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'Who's in Control'

Africa Is a Country Podcast
African Five-a-Side Podcast

'Who's in Control'

By
Sean Jacobs

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It must be the moment. British band British Sea Power’s anti-privatization pop song, “Who’s in Control.”

Oh, were you not told
Do you not know
Everything around you is being sold
Do you not care
Will you not bear
Everybody else is going spare
What’s yours and mine
Hers, his escape you all the time
Sometimes I wish
Protesting was sexy on a Saturday night

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