Activists went to Geneva Came back with sweet saliva Some called themselves a Rock Star They just sang of the Zapatista Rich men's wife inside the temple She is crying with broken bangles Professors teaching Derrida Young men wearing Che Guivera What is India doing to Sharmila? The raped and killed Manorama No one remembers Chitaranjan Everyone saw it wide open Fools, they shut down the schools Children, they used like a tool Me too, a son of the land And let me tell you Your institution is a lie There you stand for your Naga brothers There you pray for your Kuki brothers There you cry for your Meitei brothers What a waste What a waste And the home is burning And the home is burning And the home is burning And the home is burning Activists went to Geneva Came back with sweet saliva Some called themselves a Rock Star They just sang of the Zapatista Rich men's wife inside the temple She is crying with broken bangles Professors teaching Derrida Young men wearing Che Guivera What is India doing to Sharmila? The raped and killed Manorama No one remembers Chitaranjan Everyone saw it wide open Fools, they shut down the schools Children, they used like a tool Me too, a son of the land And let me tell you Your institution is a lie There you stand for your Naga brothers There you pray for your Kuki brothers There you cry for your Meitei brothers What a waste What a waste And the home is burning And the home is burning And the home is burning And the home is burning