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"Holiday in Cambodia" is a 1980 punk song by the Dead Kennedys. The song narrates the Cambodian genocide and the dictatorship of Pol Pot, as it also points out the ignorance of college liberal students.
Lyrics[]
So, you've been to school for a year or two
And you know you've seen it all
In daddy's car, thinkin' you'll go far
Back east, your type don't crawl
Play ethnicky jazz to parade your snazz
On your five-grand stereo
Braggin' that you know how the n*ggers feel cold
And the slums got so much soul
It's time to taste what you most fear
Right Guard will not help you here
Brace yourself, my dear
Brace yourself, my dear
It's a holiday in Cambodia
It's tough, kid, but it's life
It's a holiday in Cambodia
Don't forget to pack a wife
You're a star-belly sneech, you suck like a leech
You want everyone to act like you
Kiss ass while you bitch so you can get rich
But your boss gets richer off you
Well, you'll work harder with a gun in your back
For a bowl of rice a day
Slave for soldiers till you starve
Then your head is skewered on a stake
Now you can go where people are one
Now you can go where they get things done
What you need, my son
What you need, my son
Is a holiday in Cambodia
Where people dress in black
A holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll kiss ass or crack
Pol Pot
Pol Pot
Pol Pot
Pol Pot
Pol Pot
Pol Pot
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, it's a...
Holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll do what you're told
A holiday in Cambodia
Where the slums got so much soul
Pol Pot!
Other Appearances[]
- The song was released as a single and on the following albums:
- Give Me Conveniece or Give Me Death
- Fresh Fruits for Rotting Vegetables
- Milking The Scared Cow
- Mutiny on the Bay
- Iguana Studios Rehearsal Tapes - San Fransico 1978
- Live At The Deaf Club
- DK 40 (Remaster)
- Cherry Red: The Punk Singles Collection
- The song appears in Guitar Hero 3.
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Trivia[]
- On the front cover, it depicts the Thammasat University massacre in Thailand.