Walk soft and carry a big stick
More like talk shit and send 100,000 troops in
Twenty first century Opium War
Protecting cheap production off-shores
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Fronting peace with one hand hidden
Diplomacy backed by the threat of invasion
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We'll get you addicted to our helping hand
Then threaten sanctions when we want something
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Democracy sold to the highest bidder
World Bank loans to arm dictators
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Twenty first century Opium War
Forcing the dirty dollar on the poor
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Give us cheap labor and preferential trading
Give us land for permanent bases
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We want cheap fruit and cheap gasoline
We got the world locked up in a Ponsy Scheme
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Twenty first century Opium War
Don't bother knocking just kick down the door
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Destruction of cultures paved the way
For an empire built on the slavery trade
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If you don't wanna tow the line you know what you'll get
You'll end up like Arbenz and Mossadegh
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Twenty first century Opium War
Don't bother knocking just kick down the door
Open the border to the great scam