DESCRIPTION:
Starting with the famous speech of Malcolm X which gives the title to it, 'Democracy is Hypocrisy' recalls the Afro-American fight for equal rights and justice and expresses its strong appeal through an eventually soul contaminated beat. The video was shot in Naples, Ras Tewelde's hometown, and show us some significative locations, such as the N.A.T.O military base, reminding us that the system we are living in is based upon a critical contraddiction: a democracy not paying attention to the people and not respecting basic human principles of morality.

TITLE: Democracy is Hypocrisy
ARTIST: Ras Tewelde
ALBUM: One Way Ticket: Rasta At Home And Abroad
LABEL: Bizzarri Records
DIRECTED BY: Peppe Chirico
STORY BY: Peppe Chirico, Elena De Simone
PHOTOGRAOGY BY: Andrea Amoroso
BACKSTAGE: Paolo Crespo
STEADY CAM: Luigi Scotto
EDIT and COLOR BY:Peppe Chirico, Elena De Simone
SUPERVISION: Elena De Simone
PRODUCTION VIDEO: Bantustan Corporation
'DEMOCRACY IS HYPOCRISY'
LYRICS by Ras Tewelde

Mi nah know what dem chat 'bout
when dem talk 'bout mi securtiy
Now tell me what dem chat 'bout
Dem only fight for mi liberty
While another youth a shoot
down ina di bakklefield
Another mother a ball
down ina di street...

Da one ya a wha dem call a true democracy
but memba wha a seh mi breda Malcom X
Democracy is Hipocricy is wha we see
And if dem cyaan prove da contrary
cyaan put dem hands on me
'Ca if democracy is freedom - why don't we have people free
If democracy is justice - tell me where is this justice
And if it means equal right - why don't we have equality
And if dem care for humanity - why dem bring war and not peace
A crazy thing dat!

Mi nah know what dem chat 'bout
when dem talk 'bout mi securtiy
Now tell me what dem chat 'bout
Dem only fight for mi lberty
While another youth a shoot
down ina di bakklefield
Another mother a ball
down ina di street...

Dem seh dem specialist
That is the reason why dem exporting it
But everywhere dem go people still struggling
da only thing dem bring a dem bullet and dem gun machines
Dem solution is distruction
Starvation, tons of bombs and segregation
Afta dat - with dem money and dem corruption
Dem a run - fi rebuild da nation

Mi nah know what dem chat 'bout
when dem talk 'bout mi securtiy
Now tell me what dem chat 'bout
Dem only fight for mi lberty
While another youth a shoot
down ina di bakklefield
Another mother a ball
down ina di street...

And di International organizations
should protect people from sufferation
but if you check you can see wha a gwaan
Dem nah give people wha dem need, wha dem waan
Look at da International Monetary Fund
Look at da U.N. - look at World Bank
Wha dem a do ina Iraq and in Afghanistan
Dem just a part ina di system of di dutty Babylon