Singers: We've got nothing always had nothing nothing but holes and millions of them Kokol: Living in holes Polpoch: Dying in holes Cucurucu: Holes in our bellies Rossignol: and holes in our clothes
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The lyrics depict extreme poverty where people exist in squalor and physical decay. It emphasizes the depth of their suffering.
- In plain terms
- Poor people live and die in terrible conditions.
- What can you take from it?
- Acknowledge the physical reality of extreme poverty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does poverty look like locally?
- How do we address basic needs?
Another view
The repetition risks sounding performative rather than actionable.
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