British Colonialism And The BBC

<br>I`m the boss of the BBC<br>I`m the monkey at the top of the media tree<br>Your version of the riots in Cape Town<br>Comes second-hand from me<br>Chewing and spewing this revolution<br>For popular TV<br>All your opinions are carefully chosen<br>By what we`ll let you see<br>Televised crap dressed up as fact<br>Your soap reality<br>We only want a chance to show the Editor`s side<br>Of struggle in the news<br>Closer and closer to the State`s eye view<br>And further from the truth<br>Push a microphone to the mouth of this youth<br>Bewildered and confused<br>Misreported, distorted, misquoted<br>A ready-made victim to be used<br>Quote you on things that you never said<br>Put this pencil to your head<br>Kill your revolution dead<br>TV tells us what to be and what to say and what to do<br>How to act and how to lie but never question why<br>Fighting to stop this mass-deception<br>Fighting to scrap the pass-laws<br>Fighting to end misuse of land<br>Fighting to close down diamond mines<br>Fighting to feed their hungry mouths<br>Fighting to change the world<br>And here, we sit on a fence<br>Built by distance and enforced by lies<br>Is a full stomach all it takes<br>To keep us pacified