Lyrics The 3rd World (Radio Version) - Immortal Technique

[(Verse 1)]

I'm from where the gold and diamonds are ripped from the earth,
Right next to the slave castles where the water is cursed,
From where police brutality's not half as nice,
It makes the hood in America look like paradise
I'm from where the gold and diamonds are ripped from the earth,
Right next to the slave castles where the water is cursed,
From where police brutality's not half as nice,
It makes the hood in America look like paradise
I'm from where the gold and diamonds are ripped from the earth,
Right next to the slave castles where the water is cursed,
From where police brutality's not half as nice,
It makes the hood in America look like paradise
Compared to the AIDS infested Caribbean slum,
African streets where the passport's an American gun,
From where they massacre people and try to keep it quiet,
And spend the next 25 years try'na deny it,
I'm from where they cut your hands off if you make a fist,
And niggas grow coca 'cause the job market doesn't exist,
Except slave labor modern day company store,
And peacekeepers don't ever, ever, ever come here no more,
From where the bombs that they used to drop on Vietnam,
Still has children born deformed 8 month before they gone,
I'm from where they lost the true meaning of the Qur'an,
Cuz heroin is not compatible with Islam,
And niggas know that but grow that poppy seed anyway,
'Cause that food drop parachute does not come every day,
I'm from where people pray to the gods of their conquerors,
And practically every president's a money launderer,
From where the only place democracy's acceptable,
Is if America's candidate is electable,
And they might even have a black president but he's useless,
'Cause he does not control the economy, stupid
[(Hook)]
Lock and load your gun where I'm from the 3rd world son
(Ain't nothing nice) been to many places but i'm 3rd world born, Guerillas hit and run where i'm from the 3rd world son
(Ain't nothing nice) you polluted everything and now the 3rd world's gone.
Water is poison where i'm from the 3rd world son
(Ain't nothing nice) 700 children died by the end of this song, Revolution'll come where I'm from the 3rd world son
(Ain't nothing nice) constant occupation leaves the 3rd world torn.
[(Verse 2)]
I'm from where the Catholic Church is some racist shit,
They helped Europe and America rape this bitch,
They pray to white Spanish Jesus, whose face is this?
But never talk about the black pope Gelasius,
I'm from where Soviet weapons still decide elections,
Military's like the mafia you pay for protection,
Catamite sex tours is what country sells,
And rich white business men make the best clientele,
I'm from where they too pussy to come film Survivor,
And they murder Coca-Cola union organizers,
I'm from where the justice system esta podrido,
[Is rotten]
Fuck government niggas politic over perico,
[Snow - slang for cocaine]
Rebelde concido, enterado vivo, como otro Argentino desaparecido,
[Rebel known, heard live, as another Argentine disappeared,]
'Cause RICO laws don't apply to the CIA,
And muthafuckas make sneakers for a quarter a day,
I'm from where they overthrow democratic leaders,
Not for the people, but for the Wall Street Journal readers,
From where blacks, indigenous peoples and Asians,
Were once the slaves of Caucasians,
And it's amazin' how they trained them,
To be racist against themselves in the place they was raised in,
You kept us caged in,
Destroyed our culture and said that you civilized us,
Raped our women and when we were born you despised us,
Gentrified us agent provocateurs divide us,
And crucified every revolutionary messiah,
So I'ma start a global riot that not even your fake,
Anti-communist dictators can keep quiet,
Fuck your charity medicine tryna' murder me,
The immunizations you gave us were full of mercury,
So now I see the 3rd world like the rap game soldier,
Nationalize the industry and take it over