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A working force we are called
When we carry the load
Parasites we are called
When we can’t afford
They say my tax is fair
A Rich people’s claim
Shush and don’t you dare
We all pay the same
What is left in my pocket
Keep me off a starvation stage
Cost and Inflation sky rocket
And here lay my minimum wage
It was made to support
Families like yours and mine
Now it just escort-
Us below the poverty line
They say our demands and their pleads
Will hurt my folks and nation
Their wants are just, but not my needs
Their resorts their planes and my starvation
Job creators shall be defended
So said this man on fox news
All the ethics he bended
But he has a good excuse
The media is owned by the rich
And the rich make our governments
Dug in their own front and trench
Above all laws and punishments
Unions that once stood strong
Now hang on gallows
Fair wage was once a song
But corruption swallows
By capitalism I am destined
To be just a tool
If I speak of change I am sentenced
To be called a fool
We’ll be labeled lazy and needy
Cause we don’t have a choice
Jealous, bitter and greedy
When we raise our voice
In my struggle the rich will never believe
And my evolution is always a threat
That’s why when they die, the money the leave
goes to their favorite pet!
So many stories to tell
About the empires that fell
How they were brought to their knees
By women and men like you and me
Life isn’t worth living without a cause
And Revolution is just, against unjust laws
©FAT 2014
You speak the truth, Fais.
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Reblogged this on Ann Novek–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors.
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Well said, Fais.. Hear, hear!
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thank you dear john for the encouragement 🙂
best wishes
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You are doing great work here. keep it up.
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I agree things are not working. and sadly, income inequality seems to be the new norm. We are not on a good path. Well said.
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Thank you 🙂 glad u liked it.
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