A World To Win

A World To Win

First eppearance, 36th edition.

T'll take all the ups and downs this old world can give,

All the ins and all the outs as long as I might live.

T am iron of the earth, tempered in the flame,

The grinding wheel of history, freedom knows my name.

Someday I'll rise again.

Through out the land I'm a working woman, a working man;

I've got a world to win.

I marched and fought in other days and yet I struggle on.

I raised the banner faithfully of heroes dead and gone.

I am the shoulder on the wheel, the master of my brain,

I till the soil of history, freedom knows my name.

T've heard the lies, the alibis, I've seen the games they play

Of those who never realized they're only in the way.

For I will know the universe and all that does remain;

I am the hopes and the dreams of life, freedom knows my name.

They might be reptilian, the blood flows like ice in their veins,

Or extra-terrestrial recyclers that use shit for brains.

Now what does it mean to have the right to strike

When companies do anything they like? Like using .. .

Now before we had our unions, let me tell you, conditions were bad.

Understaffed, overworked, underpaid, ‘til we finally got mad

But then when we walked out to protect our rights

They just gave away our jobs to those parasites. To those . ..

I could puke watching co-workers tum into weasels and traitors,

They must be pod people hatched by those corporate raiders.

You know our labor laws are crazy, they're so damn two-faced!

They say I haven't been fired, just permanently replaced by . . .

Oh, listen to your mama, this isn't idle gab,

You're pretty damn low on the food chain

If you think you gotta grab

Your striking neighbor's job! I guess you gotta be a scab.

Sisters and Brothers hear what I say,

Solidarity means action not just for one day.

Brother Jack London was right, there's nothing lower than a scab.

Stop Scabs!

We Shall Not Give Up The Fight

South Ajrican Freedom Song.

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We shall not give up the fight, we have only started,

We have only started, we have only started. (repeat)

Together we'll have victory, hand holding hand,

Hand holding hand, hand holding hand. (repeat)

Never, ever put to flight, we're bound to win,

We're bound to win, we're bound to win. (repeat)