What is it to be British?

I was born free,
free of land, free of property,
free of the shackles of ownership,
but I was not free.

I was born into bondage,
I was born in Britain,
so the white Queen laid claim to me.

"I own the land, I own all that is in it,
I own you, mind, body and soul,
you are mine," she said.

But Iranian blood,
runs through my veins,
so the Shah of Iran laid claim to me,

"I own the father, I own the son,
I own you, mind, body and soul,
you are mine," he said.

Like a sheep I was branded,
like a sheep I was owned,
but I was no sheep,
owned, mind body and soul.

Sheep are herded and sheered,
penned in and content,
they watch big brother,
and pay their taxes.

What is it to be British,
to be a slave of the white Queen?