The Thieves Banquet Part II

[Verse 1 : Akala] Towards the end of the feast the devil decided He was so inspired, he couldn't be bothered with giving no prizes In fact he said he would just retire Cos he could see that what was required To keep our children living in fire Could be supplied by these thieves and these liars Who had respectable titles So he pronounced that he would bounce Go back to hell as his house Co-sign his work to these thieves like it was just an ounce We know not what what was said But still live with the effects Of what was agreed by the greed That night on the Banquet of thieves The gist is this: The devil bestowed All of the powers for ruling the globe Only to those who would sell their soul And take the devilish oath [Hook : Thieves] I solemnly swear to steal and kill Not because i'm hungry for meals But because my hundreds and millions I wanna see turned into billions I solemnly swear to make a place Where women and children are raped every day Where some eat ourselves to death And others can't get a crumb on the plate I solemnly swear to turn the globe Into a living hell for most And drug with death, anything left That grows or has a pulse [Verse 2: Akala] The monarchs and dictators, religious leaders and the bankers Had one more course before they could complete the Banquet Screaming and panting, baby children were brought on plates The end of their tantrums came When they were stabbed in the heart with a stake And chopped into pieces, served raw with the blood still warm All the thieves gobbled down the children without a second thought The devil explained; if ever they got to a place where they suffered pain Or the slightest of shame, for killing a child They should leave the game Cos the noblest aim is to turn a child’s flesh to flames For the hollow concept called profit so known as personal gain The devil explained, there is a god, death is his name So treat this life as if it was nothing more than a monopoly game So get to work There’s people to starve and people to slaughter And also to torture, any rebellious son or daughter If ever you fail, or find yourself getting to frail An angry devil will be forced to return from the comfort of hell (rand of applause) All the thieves got up from their seats and gave the devil applause Baby’s blood dripping from their jaws, totally reddend the floor With that the devil vanished And left the thieves in the palace The banker was the first to speak on how they could meet the challenge [Banker] Look my fellow thieves As long as we unite on the scheme We’ll be living with dreams There’s never been a team this mean [Religious leader] Yes Spiritual death Is what I provide at the devils behest [Monarchs of Empire] Monarchs can make laws and the courts That would serve and protect Our interests and nothing else Commoners can fuck themselves Cos we all see, democracy will just fuck up our wealth [Third world dictator] That’s where I can add some value To this gathering of men I can kill in broad daylight I don’t have to pretend I can do the things that all you rich developed countries can't be seen to do in public But we all know you love it [Banker] Yes! And we can pretend we’re enemies, still at war with each other Though we couldn’t be further from the truth we are practically lovers [Religious leader] You’re quite right mr Banker deception must be used We’ll hire prostitutes to spread our views And call it news Another set of prostitutes that call themselves artists To say what we tell them to Spineless Bastards [Monarchs of empire] Religious leader Thou art a wonderful thief The last thing that we do need before our schemes complete Is a set of puppet politicians That talk a lot That the people think hold the power but they’re really our dogs [Banker] Yes yes yes, yes oh fucking yes! Let us drink to murder and theft Until there’s nothing left [Narrator] The thieves took a toast of warm blood And nearly drowned in laughter The Bankers passed out a charter That they had carefully drafted For the international organisation Of theft and murder [Monarch of Empire] If we could sign this in blood It would be totally perfect! [Akala] That’s what they did They used the child’s bleeding finger To sign a commitment To keep the human spirit a prisoner That’s how it’s been since then A cannibalistic system Run by themes dressed in death Blessed with the devils wisdom