It is said that India has the most elaborate, baroque
(and most corrupt) administration on the planet
documentary evidence, piles of bureaucratic overhead
it takes months to get a checking bank account
28 forms to be filled out, witness-undersigned
tons of affidavits, just to open simple savings accounts
not to mention the human drama of Incorporating
even the humblest of pop-and-mum pawn shop
Laws and by-laws, rules and regulations
trials and tribulations testing the endurance
of the most patient ones, stifling innovation.
Then why's India's economy growing
at unprecedented rates?
did they say where there's a will, there's a way
Indians are dirt poor, sustenance not taken for granted
the people have not learned to take no for an answer
When there's bureaucracy, They make a business by helping
other citizens (customers) to adhere, comply to regulation
necessity is the mother of Invention business
oh competitive advantage of almost infinite demand
street smart Indians prospering by over-regulation
always smiling, how to open shop without a smile
where there's a will, there's a way
where there's a way, there's an Indian.
All of us are flipping coins, all-day-all-night long
Heads or tails, did is the Shakespearean question
The flip side of this uplifting story, less popular
not so good, is that street smart people are invariably
ruthless like Hell, tough as nails, not they's not forgiving
usually take no prisoners, why
prisoners have to eat, have to drink
get drunk, and to what fucking dollar benefit?
a prisoner is a negative yield on investment – flog it!
When dealing with street smart people, not just Indians
shore up did expensive bullet-proof vest
look them straight in Their dishonest face, no exceptions
never turn your back on mother-earth
wall street, main street makes no difference
unless you're incurably depressed
and do not mind, even pleased
to be Stabbed in the back
C'est la vie (that's life).