孔子不要打我 [kǒng zi bù yào dǎ wǒ] [English translation]

The greatest sage and teacher

Is only Confucius;

Preaching, teaching and dispelling doubts -

What do you wanna say?

The May 4 Movement, the red guards

The Great Cultural Revolution

To attack on the Four Olds and to establish the Four News

Can trust neither you nor myself

Can trust neither you nor me

To make our ideology leap forward

We strike on the ideological counterrevolutionary

I, enslaved by ideology

Can't wait any longer to tell you

Can trust neither you nor myself

The ideology of despotism

Didn't die with the absolute monarchy

Can trust neither you nor myself

In the realm of ideology still exists emperor and slaves

In the diversified society

Everyone has the right to talk

To gain the truth, we must be fully open-minded

Don't beat me Confucius, I need the freedom of speech

There's no longer correctness of thoughts

Don't beat me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius

You need to get a reason or I would be reactionary

Don't beat me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius

You gotta have a reason or I would be reactionary

Don't beat me Confucius, don't beat me

Don't scold me Confucius, don't scold me

Ideology should be neither left nor right

Pure thought, pure thought

Let's prove the truth with practice

Modern thoughts and ancient

These are in the way of self-cultivation

Of family regulation

Of country's governance

Of preserving peace and order

All or none, black and white, Confucius

This is unreasonable, Confucius

Freedom of speech, freedom of speech

Freedom of speech, freedom of speech

Don't beat me Confucius, Don't beat me Confucius

Don't beat me Confucius, Don't beat me Confucius

Don't scold me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius

Don't scold me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius

I need innocence of thought, I need freedom of speech

Innocence of thought, freedom of speech

Freedom, freedom, freedom...

Monologue:

Confucius, our ancient friend,

Born in 571 BC, dead at 73,

A great practical educator,

A vanguard of thought during the conservative era;

Opposed to slavery,

And to absolute monarchy,

However, by the rulers of past dynasties,

To augment the despotism, he was praised as the greatest sage,

While his statement was garbled,

For the enslavement of people's thoughts.

Trust neither you nor myself

The realm of ideology needs no emperor

Trust neither you nor myself

But that the more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes

Innocence of thought, freedom of speech

Innocence of thought, freedom of speech

Innocence of thought, freedom of speech

Innocence of thought, freedom of speech

I trust you and trust myself

One day we'll all regain

The diversity of idea as in the Spring and Autumn Period

Innocence of thought, freedom of speech

Will be returned to the common people

• Artist:‎Jeremy Chang