Blowing Up the Congo

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Petite Noir] Do you know what it feels to live in-between The rubble of your dreams while you intervene? You've totally misunderstood [Verse 2: Petite Noir] Quite frankly, you're just an arrogant Arrogant, greedy mother, father, in my eyes [Verse 3: Petite Noir] Destruction of humans Takin' us for granted You've totally misunderstood You've totally misunderstood [Pre-Chorus: Petite Noir] Oh Oh [Chorus: Petite Noir] They're blowin' up the Congo They're blowin' up the Congo Oh, what a surprise They're blowin' up the Congo They're blowin' up the Congo Oh, what a surprise [Verse 4: Saul Williams, spoken] What, are you surprised? Master slave binary cobalt rubber refinery colonial mentality fed into machines Dissect the engines and devices, not just the precious stones that make them run But the naming of the parts where one has uni-directional control over the others One part of the engine is called the master, the other parts are called the slaves The word "robot" means slave The fear that the slaves would learn too much and take over Is the the fear that the robots would learn too much and take over Take over the minds of the Congo, South Africa Mozambique, Zambia, Guinea, Nigeria Senegal, Botswana, Angola Ghana, Tanzania, Namibia, Mali Egypt, Libya, Algeria Oh, what a surprise Fear of Africa and AI [Pre-Chorus: Petite Noir] Oh Oh [Chorus: Petite Noir] They're blowin' up the Congo They're blowin' up the Congo Oh, what a surprise They're blowin' up the Congo They're blowin' up the Congo Oh, what a surprise [Outro: Petite Noir] 'Cause you know what it's like when you get to a country and you can't even get in 'Cause you know what it's like when you get mistreated in a bad country 'Cause you know what it's like when you get mistreated in your own country They're blowin' up the Congo What a surprise