Say IMF,
and the nations will answer:
Conditions,
Control,
Colonization...
all in exchange for money—
money they call aid.
But some people are the IMF.
They come to "help,"
but always with strings,
seeking control,
colonizing lives.
They meet a single mother,
and whisper:
"Kill your child,
and I will marry you."
They meet a young man,
and command:
"Stop smoking,
stop drinking,
cut off your friends,
and I'll help you."
They meet a fresh graduate,
eager for a job,
and say:
"Sleep with me,
and I’ll give you job and the world."
They meet a spouse,
and offer a bargain:
"Divorce,
and we will save you."
They meet parents,
and demand:
"Cast out your kin,
or abandon them,
and we will help you."
They meet an old man,
grieving his wife,
and say:
"Don’t remarry—
we’ll find a domestic servant."
These are our so-called philanthropists,
people on a mission to save.
But in their hands,
they are the IMF in our circles,
trading aid for submission.
and the nations will answer:
Conditions,
Control,
Colonization...
all in exchange for money—
money they call aid.
But some people are the IMF.
They come to "help,"
but always with strings,
seeking control,
colonizing lives.
They meet a single mother,
and whisper:
"Kill your child,
and I will marry you."
They meet a young man,
and command:
"Stop smoking,
stop drinking,
cut off your friends,
and I'll help you."
They meet a fresh graduate,
eager for a job,
and say:
"Sleep with me,
and I’ll give you job and the world."
They meet a spouse,
and offer a bargain:
"Divorce,
and we will save you."
They meet parents,
and demand:
"Cast out your kin,
or abandon them,
and we will help you."
They meet an old man,
grieving his wife,
and say:
"Don’t remarry—
we’ll find a domestic servant."
These are our so-called philanthropists,
people on a mission to save.
But in their hands,
they are the IMF in our circles,
trading aid for submission.
