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Politik Uang

Boleh saja partai ribuan jumlahnya
Tapi yang menang yang punya uang
Seorang cepek ceng sudah bisa jadi presiden
Begitulah cerita yang berkembang

Gontok-gontokan sudah nggak musim
Adu doku ini yang ditunggu-tunggu
Pemilu tempat berpestanya uang palsu
Habis kalau nggak gitu nggak lucu

Program-program berseliweran
Seperti dongeng zaman kecil dulu
Walau ternyata hanya kibul doang
Tapi kampanye bikin hati senang

Bul kibul tak kibul-kibul
Kibul diadu demi perkibulan
Ini sudah dari zaman baheula
Dari zaman raja-raja sampai sekarang

Uang adalah bahasa kalbu
Santapan rohani para birokrat
Tentu saja tidak semuanya
Tapi yang pasti banyak yang suka

Jangan heran korupsi menjadi-jadi
Habis itulah yang diajarkan
Ideologi jadi komoditi
Bisa diekspor ke luar negeri

Uang adalah bahasa kalbu
Santapan rohani rakyat dan wakil rakyatnya
Tentu saja tidak semuanya
Tapi yang pasti banyak yang suka

Jangan heran korupsi menjadi-jadi
Habis itulah yang diajarkan
Ideologi jadi dagangan
Bisa diekspor ke luar negeri

Money Politics

There may be thousands of political parties
But the one with the money wins
A hundered million rupiah can make you president
That's the story that's going around

Fistfights are out of fashion
The money race is what everyone's waiting for
The election is a party for counterfeit money
Because otherwise it wouldn't be funny

Programs are flying around
Like fairy tales from my childhood
Even though they're just a bunch of lies
But the campaign makes me happy

Lie or no lie
Lies are pitted against lies
This has been going on since the old days
From the days of kings to the present

Money is the language of the heart
The spiritual food of bureaucrats
Of course not all of them
But certainly many of them

No wonder corruption is rampant
Because that's what they teach
Ideology becomes a commodity
That can be exported abroad

Money is the language of the heart
The spiritual food of the people and their representatives
Of course not all of them
But certainly many of them

No wonder corruption is rampant
Because that's what they teach
Ideology becomes a trade
That can be exported abroad