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“Jingo Rap” from The Mozamgola Caper 1987 Lyrics by Bruce Barthol Don’t be looking at me that way I’m doin’ what’s right for the USA You know if it weren’t for people like me We’d be adrift in a bright red sea Third world countries got to learn About the way the world really turns Ashes to ashes, dust to dust The whole damn world belongs to us. Arbenz in Guatemala got out of hand Allende in Chile with his Marxist band So Kennicott Copper and United Fruit Said, “Send those assholes down the chute.” We killed Lumumba, we killed Che Tried to get Fidel but he got away We even gave Khadafy a whirl And killed his little baby girl. Third World countries got to learn About the way the world really turns If God had meant them to be free They’d have been born here like you and me. We know exactly what to do In Nicaragua and Angola too We keep them living on their knees And watch them while they slowly bleed. 222 It’s a low intensity con›ict scene We just spend money, our hands are clean We hire some psychopathic apes Send them out to kill and rape. And if events should go off course We’ve got the Rapid Deployment Force The whole Third World better learn the rule If we don’t dig it; it ain’t cool. (Dance break: break dance) Self-determination, that’s OK Everybody needs an Independence Day Run your country in your own way But ‹rst you better clear it with the USA. To the African people I make this plea Better ask us if you want to sneeze To my Latin friends I’d like to say Come on, greaseball, make my day.© 1987, San Francisco Mime Troupe Caution: This song is fully protected under the Copyright Law of the United States of America, the British Commonwealth including the Dominion of Canada and all other countries of the Copyright Union, the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention, and is subject to license and royalty. All rights including, without limitation, reproduction in whole or in any part by any process or method, professional use, amateur use, ‹lm, recitation, lecturing, public reading, recording, taping, radio and television broadcasting, and the rights of translation into foreign languages, are strictly reserved. All inquiries should be addressed to San Francisco Mime Troupe, 855 Treat Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110. “Jingo Rap” 223 ...

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