Category: Poverty
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GAGGLE AGAINST CUTS 2
Tune: Side by SideAdapted from The Grannies Songbook, 1993 Oh, we’re a gaggle of Grannies,Urging you off of your fannies,We’re raising our voiceWe want a new choiceNO MORE CUTS! With all the money they’re spending,Plus the…
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The War Economy part 2
Author: Vicki RyderTune: Battle Hymn of the Republic There’s coal ash, pipelines, fracking, and there’s filling off our shores,And toxic waste gets dumped upon the people who are poor.The profited will kill us if we don’t…
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Cancel the Rent
Tune: Addams Family Theme By Anitra Freeman Everybody's hurtin' The future still uncertain Mounting debt a burden It's time to cancel the rent Cancel the rent (snap snap) Cancel the rent (snap snap) Cancel the rent…
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Stop the Sweeps
By Linda Jansen To the tune of Chim Chim Cheree There’s money in banks that will never get used And people who need it for housing & shoes What wicked system has such a result? Must…
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New Year’s Vision
tune: Deck the Halls Tax the rich; don’t starve the poor, Fa la la la la la la la la Let’s end homelessness for sure, Fa la la…etc Raise the wages, increase welfare, Fa la la…
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Nike Town
tune: Chinatown, My Chinatown by Kay Thode Nike shoes and Starbucks beans Make millions a day But workers who produce them Get starvation pay. One dollar fifty a day Is the workers take For the hundred…
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15 Now
Tune: Sixteen TonsBy Jo-Hanna Read Chorus:Work for minimum wage and what do you get?Another day older and deeper in debt.The poverty level is more than you earn.While the company bosses have money to burn! You work…
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Work First Lament
by Kay Thode tune: Ol’ Man River Slavin’ at Work First, we start at daybreak, Gettin’ the kids up and off to day care, And then get the bus and work nine hours till dusk. When…
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Whose Welfare?
by Kay Thode tune: She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain If you’re rich and ask for welfare, they will come. If you’re rich and ask for welfare, they will come. They will grant a new exemption…
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Welfare Clock
by Kay Thode Rap The clock is tickin’ day by day, Thanks to “reform” welfare’s going away. Who cares if you’re hungry Or can’t pay the rent? Jobs are the answer Said the President…Clinton, that is.…