Home Brew Crew - Listen to Us lyrics

[National party election campaign ad 1975] There was a time when New Zealand cities were quiet and clean People said they were. . nice places to bring up children But the cities grew alarmingly, people poured in Not just from the country, but from other countries as well 62,000 in just 2 years Then one day, there weren't enough jobs either The people became angry,and violence broke out Especially among those who had come from other places expecting great things [David Lange] It's that some governments, such as New Zealand Have forgotten for whom they have a responsibility And they owe nothing to huge projects They owe a lot to little people And they have turned their face on striving people [Rob Muldoon] If you don't want it that way, go the otehr way [David Lange] Where prices are allowed to soar While wages are screwed down [Phil Goff] It's not a case of saying inflation is more important than employment [Jim Bolger] More jobs and higher pay [Don Brash] The countries which have been most successful in getting inflation under control Have been those with central banks which are somewhat independent of direct political influence [John Key] Is it real money to you? Yes it is actually, I think so, yes [Jenny Shipley] Create the gap between work and welfare [Helen Clark] There is a growing gap between rich and poor in this country [John Key] Well im making enough to be comfortable He said he would rather have s** with a lobster than meet me The good news is that I was having dinner with Nagti Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi which is Tuhoe, in which case i would've been dinner [Verse 1: Tom Scott] Cause this ain't no f**ing joke We f**ing broke far from cutting coke All we got is luck and hope Dreams going up in smoke One day, some way yea that's what we used to say Now we black out sniffing white So the future's grey The youth that we threw away ain't never coming back Our criminal record haunting us forever like a tap Where I come from minimum wage is what we run on No wonder why we're spending our pay getting drunk on some cheap sh** Standing in line for some free sh** To eat we're resorting to crime For some weet bix The same old story that you heard a million times before I bet it probably doesn't even cross your mind no more f**ing prime minister ain't even got the time to talk Cutting off the dole Trying to justify why we're poor Acting like we're happy working underneath your iron claw Where you don't even need to give the reason we're being fired for Trying to fight the law is like trying to fight a fireball Ask my old man They locked him up just for trying to score f** working in the factory until you're 94 Course we resort to crime But all you get from crime is . .court And that's a f**ed up system Where justice is just some Juxtaposition between the police and the judge's decision And even if we scream Who the f** is going to listen to us? [Hook: Tom Scott] What they know about missing the bus? Yea, it's just another prisoners dust They keep the bread and they give us the crust Cause the system is sus There ain't no politician to trust who's going to listen to us [John Key] Interviewer: Where you for or against the springbok tour? Oh I can't even remember 1981? I don't really know [Verse 2: Tourettes] John key can s** my dick Hiding in his mansion While half the population flies across the tasman The other half try to act like its not happening Thinking that they're rich with their higher purchase plasmas Asking what's the matter? There's no depression in New Zealand Yea just a so sicky feeling Had you steering at the all blacks cheering Distracting you from the oil spills and poor tax Dignity? can't afford that on minimum wage sh** is insane when rent is half of my pay Nobody's laughing these days Know the economy's a joke Except for bourgeois arseholes You know how that goes Socialism for the rich capitalism for the poor Want us to live in sh** People struggling abroad If you wait at the door for one second That we deserve better There ain't enough pigs to protect them Brands are expensive and the wage is low Get them losers at WINZ out diggin some holes Saying work will set you free Yea it's good for the soul I mean k** the poor k** my eyes for your vote (??) Kept the funding for us on that national parks Blame every problem on solo mothers And doole bludgers The working cla** is a gang getting fisted Untill we say different ain't noone going to listen to us Minimum wages just isn't enough Tax cuts don't make a difference to us Act like we're poor Only know prison and d** Getting high is the only way we're living it up (I been thinking about who's doing the talking In all I been reading, about how we're sinking I've been thinking about how we're doing All that we're missing And how nobodies listening to us) x2 [Key] Well I don't own a vineyard Interviewer: and you're a vineyard owner yourself aren't you? I am I don't know whether I won any a**ets or not Interviewer: You promise you will always be honest? yup [???] He said he could and he would Then later he said he couldn't and he wouldn't And later still he said he couldn't because he wouldn't [Key] Hip hopping with the hoppers If anyone is offended, then I deeply apologise [Protestor] Think you're going to go in there mate? [Key] Have you got a conflict of interest here? no See you, thanks very much [Muldoon] They'll vote accordingly If they want that other bloke to lead a government, they'll vote for him That's it Right? Okay Thanks Prime Minister