Los Hijos Bastardos De La Globalización Lyrics in English Ska-P

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Los Hijos Bastardos De La Globalización by Ska-P from Spanish to English.
My workday starts when the sun comes up
I'm 12 years old, I live in desolation
Here in another dimension
My small hands are the production of thousands of toys
With which kids like me over there will be able to play
Real victims of a demented game
The market economy looks for easy flesh to exploit
The mass production that gives us well-being
There's millions of child slaves
They're child slaves, condemned
I don't know what globalization is
I don't know what human rights are
I'm only a link
One more piece of a macabre puzzle
I don't know what globalization is
I don't know what human rights are
I'm only a link; the wrath of your God
Condemned
You can watch them with indifference
Like robot-like machines producing nonstop
It's one more clear example of which god that has to be worshiped
The end will justify the means before the money god, money god
I don't know what globalization is
I don't know what human rights are
I'm only a link
One more piece of a macabre puzzle
I don't know what globalization is
I don't know what human rights are
I'm only a link; the wrath of your God
Condemned
Exploited
Condemned
Are you hiding? tell me why!
Are you ashamed? tell me why!
Are you hiding? tell me why
Shout loud! tell me why
How completely the situation would change
If it were your child to whom I dedicated this song
They have no protection, nobody cares
Only the pocket, the company's profits
In the West their crying isn't heard
Suffering and apathy aren't seen
The laws are dictated by the big corporation
Condemned
Exploited
Condemned
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
They're bastard children of globalization
You care, I care
They're bastard children of globalization
You care, I care
They're bastard children of globalization
You care, I care
They're bastard children of globalization
You care, I care
They're bastard children of globalization
My workday goes on, the sun is already setting
I'm 12 years old
I live in desolation here in another dimension
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SONG MEANING

Ska-P cranks up their signature ska-punk energy to expose a dark secret that hides behind the shiny products of the modern world. The song slips into the worn-out shoes of a 12-year-old factory worker who spends sunrise to sunset assembling toys for children “over there.” In raw first-person lyrics, the kid admits he doesn’t even know what globalization or human rights mean, yet he is already trapped in their harshest consequences: child labor, poverty, and invisibility. Each driving horn stab and shouted line peels back the packaging to reveal the true cost of our consumer comforts.

“Los Hijos Bastardos De La Globalización” is a rallying cry that refuses to let us look away. The repeated chorus brands exploited children as the unwanted offspring of an economic system that worships profit above life. Ska-P challenges listeners with pointed questions – Would you stay silent if it were your child? – and reminds us that apathy helps corporations keep writing the rules. By the final chant, the band urges everyone to swap complacency for collective outrage, proving that a three-minute song can ignite a global conscience just as powerfully as any speech or slogan.

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