have you been to the desert? have you been to the desert? Você esteve no deserto? have you walked with the dead? have you walked with the dead? Você caminhou com os mortos? there's a hundred thousand children being killed for their bread there's a hundred thousand children being killed for their bread Cem mil crianças sendo assassinadas por seu pedaço de pão and the figures don't lie they speak of human disease and the figures don't lie they speak of human disease e imagens não mentem, falam da doença humana but we do what we want and we think what we please but we do what we want and we think what we please mas nós fazemos o que queremos e pensamos como queremos have you lived the experience? have you lived the experience? Você viveu a experiência? have you witnessed the plague? have you witnessed the plague? Testemunhou a praga? people making babies sometimes just to escape people making babies sometimes just to escape Pessoas fazendo bebês, às vezes só para escapar in this land of competition the compassion is gone in this land of competition the compassion is gone Nessa terra de competição, a compaixão se foi. yet we ignore the needy and we keep pushing on yet we ignore the needy and we keep pushing on Ainda ignoramos os necessitados e continuamos empurrando we keep pushing on we keep pushing on continuamos empurrando this is just a punk rock song this is just a punk rock song Isso é apenas uma canção punk rock written for the people who can see something's wrong written for the people who can see something's wrong escrita por pessoas que podem ver que algo está errado like ants in a colony we do our share like ants in a colony we do our share como formigas na colonia nós fazemos nossa parte but there's so many other fuckin' insects out there but there's so many other fuckin' insects out there mas tem muitos outros insetos sacanas aí fora and this is just a punk rock song and this is just a punk rock song e isso é apenas uma canção punk rock (like workers in a company we do our share (like workers in a company we do our share (como trabalhadores numa empresa fazemos nossa parte but there's so many other fuckin' robots out there) but there's so many other fuckin' robots out there) (mas tem muitos outros robôs sacanas aí fora) have you visited the quagmire? have you visited the quagmire? você visitou o pântano: have you swam in the shit? have you swam in the shit? nadou na bosta? the party conventions and the real politik the party conventions and the real politik as convenções de partido e a politica "politik" the faces always different, the rhetoric the same the faces always different, the rhetoric the same os rostos sempre diferentes, a retórica é a mesma but we swallow it, and we see nothing change but we swallow it, and we see nothing change mas nós engulimos, não vemos nada mudar nothing has changed... nothing has changed... nada mudou... 10 million dollars on a losing campaign 10 million dollars on a losing campaign 10 milhões em uma campanha perdedora 20 million starving and writhing in pain 20 million starving and writhing in pain 20 milhões famintos e contorcendo-se em dor big strong people unwilling to give big strong people unwilling to give grandes poderosos sem disposição para doar small in vision and perspective small in vision and perspective pequenos em visão e perspectiva one in five kids below the poverty line one in five kids below the poverty line um em cinco garotos abaixo da linha da pobreza one population runnin' out of time one population runnin' out of time uma população com prazo de validade acabando.