Greis - Global

Like I promised, I translated the lyrics of the track "Global" by one of the best known swiss MC's called "Greis". As I'm writing this it's about 2:30am so maybe there are a few mistakes, but I tried to do my best.
Of course it won't rhyme on english, but he flows over the beat (on swissgerman) like a waterfall.

As a reminder, here is the video again:


And here you got the translated lyrics:

Greis – Global (2003)

[Intro]
It’s time to flip the pyramid…
We throw stones again stars…
Of course it’s a fight against a windmill…
We’ll see who the real “globalplayers”  are…

[2x Hook]
WE’RE GLOBAL!
That’s nothing, it’s gonna be more blatant
WE’RE GLOBAL!
civil rights were earned on the streets
WE’RE GLOBAL!
There is not enough space In the police vans
it’s a mass movement now so bring the water cannons

[Vers 1]
You can’t defeat this beast, it’s in all of us
It started with the rivals on hunting and food-gathering
meanwhile it didn’t  abate
they’re even prepared to kill now
With time goods were unequally shared
in different associations, neoliberal representatives of countries
from the north finalize again a plan
think that we’re deluded and far away
from the reality of the world
they want the deregulation of the markets
they say it’s fair and good for the competition
but these men take a look at the balance sheet
talk about numbers and facts, whether it’s New York or Moscow
95% of the markets are dominated by their big concerns
there is no competition, they’re only interested into getting fatter
and if it was about the WTO, they would immediately let planets die
fewer and fewer employments, no equal opportunities
good services – the privilege of the rich
classifications, more hate and jealousy, they even want to make money out of health
and water supply – 100% sack up from the masses
G.A.T.S. (General Agreement on Trade in Services) imposed by 2005 and it’s all about privatization
and it’s still the same, they say it encourages it (?)
Europe wants to liberalize the education market
2000 billions profit – you don’t have to study that long
today “Credit Suisse”(one of biggest swiss banks), “Novartis” (biggest pharmaceutical company), ABB (Asea, Brown, Boweri, is one of the largest engineering companies as well as one of the largest conglomerates in the world) are represented in the university council
the university council regulates the content of the study paths of the University Zurich (biggest University in Switzerland)
 good chances on the employment market with what they’re doing
but what they’re doing is helping to raise the pyramid

[2x Hook]
WE’RE GLOBAL!
That’s nothing, it’s gonna be more blatant
WE’RE GLOBAL!
civil rights were earned on the streets
WE’RE GLOBAL!
There is not enough space In the police vans
it’s a mass movement now so bring the water cannons

[Vers 2]
There is a land where the sway is reached on in certain society circles
a land where only the elite can afford good schools
while the masses get dumber, and so it doesn’t surprise
that the son of the president, after 8 years, also gets elected
a country which is more dominant than the Roman Empire
when all the rest  arm themselves because NDM-Programs – they don’t care about it
 and on pollutant emissions they left all with no option but to do so
there is no space for the Kyoto-Protocol in the American election campaign
because the oil industry brings the money, but instead they want to cancel the contracts
80% of the worldwide income comes from 0.2% of the richest
1973, Chile – the C.I.A. instructs murder
for the government which was convinced ’86 because of terror
August ’98, in Al-Shifa, Sudan it happens
a pharmaceutical factory, bombed by the US-Army
more than 10’000 people die, after-effects come into play
and what happens now in Afghanistan? – It’s just an example
development aid interlinks the purchase of weapons
developing countries already paid their debits by interests
and it continues – who knows where it’s gonna end
if they would tax stock market earnings with only 0.1%
there would be 100 billions per year to eliminate the starving
in all these countries where people survive with less than 1$ per day
only with that little amount, so prepare the riot
watch out for our family and close friends
resistance unifies, a new world is possible, already found

[2x Hook]
WE’RE GLOBAL!
That’s nothing, it’s gonna be more blatant
WE’RE GLOBAL!
civil rights were earned on the streets
WE’RE GLOBAL!
There is not enough space In the police vans
it’s a mass movement now so bring the water cannons

[Outro]
They don’t give a fuck, pose next to the flag on the photograph
for each of these stars there was a genocide needed
each of these stripes stands for a land which was enslaved by them
“USA Today” on CNN – which never says what really happens
They look for themselves, the interests of the rich
and there is not even a reason to assume that it isn’t the same overhere