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Welfare feat. Rahim Thornhill (2020)

by Eastern Sunz

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lyrics

Courage

Without a dime in my pocket, I’m down like the linoleum
To kill my landlord and the puppet masters holding them
Live from the podium rhetorical nonsense
As we drift from the one percent constant
(I’m walking a line) and on the other side are schools and opportunity
We got a food desert and an officer pursuing me
Economically depressed in perpetuity
Calls for unity is lunacy you’re losing me
It’s keep calm carry on, till someone who lack the means to keep the lights on
Detonate a time bomb
Teams selected and the lines drawn
And you’re the right pawn if logic secondary to an icon
Just spirits orbiting cash, wear benevolent mask, desperate grip on a benevolent past
American Dream flicker like a fading marriage
Upward mobility a fraud like god, I need a job

Behold the impacts of late stage capitalism
free the petty decision, no alternative vision
The deck stacks and get rapid like a space ship
Don't slip they'll be taking everything you came with

Chorus

Oooooh, I’m walking the line
I’m living on welfare baby
I’m walking the line
I’m living on welfare baby
I’ve been on welfare since the day I was born
I’m getting those checks now, but it’s not what I want
I just wanna walk with my head up high
Be able to look my own dead in the eye
What's bugging me is when I'll be a man who's got a little dignity

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They got me walking the line like Johnny, but no cash
The money flow come slow and go fast
Holding back the crying, relying on programs
The folks laugh at my food stamps like oh SNAP
At the job they got my hours cut down to below half
And soon they'll have the robots replacing my old ass
Middle class shrinking, we're sinking, it's so sad
Income inequality, poverty's toe tag
The fridge is empty, and far from a stocked kitchen
Not to mention, that I ain't got a pot to piss in
They treat me like I milk the system, because I need assistance
In an attempt to flee my miserable existence
Live within my means but even so it's so expensive
So excuse me if I get defensive being told I'm parasitic
Remember this, the budget's such a small percentage
Compared to corporate interests, subsidies and tax incentives

Chasing status and racing up the ladder
Climb another rung, those below you don't matter
This dog eat dog got em frothing at the mouth
The haves and have-nots, the haves got clout

Chorus

Oooooh, I’m walking the line
I’m living on welfare baby
I’m walking the line
I’m living on welfare baby
I’ve been on welfare since the day I was born
I’m getting those checks now, but it’s not what I want
I just wanna walk with my head up high
Be able to look my own dead in the eye
What's bugging me is when I'll be a man who's got a little dignity

credits

released May 8, 2020
Produced and mixed by SmokeM2D6
Recorded by Zebulon Dak for Momentum Studios
Mastered by Ryan Foster for Foster Mastering

Guitar: Rahim Thornhill
Bass: Martin Gerber
Horns: Farnell Newton
Rhodes: Jonathon Roberts
Flute: Darian Asplund
Scratches: DJ Flip Flop

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Eastern Sunz provide a fresh take on sociopolitical issues which has landed them the Independent Music Award for Album of the Year, the Eco Arts Awards Grand Prize, first place in the International Songwriting Competition, and the John Lennon songwriting contest grand prize. ... more

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