I'm the boss of the BBC 我是英国广播公司的老板

I'm the monkey at the top of the media tree 我是一只猴子，媒体树的顶部

Your version of the riots in Cape Town 您在开普敦版本骚乱

Comes second-hand from me 说到二手来自我

Chewing and spewing this revolution 咀嚼和喷涌这场革命

For popular TV 对于流行的电视

All your opinions are carefully chosen 所有的意见都经过精心挑选

By what we'll let you see 通过我们会让你看到

Televised crap dressed up as fact 电视废话打扮成事实

Your soap reality 你的肥皂现实

We only want a chance to show the Editor's side 我们只希望有机会展示在编辑方

Of struggle in the news 在新闻斗争

Closer and closer to the State's eye view 越来越接近国家鸟瞰

And further from the truth 并进一步从真相

Push a microphone to the mouth of this youth 按下麦克风这个青年的嘴

Bewildered and confused 一脸茫然和困惑

Misreported, distorted, misquoted 误报，歪曲，断章取义

A ready-made victim to be used 使用现成的牺牲品

   

Quote you on things that you never said 引用你的东西，你从来没有说过

Put this pencil to your head 把这个铅笔头

Kill your revolution dead 杀死你死的革命

TV tells us what to be and what to say and what to do 电视告诉我们要和该说什么，做什么

How to act and how to lie but never question why 如何行动以及如何撒谎，但从来没有质疑为什么

Fighting to stop this mass-deception 战斗停止这种大规模的欺骗

Fighting to scrap the pass-laws 战斗报废的通法

Fighting to end misuse of land 战斗结束土地滥用

Fighting to close down diamond mines 战斗倒闭钻石矿

Fighting to feed their hungry mouths 战斗养活饥饿的嘴巴

Fighting to change the world 争取改变世界

And here, we sit on a fence 在这里，我们坐在一个篱笆

Built by distance and enforced by lies 内置了距离和谎言强迫

Is a full stomach all it takes 是满肚子的所有需要

To keep us pacified 为了让我们息怒