Where Oppression Is Rife

I was born and raised in and I now live in a free Country where free speech is a right And for my basic human rights I never had to fight But sad to say everyone not as lucky as me Where oppression is rife there is much poverty In Lands ruled by despotic leaders where oppression is rife For to speak against the Government could cost you your life Where there is free speech for those who rule till to the life's Reaper they fall But for the ordinary citizens there are no rights at all One can be born into good or to bad circumstance And our gift of life as we know is only by chance To be born in the wrong place and at the wrong time For millions of people is their only crime I am lucky I don't have sad stories to tell For I have free speech and human rights as well.