I include below the new lyrics of "Do They Know It's G20 Time?", as I sung it on the 35,000-strong (according to the police) Put People First demonstration against/influencing the G20 in London on Saturday. Yahoo! Groups censored my attempt to email an earlier version of this song, so I'm trying again...

 

See links after the lyrics for YouTube/MySpace videos of my performance; I've also put details of further G20 action gleaned from the web.

 

It's G20 time! There's a need to be afraid!
At G20 time, they say they'll help but we don't trust them
In our world of plenty, there have been so many shattered dreams
Demonstrate in London this G20 time!
The credit crunch exposes the bunch
Of those who don't care that the world is unfair
Food has risen in price so many can't even afford rice
Greedy speculators, to big business are traitors
Fannie and Freddy, capitalism's no longer steady
To get the rich off our backs
Try to force them to pay tax
The loopholes are very lax
Let's open up the cracks
Conspiracies are now in our favour
We may even split New Labour
The banks they're nationalising
But not democratising
Remove the fat cats from the boards
And end speculators' rewards
There should be control from below
By those borrowing or saving dough
Plus trade union representation
Nationalise without compensation
Except for pension schemes
And shatter fascists' dreams
Of taking power across the world
Demonstrate with banners unfurled
Some say that the G8, IMF and World Bank
Are organisations the masses should thank
But they have tried to enforce privatisation
As a condition for funding poor nations
The Tories under Thatcher, milk snatcher
Took on the NUM
Which had previously beaten them
Left good coal in the ground
Their economic theories were unsound
Closed down a lot of industry
Workers' struggles could have made us free
The City of London is now key
To the UK's economy
After the run on Northern Rock
Bankers and regulators are in the dock
Tony Blair didn't care
Gordon Brown is feeling down
He has no solution - we need revolution
So demonstrate in London this G20 time!
They're hearing mainly bad news on Radio Africa
They're hearing mainly sad news on Radio Africa
The West still complains about giving foreign aid
They'd do better to change the terms of the trade
Exchange means and recession means
It all means it's harder to take
But the masses' will to struggle, they will not break
The greatest gift we can give them is socialism
When we all rule the world
No rich or poor any more
Do they know it's G20 time at all?
I'm urging people to demonstrate
But what the masses want, I won't dictate
If some want capitalism, that's fine by me
As long as there's real democracy
Change the world
Change the world

Feed the world
Change the world
Demonstrate, let them know it's G20 time
Demonstrate, let them know it's G20 time again
Demonstrate, let them know it's G20 time again

 

To see my performance, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOiNPWEY_Zg or http://www.myspace.com/galaxiasteve.