Tom Russell - "Who's gonna build your wall?"

[redrosessting1]

I did it in geog today.. i was focusing on the words untill i realized that its a good song and voice!

[trixajbombe]

Soon we will discover that the wall is there to keep us in - now, that's a real Berlin wall.

[MrIanFarrington]

I am so glad that someone captured this moment. I was there but only got still pictures. The sound is very good. I love Tom Russell and his very clever lyrics.

[JackJeremous]

Any americans that aren't descended from immigrants, please tell me.

[itsmyland2]

My wife and her family are NATIVE AMERICANS!

[jkohler2]

I live in California, but there is no way I could pick strawberries in 90 degree heat. Who's goin to pick the strawberries?

[rubis945]

Love this song. Satirical lyrics galore! Tom's one of my fave singer-songwriters and well worth seeing in concert - and Michael Martin's musical talent is in a class of its own!

[gldrunner]

i heard it in geo 2dai 2 :D

mi teacher got evry1 singin the chorus lol

amazing song lol :D

[EatingCheeseKills]

lol same =)

[Sixthsense1990]

I sung it as a part of a quartet in my geography so chew on that :P

[meleborn123]

AND IT IS :P

[meleborn123]

i know lmao i heard it today in ma geography lesson and my teacher was like "Its a amazing song" :P

[forpeaceim]

Thank you Russell for telling like it is!

Great song!!!!

[forpeaceim]

You all talk about the law. Well when laws are unjust they must be changed. I think the anglo invaders just want Laws that perpetuate white privilege. Don't blame all the problems on the Mexicans. We were here first.

I'm a Mexican American born in Texas. None of my family came from Mexico. We didn't cross the border the border crossed us.

[forpeaceim]

Michael Martin is a genius! Love the song!

Too bad there's a lot of rasism in this country right now due to ignorance. Illegals are not freeloaders they contribute billions of dollards to Social Security and Medicare and they will never be able to collect any of that because of their status. Too much ignorance in this country. So sad! "Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants. . ."

[globalcitizen1]

Most of our fellow citizens are beyond ignorant-they are apathetic. They don't care! They have their security,3 meals a day & a false belief that "we are the greatest"! Their fate will be like the Romans. It is law of nature, "arrogance eventually hangs its head in shame". Unfortunately, few of us who care will suffer along with them. This country was built on original sin of genocide, slavery & racism. These are parts & parcel of its identity. White man is causing destruction everywhere.

[PrinceBaby]

Ps. That comment was directed at Bonsaisuperstar and Emuchickntx. Mister Russell makes some excellent points. Why not try singing it to your lawn-mowing husband when he gets back from the rally?

[woodbelly2]

Who is playing mandolin?

[emuchickntx]

This is stupid!!!!!!!!!!!! I will cook my Mexican food and my husband will mow our grass. We are not rich. And neither are 90% of the rest of the citizens in the U.S.

Take a walk through the real world. We are tired of freeloaders.

[bonsaisuperstar]

I COMPLETELY agree with you.

Also, it is so unfair that illegals think that they should be able to freeload and live in the U.S. without doing everything the right way! They don't have the decency to realize that the overseas immigrants become real citizens without complaining or sneaking over!

[PrinceBaby]

Grow up WASP-child. Your people stole that land. The Mexicans are poor because you make them poor. Yours is a country for white people. Do everything the right way? You have no right to say that while the rest of the world marvels at your limited aggregate intellect, your beautiful country riddled with racism and poverty, and your neo-Facist unelected government. Grow up.

[jimmybobjim99]

you gay! piss off!! he is true talent how dare you slait this genious song!!

[mekoshea]

he was playin in the bar i work in a couple of nights ago. crowd of about 150, atmosphere was great.

[Fincoll3]

Saw Tom at Belladrum the best act by far FinC

[xluciixx]

I was there!! Michael Martin is a genius!

[guitarnucus]

Great song -gets volks thinking. THERE WILL BE NO WALL -EVER!!!! In 10 years naciremA sovrienty will be gone! And we will be the one step closer to the NWO! ...naciremA Union!

[marinebiker1]

Listen up "Bearbaby" I am not finished. Our public school teachers spend most of their time tutoring the children of illegals who can't speak English.But what the hell you probably send your kids to private schools. What should I tell my teen aged daughter whom I can't allow to walk around in her own neighborhood alone? You should not judge people or situations that you are too ignorant to understand

[TheGreatFoldini]

Yep i agree completely! this country would have been fine, but the immigrants came in and screwed everything up! They had no respect for the land, the law of the land, or the god given native languages of America. Fuckin' pilgrims! Who did they think they were?

[marinebiker1]

What about illegal don't you idiot liberals understand? It is not so much about the wall that pisses me off; it is the blame America 1st for all the ills in other sovran nations.Please tell me what why the hell we should send any jobs to the corrupt country of Mexico.That is the problem my ignorant friend. Mexico has oil and other natural resorces. It should be prosperous Nation.

[marinebiker1]

It would be another matter if we knew that every one that crosses our sovran boarders were only here to work, but that is not the case. I could relate to you case after case of the crimes commited in our community by these people. What about the people who can cross our wide open boarders who are intent on killing us? That's O.K. if a few hundred or a few thousand Americans die because we are compassionate people.

[marinebiker1]

Screw You Foldini! I worn the uniform of a US Marine and put my life on the line for My country, My family and our way of life and yes for dumbass liberals like you. The native americans(Indians) would still be sleeping under animal skins if not for the fuckin pilgrims.We are the greatest Nation on earth because alot of good men have sacrified their life's to make it so.We are a country of laws. These people have violated our law. Without the law you have anarchy.

[TheGreatFoldini]

if it weren't for the natives the pilgrims would have starved the first winter. The natives taught them to dig up a root crop to live and one year later the pilgrims made it illegal for any native to dig one up. any native caught eating the food they taught us to dig up would be put in the stockade. that was the begginning don't even try to say white people helped the indians

[TheGreatFoldini]

I'm not supporting illegal immigration i'm against no-bid contracts being handed out to build a 700 mile wall across a 3000 mile border. it seems stupid because it is stupid. how the hell is a wall less than 1/3 the length of the border going to stop people?

[TheGreatFoldini]

I agree completely that we shouldn't be sending our jobs to mexico. that's why i hated bill clinton and NAFTA (i'm a registerd republican) it only allows big businesses to fire americans and move the jobs to mexico where they can treat people like shit. It's the poor man and woman on both sides of the wall that are losing out. Thanks for servining in the corps. i have friends in fighting in fallujah.

[marinebiker1]

I don't want to get off subject discussing whether the indians would be better off if the Europeans had never settled this country. That is a chicken and egg scenario and I suppect that we will not agree anyway. I am glad to read that you are not pro illegal imagation. Whether to built the wall or not really is not the issue.This influx of illigals, regardless of origin crossing our open boarders must stop.

[marinebiker1]

This song ticked me off because it seemed to me that it was just another middle-aged white guy blaming is own for the illegal problem. As a middle-aged white guy I am sick of it. I am not saying that ther are not some white guys getting rich off cheap labor, but they are not to blame.

[marinebiker1]

I should proof read my stuff. It should read blaming his own. Who is to blaim for this situation is the US government who refuses to enforce the laws already on the books and the people who are breaking our laws by crossing the boarder. Both sides of the polictical isle are responsible for this mess. The Republicans want the cheap labor and the Democrates want the votes.

[TheGreatFoldini]

this i agree with, though i'm truly not sure what the republican neo-conservative agenda is but i don't like it. I'm waiting for the good republicans to come back, the constitutionalists and the fiscal conservatives who are against big government and will tell you what they think. Where's Truman when you need him?

[TheGreatFoldini]

I don't know about "blame" but the people who send our jobs to different countries or fire americans to hire illegals should be villified way ahead of some poor people who'll take anywork to survive.

[marinebiker1]

Listen you imbecile, "Bearbaby"I live in southeast Texas.Our schools,hospitals,and all social services are being burdened to the breaking point by people who are here illegal. Go tell the local union workers that are being displaced by the illegals who will work for below minimum wages that they don,t care. Crime has skyrocketed here, neighborhoods have been distroyed by the illegals.The illegal criminals roam the streets with impunity because the police have theirhands tied by the politicians.

[marinebiker1]

Tom Russell is nothing more than middle aged white guy filled with missed placed self guilt for his own race. Finger on the pulse of America; what a joke!!! Where do you live Ruahines, San Fran sicko?

[bearguy43a]

Tom Russell thinks about people not politics. That's the difference between thoughtful, caring folks, not hypocritical, more for me neocons

[Ruahines]

Tom has his finger on the pulse of real America, the beautiful and the ugly

[godslilbrother]

Tom Russell is indeed the finest Tex Mex singer songwriter there has ever been.I just wish once that I could see one progressive folk artist not bash the US government. Comparing the fence to the Berlin Wall is stupid, sorry Tom. No disrespect, but if I am correct I don't believe Mexico is part of the United States. This is not about division, this about law, enforcing it and the simple concept of trying to protect the citizens of the USA

[TheGreatFoldini]

A wall just doesn't address the underlying issue of WHY people want to move. Nor can it ever possibly work. Dealing with the causes of illegal immigration is not even on the table. build more private prisons and build a wall. fuck the poor. if the former american jobs we sent to mexico paid a living wage maybe people wouldn't be so desperate to get in here.

[dlamb69]

Thanks alot. This is the first time I've heard it too. Classic line abut fear of the "white man in the golf shirt with a cell phone to his ear."

[TheGreatFoldini]

Thank you so much. I'd never heard this Tom Russell song. Thanks again.

[FreddieOakley]

God bless Tom. Arnold Schwarzenegger says the "problem with Mexicans is they don't assimilate." Listen up, Arnold!

[laballona]

Seriously! At least the "illegals" can pronounce California correctly.

[wolfgirlfromaustria]

Thank you!

[dessie50]

This is great, another great song from a master dong-writer and the consumate performer