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Slavery Still Exists


Crawling like a serpent from a western world of ties. To enterlace another culture with slavery in disguise. At first the families welcome it, needy and deprived. The mighty sweatshop voyager has finally arrived. Shoveled inside textile mills on lacerated farmland Lonesome children thread garment with their aching hands Nothing's in it for them except a truly unjust wage Slavery still exists in this day and age In the confines of China where masters dress to suppress Elite doctrine reinstates hard labor in the key to success Crowded peons nearly suffocate in such great magnitude Yet continue to labor on as if chained to servitude Coca-Cola bottling plant, Colombia, a dad loses his mind The pressure gets too much, he starts to drag behind He runs outside just to be thrown into another cage Slavery still exists in this day and age In Indonesia, a mother of three struggles to make it home Hands tired and blistered, her mind needs time to roam Before reporting back to work, she needs some time to rest Sacrificing her life daily, and for what? Take a guess! Human rights go up in smoke at a factory in Kenya A child who faints is kicked aside into the acrid weather Of course, nobody notices him until it's much too late Slavery still exists today, now, where is the outrage?
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