Lyric discussion by Blackjack946 

Cover art for Allow Them lyrics by Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The

I kinda see this song as as a satire about military interventention and nations (like Iraq, even though this song was written before then).

Basically, if we (the West) allow them (the 3rd world), they'll destroy themselves. Overall though, it's not a noble task but rather a scheme to get money and we don't actually care of the plight of such peoples.

I'm probably wrong though.