[IntroInterview sample] When you were over in American Samoa, what surprised you the most? I guess what hit me the most was 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 around the whole factory, and military compound The gate has a guard shack where the guard sit there and control... the worker movement In and out of the factory, the factory made of tin panels, tin roof, its really hot The temperature over there is regularly ninety degrees, and inside the factory It reach way over a hundred degrees [Verse 1Vinnie Paz] Yeah, its a contemporary form of slavery, they call it slave labor But they dont prosecute them cause its how they make paper When you rocking that fly shit thats made in China By an eight year old child trying to feed his mama He exposed to contamination and disease And only fiftyfive percent of them will get degrees And the women have to try to placate the boss Because of sex discrimination in the labor force The slave master only let them speak in sign language And they suffering from lung disease and eye damage Fourteen hour shifts, seven days a week Two shitty meals a day, very little sleep Human life only worth three cents an hour All human rights lost, no sense of power Working for a hundred years in the grave passes Only the improved cleverness of slave masters [Hook] Is life worth living if you living in Hell? When the mind is confined to a prisoner cell? And the lies they devise and the system, it 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 cell? And the lies they devise and the system, it fail But I expect the system to fail [BreakNews sample] 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 Activities Or to ask for a salary increase, or even to fall in love or get married [Verse 2Vinnie Paz] Its 1.6 million people locked in jail They the new slave labor force, trapped in Hell They generate over a billion dollars worth of power And only gettin paid twenty cents an hour They make clothes for McDonalds and for Applebees And working fortyhour shifts in prison factories And while we sit around debating who the wack MCs They have to work when arthritic pain attack the knees Slaverys not illegal, thats a fucking lie Its illegal, unless its for conviction of a crime The main objective is to get you in your fucking prime And keep the prison full and not give you a fucking dime But they the real criminal, keeping you confined For a petty crime, but they give you twotonine And aint nobody there to protect ya Except a bunch of incompetent human rights inspectors [Hook] [OutroInterview sample, news sample] The sweatshop situation kind of conveys it and kind of take advantage of The people that are poor and at an economic disadvantage This Chinese woman made tshirts and pants at the factory Until she became pregnant ... says she refused to have the abortion And has now been barred from entering the factory Allowing them to bring that onto US soil is a very big concern Weve now documented the fact that management coerces female workers Who become pregnant into having abortions Human rights workers say its common practice Inside that factory, Chinese law applies, and Chinese law is supreme Even though its the United States of America? The flag doesnt fly inside there
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