Our financial world, it is explodin’
Housing n’ jobs are all implodin’
You’re old enough to vote, so why aren’t you votin’
You graduated school with giant loans you’re totin’
We’re in this sea of debt and we’re just barely floatin’
But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe
It’s Middle Class Destruction.
Don’t you understand what’m tryin’ to say
Can’t you see the fears that I’m feelin’ today?
that our Middle Class is just goin’ away
Foreclosures, healthcare, education to pay
Take a look around ya boy, it’s bound to scare ya boy
But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe
It’s Middle Class Destruction.
Yeah, my blood’s so mad feels like coagulatin’
I’m sitting here just contemplatin’
It’s clear Wall Street needs more regulation
But a handful of Senators don’t pass legislation
And marches alone can’t make a fair nation
When working class respect is disintegratin’
We’re 99 percent and it’s just too frustratin’
But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe
It’s Middle Class Destruction.
Wall Street was bailed out, they’re too big to fail
But these cardboard cowards should all be in jail
You can hide your profits and not leave a trace
But bailing out Wall Street was intention misplaced
And Congress is paid to show their best face
But decisions they make are a disgrace
You won’t help the poor, but don’t forget to say grace
And… tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don’t believe
It’s Middle Class Destruction.
Mm, no no, you don’t believe
It’s Middle Class Destruction.
Original Lyrics and Music of Eve of Destruction by P. F. Sloan
Modified Lyrics of Middle Class Destruction by T. A. Kuepper
We Are The Many
Lyrics & Music by Makana
Makana Music LLC © 2011
Ye come here, gather ’round the stage
The time has come for us to voice our rage
Against the ones who’ve trapped us in a cage
To steal from us the value of our wage
From underneath the vestiture of law
The lobbyists at Washington do gnaw
At liberty, the bureaucrats guffaw
And until they are purged, we won’t withdraw
We’ll occupy the streets
We’ll occupy the courts
We’ll occupy the offices of you
Till you do
The bidding of the many, not the few
Our nation was built upon the right
Of every person to improve their plight
But laws of this Republic they rewrite
And now a few own everything in sight
They own it free of liability
They own, but they are not like you and me
Their influence dictates legality
And until they are stopped we are not free
We’ll occupy the streets
We’ll occupy the courts
We’ll occupy the offices of you
Till you do
The bidding of the many, not the few
You enforce your monopolies with guns
While sacrificing our daughters and sons
But certain things belong to everyone
Your thievery has left the people none
So take heed of our notice to redress
We have little to lose, we must confess
Your empty words do leave us unimpressed
A growing number join us in protest
We occupy the streets
We occupy the courts
We occupy the offices of you
Till you do
The bidding of the many, not the few
You can’t divide us into sides
And from our gaze, you cannot hide
Denial serves to amplify
And our allegiance you can’t buy
Our government is not for sale
The banks do not deserve a bail
We will not reward those who fail
We will not move till we prevail
We’ll occupy the streets
We’ll occupy the courts
We’ll occupy the offices of you
Till you do
The bidding of the many, not the few
We’ll occupy the streets
We’ll occupy the courts
We’ll occupy the offices of you
Till you do
The bidding of the many, not the few
We are the many
You are the few