They tried to build a nation, greater than anyone
But what they didn't know was that someone else would have control
The mob starts infiltrating, at gunpoint they will roam
They show no mercy and the government is on their payroll

No compromising, a nation going blind
The leaders are on their knees
The third wave has just begun
The whole world is corrupted, it's spinning out of control

The third wave is on the roll
It's slipping through our fingers and rising to the top
The third wave is on the roll
Roll with me, roll with me

250 million, involved in organised crime
It's growing like a tumour, we need to find the cure in time
It's coming from the east and trying to control the west
It's crawling across the border right up to the leaders nest

Like a spiders web, politicians in their net
Strings are growing strong
The third wave has just begun
The whole world is corrupted, it's spinning out of control

The third wave is on the roll
Roll with me
Roll with me
Roll with me

It's on the roll, it's on the roll, it's on the roll
The whole world is corrupted, it's spinning out of control
The third wave is on the roll
It's slipping through our fingers and rising to the top

The third wave is on the roll
The whole world is corrupted, it's on the roll
The whole world is corrupted, it's on the roll
The whole world is corrupted, it's on the roll


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