Dear Mr. Man,<\/p>\n
I hope this finds you well, up there in your high tower
\nUntouched by our unrest. Blessings and peace upon-<\/p>\n
Oh, who am I kidding, let’s start again.<\/p>\n
Dear Mr. Man,<\/p>\n
How do you sleep at night?
\nYou never do what’s good or right,
\nYou blame it on the poor, whose life
\nIs already quite full of strife.
\nDo you truly expect me to pull myself out of debt
\nWithout committing a crime, even if it’s just perjury
\nI would still go to jail.
\nI would still get a fine. That I can’t afford, unlike some that we know.
\nAnd what could I do about that? It just goes to show
\nYou want the poor to stay poor, and the rich to get richer
\nYou want everything to happen faster, quicker
\nFuck regulation, you say with a grin
\nIs making this money really a sin?
\nWell, I’m sorry, dear sir, but you are quite wrong.
\nI only wish your convictions were just as strong
\nAs the money that holds you up in your chair
\n5000 feet away from the people down there
\nYou believe what you’re told, never arguing a bit
\nAnd quite frankly, dear sir, your opinions are shit.
\nMoney talks you fat bastard, but that’s about it.
\nYou don’t know a thing about life without cash
\nI’m pretty sure if you did you wouldn’t burn it to ash
\nArbitrarily as a child, that’s all you are to me.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,
\nA worker in a poverty-strewn city<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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