggle again: continue the fight
Food prices rocket in the West too
We’ll go on strike along with you
Many of you are starving with very little on your plates
We will all take power quickly, revolution cannot wait
It was G8 time
There was a need to be afraid
At G8 time, they plotted so we couldn’t just have fun
And the G8 suits that plotted there were Monsanto’s allies in power
So revolt now, so we’re all in power instead of them
Feed the world
Feed the world
Feed the world
Don’t wait till G8 time
Go on strike
Don’t wait till G8 time again
Do a Bolivia
Don’t wait till G8 time again
The greatest gift we can give each other is socialism
When we all rule the world
No rich or poor any more
Change the world
We won’t wait till G8 time
Change the world
We won’t wait till G8 time again
Change the world
We won’t wait till G8 time again