Basti ke Log (People of the Slums)

“Ignore them”
I am told, time and again
Them Basti ke Log

“They will not change”
I am told, time and again
Them Basti ke Log

“They’ll live there, they’ll die there”
I am told, time and again
Them Basti ke Log

“They deserve no better”,
I am told, time and again
Them Basti ke Log

“They are a thorn in our side”
I am told, time and again
Them Basti ke Log

“Gutter ke keede”
I am told, time and again
Them Basti ke Log

“They cannot be helped”
I am told, time and again
Them Basti ke Log

Arrey janaab
If we don’t help, then who will
Them Basti ke Log?

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