Taking Sides Crass

Over half the world's population is starving
Crucified... by the greed of landowners
Helpless... against the imbalance of priorities
Practiced by the major powers who, if they wanted to, could help
Every minute of the day millions upon million of pounds
Are spent on the machinery of war
If only a half of that was spent on the machinery of peace
There would be no more starvation on this planet
Yet governments pay no heed to the cries of suffering
They perhaps make token gestures to appease their consciences
But no real improvements are made
Because to ensure control the superpowers need to maintain the imbalance

Natives are slaughtered
In their homelands
By governments seeking out
New possessions
Most of the wealth of the so called developed nations
Has been gained at the expense of the Third World

From whom natural resources
Both mineral and human
Have been unscrupulously exploited

Peoples' pride and dignity
Is burnt in Napalm
And hand-held flame-throwers