Zhanaozen oh Zhanaozen my thoughts they go out to Zhanaozen they lie with the oil workers' struggle there and their families troubling grief
They had been on strike for more than 8 months for decent conditions and higher pay for trade union rights and nationalisation so they could control the wealth of their creation
The profit-making sharks could not tolerate this nor could the president's powerful clique scared they might lose and scared they might fall they were prepared to go to all lengths
A union's rep and another one's daughter were ruthlessly murdered and others were tortured union men had to leave their homes so they could be safe from the goverment's thugs
On the 16th of december a rally was held to underline the oil workers case as the regime planned to celebrate 20 years of their capitalist rule
The regime went on to demonstrate what they understood by freedom of speech or what democracy means to them compared to the profits they're so eager to make
Nazarbayev's men went into the demonstration to provoke and to escalate tension the riot police reacted with guns with hundreds wounded and dozens shot dead
The only thing made public 'bout the incident then was a statement by the Kazakh regime saying 'what is the fuss, there's just 17 dead' and then put the blame on the oil working men
They shot into an innocent crowd of those who survived many were charged for alleged provocation of a massacre they hadn't caused
So I wonder what happened to those unaccounted for dead whose families still wait for them to come back whose deaths had never been recognised and whose lives might never be mourned
It's only been lately that rumours grew loud of unnamed tombstones and graves in the yards they grew by the numbers of quite a few I wonder if they'll ever be named
Another rigged election was held Nazarbayev's still head of the state the oil workers still fighting for their rights and the system still out against them
A system that's rotten, a system that's cruel that calculates lives for the money of few the regime must not get away with it's lies and the system must be overthrown
Zhanaozen oh Zhanaozen please shout out the story as loud as you can the workers' names might soon be forgotten but we shall never forget