This is a good one for Labor Day. Remember, this day is not about barbeques and sales on home appliances, it's about honoring the men and women who gave their time, energy, and sometimes their lives fighting the ultra wealthy ruling class, demanding that they treat the rest of us like human beings. Without their sacrifice we wouldn't have things like the weekend, the 8 hour work day, unemployment protection, health and safety protections, ext, ect, ect. Labor Day is also a reminder that they give us one day off a year, and in return we allow them to exploit our labor for their own gain, for the rest of our lives.
Sometimes I get quite upset at the injustices of this world. The vast majority of people simply want to spend time with their loved ones, eat good food, and tell stories, but there's a tiny portion of humanity that wants to take much, much more than they need at the expense of the rest of us. It is such a ridiculous state of affairs, when there's so much abundance in the world that we could all live so well, and spend our time making art, loving each other, and improving our world. Instead we get to work to pay rent, while they live off of interest and the spoils of war. Sometimes I just don't know what to do, other than sing about it.
Lyrics:
You don't like their language. You don't like their looks
You don't like their Lifestyle. You judge them like a book
Cause you got all the answers Your way is the best
You label them as sinners, They're failing all your tests
There ain't no room for questions Ain't no room for doubt
Cause mom and daddy told you Its all been figured out
So they should just be quiet Or kindly disappear
If they were only different They wouldn't live in fear
Cause something ought to be done. Don't you think its time
To rally round the family With torches in the night
You think this world was drawn in black and white
And you know you're right
But there's colors all around you too many to be real
And rhythms in the soil
Strong enough to feel
There's mountains in your mind and rivers in your bones
Your body is alive and your soul’s already home
But that's all hippy bullshit, foolishness and lies
Its all one big conspiracy to hurt your bottom line
So fill another vacant lot with concrete and steel
Externalize the consequence and fuck the way you feel
Charge the highest market rate and get what you can get
Then drive to your vacation home through cities made of tents
Cause the dow jones and the S&P are at an all time high
So check on your portfolio while you kiss your kids goodnight
And yeah they might have to watch this whole world burn
But this is your turn
There are those who lust for power, those who lust for wealth
Those who seek to benefit only themselves
Those who write the narratives and those who sell the lies
Those who tell the story with a twinkle in their eye
There are those who sell the bombs and those who write the checks
Those who live their whole lives with a noose around their neck
The world is run by psychopaths, murderers, and thieves
Control is their drug, and greed is their disease
They don't care about your family, they don't care about your health
They don't care about your home, or the hand that you've been dealt
They just want the honey, they just want the cream
And it doesn’t trickle down, but the shit runs downstream
They want us to fight, they want us to believe
They want to keep us mesmerized with colors on a screen
They'll give you an enemy, they'll write you a heel
An evil to justify the rage that you feel
Cause you worked all your life, worked your hands to the bone
And they still own your time, they still own your home
And one small mistake you'd be out on the street
Begging for change, begging to eat
And you could curse all you want about the red or the blue
But the end of the gun is still pointed at you
Sometimes I just dont know what i should do