Lan Otani and Jimmy Shin
The Ballad of the Colonized
VERSE 1: JIMMY
He point his weapons with a close precision
He starts to notice damaged people now
And takes a moment to assess this huge disaster
A European in our mother country
Paying us for all the work assigned
Too nice of a act from a foreign country
PRECHORUS 1: JIMMY
How do you feel
Now that you work
For your own plantation
No more word: slaves
How nice it feels
CHORUS 1:
Whoa whoa whoa
Europeans
You’re guaranteed to free us all
Whoa whoa whoa
Europeans
Will you guide us out of here?
VERSE 2: LAN
They come from homeland seeking jobs and money
Indian and Chinese both willing to work
But did they know that they would be treated
Like animals
They’re just the new slaves
PRECHORUS 2: LAN
Is it our skin
Or just our class
On your sugar estates
We’ve came for work
Not for deathhhhhh
CHORUS 2:
Whoa whoa whoa
Europeans
Your intention – vague and blurred
Whoa whoa whoa
Europeans
Pretend to be one of us
BRIDGE:
Europeans yeah
It’s a better place now
Europeans yeah
PRECHORUS 3:
You made a change
Although you couldn’t see
That it’s our culture, religion, life
Oh Europeans
It’s time to leave
CHORUS 3:
Whoa whoa whoa
Europeans
Your culture is now with us
Whoa whoa whoa
Europeans
We’re now one of you
PRECHORUS 3
CREDITS:
LYRICS: By Lan Otani and Jimmy Shin
GUITAR: Jimmy Shin
PIANO: Lan Otani
ORIGINAL SONG: Ballad of Mona Lisa – Panic at the Disco