When all began we were already there Meeting you at birth and leaving you at death You came up to our hill with your eyes open wide Wondering why the sun was high up in the sky Fighting thousand wars Your reasons still the same Poverty will always leave its deadly mark of shame Selling death from a golden tower Selling death down the streets It doesn't make a difference, you're a killer I saw your face so many times before As a king, a priest, a slave with shining gold in your hands No dignity, no mercy, no values of your scale Of sheer lucre could satisfy your ego