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Asian Dub Foundation Colour Line Lyrics
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Colour Line
Asian Dub Foundation
Asian Dub Foundation
ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION
- Colour Line LyricsToday, the Colour Line/Is the Power Line/Is the Poverty Line
Racism and imperialism work in tandem
And poverty is their handmaiden
Those who are poor and powerless to break out of their poverty
Are also those who by and large are non-white, non-western, third world
Poverty and powerlessness are interwined in colour, in race
Discrimination and exploitation feed into each other today
Under global capitalism...
We are back to primitive accumulation - plunder on a world scale
Only this time, the pillage is accompanied by aid, sustained by expert
advice and underpinned by programmes and policies that perpetuate dependency
The IMF, The World Bank, Structural Adjustment Programmes
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - GATT,
are just a few of the organisations, schemes, projects
which under the guise of developing the third world, plunder it.
Trade agreements and commodity price-fixing, patents and
intellectual property rights
They lock them into paralytic dependency
There's no such thing as illegal immigrants, only illegal
governments...
Black is not just the colour of our skins
It's the colour of our politics...
There's no such thing as illegal immigrants, only illegal
governments...
Today, the colour line/is the power line/is the poverty line
Racism and imperialism work in tandem
And poverty is their handmaiden
Those who are poor and powerless to break out of their poverty
Are also those who by and large are non-white, non-western, third world
Poverty and powerlessness are interwined in colour, in race
Discrimination and exploitation feed into each other today
Under global capitalism...
We are back to primitive accumulation - plunder on a world scale
Only this time, the pillage is accompanied by aid, sustained by expert
advice and underpinned by programmes and policies that perpetuate dependency
The IMF, The World Bank, Structural Adjustment Programmes
are just a few of the organisations, schemes, projects
which under the guise of developing the third world, plunder it.
Trade agreements and commodity price-fixing, patents and
intellectual property rights
They lock them into paralytic dependency
There's no such thing as illegal immigrants, only illegal
governments...
Black is not just the colour of our skins
It's the colour of our politics...
There's no such thing as illegal immigrants, only illegal
governments...
Today, the colour line/is the power line/is the poverty line
Facts about Colour Line
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Colour Line is written by Sanjay Tailor, Saidullah Zaman, Aniruddha Das, Steven Chandra Savale, John Ashok Pandit.
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It is first released on March 08, 2000 as part of Asian Dub Foundation's album "Community Music" which includes 14 tracks in total. This song is the 7th track on this album.
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When we look deeper into its meaning, Asian Dub Foundation's 'Colour Line' performs a deep dive into the very smoggy waters of racism, imperialism, poverty, and power, respectively. It points out that the underdeveloped countries among non-whites and non-westerners are being hurt the most by the cycle of discrimination, exploitation, and global capitalism. The term 'colour line' that they are using as a metaphor is e.g. the point at which power and poverty meet and race is the characteristic that stands out, and the injustices that the people who are on the margins supported by exploiting the whole globe continue to suffer are thus highlighted. The song lyrics mainly express anger, social commentary, rage, observation, and resentment. However, at the same time, it stresses the opposite of racism and imperialism, poverty and powerlessness, and exploitation under global capitalism and dependency and control. The lyrics touch upon the themes of racism, imperialism, and poverty, which may not be appropriate for young children without parental guidance. Although there is no explicit language or graphic content, the mature themes make a PG rating reasonable.
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Colour Line falls under the genre Electronic.
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Colour Line song length is 4 minutes and 01 seconds.
Who wrote Colour Line lyrics?
Colour Line is written by Sanjay Tailor, Saidullah Zaman, Aniruddha Das, Steven Chandra Savale, John Ashok Pandit.
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When was Colour Line released?
It is first released on March 08, 2000 as part of Asian Dub Foundation's album "Community Music" which includes 14 tracks in total. This song is the 7th track on this album.
✔️
What is the meaning behind Colour Line lyrics?
When we look deeper into its meaning, Asian Dub Foundation's 'Colour Line' performs a deep dive into the very smoggy waters of racism, imperialism, poverty, and power, respectively. It points out that the underdeveloped countries among non-whites and non-westerners are being hurt the most by the cycle of discrimination, exploitation, and global capitalism. The term 'colour line' that they are using as a metaphor is e.g. the point at which power and poverty meet and race is the characteristic that stands out, and the injustices that the people who are on the margins supported by exploiting the whole globe continue to suffer are thus highlighted. The song lyrics mainly express anger, social commentary, rage, observation, and resentment. However, at the same time, it stresses the opposite of racism and imperialism, poverty and powerlessness, and exploitation under global capitalism and dependency and control. The lyrics touch upon the themes of racism, imperialism, and poverty, which may not be appropriate for young children without parental guidance. Although there is no explicit language or graphic content, the mature themes make a PG rating reasonable.
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Which genre is Colour Line?
Colour Line falls under the genre Electronic.
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How long is the song Colour Line?
Colour Line song length is 4 minutes and 01 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Sanjay Tailor, Saidullah Zaman, Aniruddha Das, Steven Chandra Savale, John Ashok Pandit
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