Take Back The Land Lyrics - Oi Polloi

Tore the people from the land 

Torched their houses with bloodied hands 

Thousands starved or died at sea 

A sickening toll of human misery 

Broke the old clan system where land was there for all 

And once the people had their backs against the wall 

The connivance of the church cleared them off the land 

"Remember it's God's will so don't try to make a stand" 

They made a desert wher trees once stood 

Squeezing from the land every penny that they could 

Ethnic cleaning of the glens for farming sheep 

'Cos that way there's more profit for the rich scum to reap (rape) 

"Beautiful bleak moorland?"- I don't think so 

This is a place where great forests used to grow 

Laid waste by a rich man's greed 

Reclaim the land and plant the seed 

Yet still every year, seeking their roots 

They come from overseas to kiss the boots 

Of the clan chief and lick the hand 

Of the very people who threw their families off the land 

This is nothing more than a sick farce 

paying homage to the ruling class 

Who, without hesitation, do it all again 

Those who forget history to repeat it are condemned 

"Gee, Scotland-It's so quaint 

All this scenery makes me feel quite 

faint 

Clan chief looks so good in his kilt 

We never think of the blood his family spilt" 

"I'm the clan chief o.k. yah 

I support Scotland when they play rugger 

But an independent country? there I'd draw the line 

I own this land it's mine all mine 

FUCK YOU, You arrogant prick 

You inbred rich bastard, YOU MAKE ME FUCKING SICK 

You own fuck all-except in your head 

One day the land will be ours-and you'll be dead 

I won't beg permission to walk the land they claim to "own" 

And I won't pay no fucker to gain access to THE STONES 

The rich have stolen and buy and sell our earth 

But it belongs to NO ONE-or to all by right of birth 

TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND 

TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND 

TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND 

TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND 

TAKE IT