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All compositions, ©1996-2008, Luis Prat. All rights reserved
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Te engaìaron/They Deceived You |
Te Engaìaron/ They deceived you lyrics and
music by Luis J. Prat
Te mandaron a la guerra a luchar y a morir
Te mandaron a matar gente que nunca te hizo naÃ
Te mandaron a defender los intereses del capital
Te mandaron a morir por una causa
Que no es la tuya
Ni la m√a, solo la de ellos
Los que mandan, los de siempre,
A una guerra que los niìos biºn
Nunca lucharΣn.
Te engaìaron con patriotismo y con promesas de poder estudiar
Te dijeron que defend√as la democracia y la libertad
Bombardeaste, destruiste disparaste y mataste
Tambiºn viste a tus compaìeros
Volando por el aire en pedacitos
Tu regresaste sin tus piernas
Tuerto de un ojo, loco de remate
De una guerra que los que la empezaron
Son muy cobardes paà luchar.
They sent you to a war to fight and to die
And they sent you to kill people that never did you any harm.
And they sent you to defend the interests of capital
And they sent you to your death
For a cause thatÃs not your cause
Nor is it mine, itÃs only theirs,
Those who rule, been ruling for too long
To a war the children of the rich
Will never have to fight.
They deceived you with patriotism and with promises of higher education
And they told you were defending freedom and democracy.
And you bombed, you destroyed and you shot and you killed
And you got to see your friends
Blown up to the sky in little pieces
And you came back without your legs
Blind in one eye, crazy as hell
From a war the chickenhawks who started it
Are too coward to fight. |
The Right to be Lazy |
THE RIGHT TO BE LAZY Lyrics and
music by Luis J. Prat
You shall work every day of your life
And you shall work from childhood to old age
And you shall work yourself into an early grave
Because the boss says so
The system makes you so
Because the cops will beat you up if you donít.
And you shall toil until you wanna faint
Working so hard, all for minimum wage
That barely keeps you alive, you slave
Tomorrow you shall toil again
ëCause Adam ate the apple
Itís written in the Bible
Only the rich can share the bounty of god.
(bridge)
I claim the right to be lazy
Why should I work for the boss?
Why should I work sixteen hours a day?
When four is more than enough.
Letís get rid of all the bosses
Bankers, lawyers, senators
Weíll keep the fruit of our labor
Weíll work less and weíll play more.
And I know just how we can all do this
The One Big Union with all of us in it
The Industrial Workers of the World
Have always shown the way
To get rid of the boss
And to win the class war
And make us truly free once and for all.
(repeat from bridge to the end)
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Zapata Vive |
ZAPATA VIVE Lyrics and
music by Luis J. Prat
Quiero decirle al tirano
Que no se lave las manos
Que la sangre de los pueblos
Jam·s se podr· limpiar
Ni con dinero
Ni con petrÛleo
Ni con promesas falsas de libertad
La gente humilde
La que trabaja
Ya no se deja engaÒar.
(coro)
Zapata vive, la lucha sigue (X3)
Zapata!
Quiero decirle al tirano
Que tiene los dÌas contados
Desde Chiapas a Seattle
Desde Genoa a Nablus
La gente lucha
Se educa, se levanta
Ya no mendiga, reclama libertad
El pueblo unido jam·s ser· vencido
Y a la anarquÌa siempre marchar·.
(coro)
El mundo dice ya basta
No m·s guerra y destrucciÛn
Ni ecocidio ni racismo
Ni prisiones ni opresiÛn
La Madre Tierra
No est· a la venta
Y son de todos las tierras y los mares
Luchemos juntos paí que se vayan todos
Que sin justicia nunca puede haber paz.
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Copyright © 1996-2008 Luis Prat. All rights reserved.
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