Out of Africa
In Decades Decline Lyrics
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Drugs administered against their will.
Operation "no living thing".
Killing, burning, shooting evrything.
"God won't blame me for that",
Future prosperity in their hands.
Machetes hack enemy's extremities,
Handicapped for life, lucky to be alive.
Young child sniper,
Captured and treated accordingly.
Everyone potential enemy,
Rebel forces your only family.
Arm a prepubescent,
And force him to shoot his parents.
Make his friends human shields,
Or burn them if they refuse to yield.
A country at war over diamonds,
The greatest symbol of love.
Western vanity funds their butchery,
As bodies pile up before the mortuary.
The west looks the other way,
While purchasing death every day.
"Africa, the responsibilty of everyone.
We must accept it's problems and resolve them"
Empty rhetoric once again,
Soothing words but the debt remains.
The lyrics to "Out of Africa" by In Decades Decline paint a vivid picture of the atrocities committed during the conflicts in African countries. The first stanza begins with the idea of evil coursing through the veins, which sets the tone for the rest of the song. The second line is a reference to forced drug administration, which was used as a control method for captives in many conflicts. The line "Operation 'no living thing'" refers to the complete destruction of towns, often perpetrated by government forces. The next line describes the senseless killing that occurs during these operations, with an emphasis on the lack of regard for life.
In the second stanza, the focus shifts to the use of child soldiers, a common practice in African conflicts. The line "everyone potential enemy" speaks to the paranoia and fear that governed the actions of soldiers during these wars. The next line is particularly disturbing, as it describes the forced recruitment and manipulation of children. The line "make his friends human shields" is another example of the disregard for life that was present in these conflicts. The third stanza is a commentary on the diamond trade, which fueled many of the conflicts in African countries. The line "Western vanity funds their butchery" refers to the fact that Western countries were buying these diamonds, often without regard for the human cost. The song ends with the idea that while many people talk about fixing these problems, little is actually done.
Line by Line Meaning
Veins pumping with evil,
Their actions are driven by malice and immoral intentions.
Drugs administered against their will.
Inhumane treatment through forced drug intake.
Operation "no living thing".
A mission to destroy anything that breathes, even if it is innocent.
Killing, burning, shooting everything.
Engaged in multiple merciless and barbaric acts of murder, burning, and shooting.
"God won't blame me for that",
Justifying their heinous actions based on the assumption that they will not be held accountable.
Future prosperity in their hands.
Delusions that their unfathomable actions would lead to a secure future.
Machetes hack enemy's extremities,
Brutally and savagely severing body parts from perceived threats.
Handicapped for life, lucky to be alive.
Victims of such atrocities left with lifelong physical impairments, lucky to have not been killed by the attackers.
Young child sniper,
Child soldiers forced to engage in combat.
Captured and treated accordingly.
Punishments inflicted in retribution for their combat involvement.
Everyone potential enemy,
A mindset that sees every person in the vicinity as a potential threat.
Rebel forces your only family.
Lack of alternatives due to the constant conflict that dominates their environment.
Arm a prepubescent,
Coercing a child soldier to be involved in the conflict.
And force him to shoot his parents.
Brainwashing and manipulation that compels a child to kill their own parents.
Make his friends human shields,
Recruiting friends or other innocent civilians to act as shields during combat.
Or burn them if they refuse to yield.
Threatening to cause physical harm if they do not comply with their demands.
A country at war over diamonds,
A state of conflict over natural resources in the form of diamonds.
The greatest symbol of love.
The irony that the diamond, which is supposed to represent love and affection, is the root cause for abject misery.
Western vanity funds their butchery,
The West's consumers contribute to worsening the situation in Africa by purchasing diamonds.
As bodies pile up before the mortuary.
A grim image of the huge number of dead bodies that accumulate during the never-ending conflicts.
The west looks the other way,
The West's indifference to the appalling conditions in Africa, despite their contribution to the problem.
While purchasing death every day.
The West's responsibility in perpetuating the violence in Africa by their continued purchase of diamonds.
"Africa, the responsibility of everyone.
An admission that the condition of Africa requires a collective responsibility.
We must accept its problems and resolve them"
Acknowledgment of the need to address the African conflict and to find a resolution.
Empty rhetoric once again,
Politicians delivering speeches that lack concrete solutions.
Soothing words but the debt remains.
Unfulfilled promises and commitments result in no tangible change, and the misery continues.
Contributed by Avery H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Abdul-Basit Alhassan
@Dwight williams Why yes Dwight I am. In fact as we speak I'm:
1. Using our national scholarship funds to pay for deserving STEM students instead of Communication degrees In the US/UK for the nephews and nieces of our ministers.
2. Creating employment rather than telling the unemployed Youth to find their own jobs
3. Properly allocating resources from lining the pockets of thieves towards building infrastructure.
4. Supplying our hospitals with basic oxygen tanks instead of using that money to fund our Politicians' flying to the US/UK for medical services.
5. Stopping the sale of government land to individuals for bribes.
6. NOT passing homophobic Laws in 2021 in order to distract the country from the real issues by inciting disagreement over a non-issue.
7. Incentivizing more participation in STEM fields through active recruitment and better remuneration.
Yes I am doing all of these things (and much, much more) as a concerned citizen on top of paying the salary of those whose job it is to do them. After all, why should a country's government be expected to do their jobs when the individual citizens can just get off the sidelines and "help their motherlands"? I was thinking of tackling corruption at the DVLA by myself next, but I want to leave some "helping" for my fellow Ghanaians to do.
Ale Haim
6:50
Much of the Balkans have decided to become more than mere nations and have fled into space
kathanjeable
A fair analysis 🧐
Killer Hentai
Bulgarian song into space goes brrrr
Torrent79
@Grey Right, after they gave us the alternating current, there was no need for them. 🤔
got Lex
Aaq
Guy Short
Space, right
1847 ת
So, basically, even if there are improvements in terms of education and people become more skilled and talented, those people can't contribute anything into the economy very well, because of their corrupt government, which results to migrating into a wealthier country.
sAgE!
The education in Uganda, Africa, was great until corruption happened lol, but part of what you said is true, the very educated people left the country and started families abroad...
sAgE!
*governments, Africa isn't one country lmao
Papochka
The western powers have tried to control who runs African countries. The best case of western involvement in the murder of elected heads of state is that of Patrice Lumumba of the Congo, murdered with the complicity of Belgium and the USA in 1961. Lumumba was a pan-Africanist and believed in the necessity of freeing Africa from European economic domination. The USA got involved in his removal from power as they were interested in the Congo's copper, diamonds, cobalt, oil, uranium, and other minerals.
The corrupt Mobutu then ruled until 1997, acting as the USA's watchdog. He suppressed all attempts in his own country to stop exploitation by the neo-colonial powers. USA also paid him billions for this.
Recent investigations also confirm the contemporary allegations of the USA's involvement in the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah, the socialist, pan-Africanist president of Ghana in 1966.