作曲 : Baldwin, Luviner When you over in American Samoa What what surprised you the most I guess what hit me the most is the condition of the factory that the workers were in The factory was surrounded by a fence And barbed wire on top and on the bottom And they have a chain-linked fence surround the whole factory and And dormitory compound The gate has a has a guard shack where the guard sit there And control the worker movement in and out of the of the factory The factory are made of ahm Tin panels with tin roof It's really hot The temperature over there is verily ninety degrees And inside the factory or the dormitory It reaches way over a hundred degrees Yeah It's the contemporary form of slavery they call it slave labour But they don't prosecute them 'cause it's how they make paper When you rocking that fly ****that's made in China By an eight year old child tryna feed his mama He exposed to contamination and diseas And only fifty-five percent of them will get degrees And the women have to try to placate the boss Because it's sex discrimination in the labour force The slave master only let them speak in sign language And they're suffering from lung disease and eye damage Fourteen hour shifts seven days a week Two ****ty meals a day very little sleep Human life only worth three cents an hour All human right laws loose sense of power What did four hundred years in the grave p***es Only the improved cleverness of slave masters Is life worth living if you living in hell When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell And the lies they devise in the system that fail But I expect the system to fail Is life worth living if you living in hell When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell And the lies they devise in the system that fail But I expect the system to fail Many Chinese workers are forced to sign secret agreements Known as shadow contracts Before they leave China severely and in some ways Illegally restricting their activities while on American soil Workers are forbidden to participate in any religious or political Activity or to ask for a salary increase or even to fall in love or get married It's one point six million people locked in jail They do new slave labour force trapped in hell They generate over a billion dollars worth to power And only getting paid twenty cents an hour They make cloths for McDonald's and for Apple Bee's And working fourteen hour shifts in prison factories And while we sit around debating who the wack emcee is They have to work when arthritic pain attack the knees Slavery is not illegal that's a ****ing lie It is illegal unless it's for conviction of a crime The main objective is to get you in your ****ing prime And keep the prison full and not give you a ****ing dime But they the real criminal keeping you confined For a petty crime but they give you two-to-nine And ain't nobody there to protect ya Except a bunch of incompetent human rights inspectors Is life worth living if you living in hell When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell And the lies they devise in the system that fail But I expect the system to fail Is life worth living if you living in hell When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell And the lies they devise in the system that fail But I expect the system to fail The sweatshop situation's kind of cohesive And kind of take advantage on the people That are poor and at an economic disadvantage This Chinese woman made T-shirts and pants At the factory until she became pregnant When I told them I was pregnant They told me to have an abortion Tu Xiao Mei says she refused to have the abortion And has now been barred from entering the factory To allow them to bring that on to US soil is a very deep concern We've now documented the facts that management Coerces female workers who become pregnant into having abortions But human rights workers say it's common practice Inside that factory Chinese law applies and Chinese law is is supreme Even though it's the United States of America The flag doesn't fly inside there
[00:00.000] 作曲 : Baldwin, Luviner [00:00.856]When you over in American Samoa [00:02.512]What what surprised you the most [00:05.151]I guess what hit me the most is the condition of the factory that the workers were in [00:09.461]The factory was surrounded by a fence [00:13.801]And barbed wire on top and on the bottom [00:17.631]And they have a chain-linked fence surround the whole factory and [00:20.615]And dormitory compound [00:23.100]The gate has a has a guard shack where the guard sit there [00:28.974]And control the worker movement in and out of the of the factory [00:34.89]The factory are made of ahm [00:37.128]Tin panels with tin roof [00:40.48]It's really hot [00:42.300]The temperature over there is verily ninety degrees [00:46.313]And inside the factory or the dormitory [00:49.40]It reaches way over a hundred degrees [00:52.478]Yeah [00:52.919]It's the contemporary form of slavery they call it slave labour [00:56.197]But they don't prosecute them 'cause it's how they make paper [00:58.728]When you rocking that fly ****that's made in China [01:01.322]By an eight year old child tryna feed his mama [01:03.996]He exposed to contamination and diseas [01:06.511]And only fifty-five percent of them will get degrees [01:09.100]And the women have to try to placate the boss [01:11.632]Because it's sex discrimination in the labour force [01:14.320]The slave master only let them speak in sign language [01:16.960]And they're suffering from lung disease and eye damage [01:19.648]Fourteen hour shifts seven days a week [01:21.884]Two ****ty meals a day very little sleep [01:25.385]Human life only worth three cents an hour [01:27.572]All human right laws loose sense of power [01:30.275]What did four hundred years in the grave p***es [01:32.901]Only the improved cleverness of slave masters [01:35.463]Is life worth living if you living in hell [01:37.617]When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell [01:40.181]And the lies they devise in the system that fail [01:42.635]But I expect the system to fail [01:45.663]Is life worth living if you living in hell [01:48.92]When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell [01:50.651]And the lies they devise in the system that fail [01:53.199]But I expect the system to fail [01:55.839]Many Chinese workers are forced to sign secret agreements [01:58.667]Known as shadow contracts [02:00.572]Before they leave China severely and in some ways [02:03.870]Illegally restricting their activities while on American soil [02:06.463]Workers are forbidden to participate in any religious or political [02:09.236]Activity or to ask for a salary increase or even to fall in love or get married [02:16.888]It's one point six million people locked in jail [02:19.452]They do new slave labour force trapped in hell [02:22.80]They generate over a billion dollars worth to power [02:25.420]And only getting paid twenty cents an hour [02:27.920]They make cloths for McDonald's and for Apple Bee's [02:30.468]And working fourteen hour shifts in prison factories [02:33.94]And while we sit around debating who the wack emcee is [02:35.765]They have to work when arthritic pain attack the knees [02:38.235]Slavery is not illegal that's a ****ing lie [02:40.933]It is illegal unless it's for conviction of a crime [02:43.575]The main objective is to get you in your ****ing prime [02:46.263]And keep the prison full and not give you a ****ing dime [02:48.967]But they the real criminal keeping you confined [02:51.594]For a petty crime but they give you two-to-nine [02:54.171]And ain't nobody there to protect ya [02:56.719]Except a bunch of incompetent human rights inspectors [02:59.297]Is life worth living if you living in hell [03:01.543]When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell [03:04.81]And the lies they devise in the system that fail [03:06.703]But I expect the system to fail [03:09.403]Is life worth living if you living in hell [03:11.873]When the mind is confined to a prisoner's cell [03:14.610]And the lies they devise in the system that fail [03:17.126]But I expect the system to fail [03:20.223]The sweatshop situation's kind of cohesive [03:24.760]And kind of take advantage on the people [03:27.588]That are poor and at an economic disadvantage [03:31.172]This Chinese woman made T-shirts and pants [03:34.780]At the factory until she became pregnant [03:37.142]When I told them I was pregnant [03:38.846]They told me to have an abortion [03:42.154]Tu Xiao Mei says she refused to have the abortion [03:44.280]And has now been barred from entering the factory [03:47.464]To allow them to bring that on to US soil is a very deep concern [03:51.656]We've now documented the facts that management [03:53.94]Coerces female workers who become pregnant into having abortions [03:55.157]But human rights workers say it's common practice [03:59.688]Inside that factory Chinese law applies and Chinese law is is supreme [04:04.10]Even though it's the United States of America [04:05.763]The flag doesn't fly inside there
