Tax The Rich (parody of Kill The Poor by the Dead Kennedys)-studio

Here are the lyrics:

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Equality and progress are in our fate
Now that we have the welfare state
The brainchild of our latest President
It takes cash from those who make jobs
And gives it to some lazy slobs
It's popular but doesn't make any sense

Taxpayers making 200K
Will have to sign their lives away
Never mind that most are businesses
Who cares you worked for what you have
Others need it really bad
You've got so much, a little more you'll never miss

Oh, let's tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich to death

All hail to the White House clown
Who wants to spread the wealth around
Let's vote ourselves circuses and free bread
You've skimped and saved and sacrificed
So you could build a better life
It's time to reward those who flaked instead

When we tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich to death
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich to death

Nothing bugs the liberals less
Than punishing too much success
Encouraging more mediocrity
Newt Gingrich on the screen today
Convinced conservatives it's OK
So let's give more entitlements for free

While we tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich to death
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich to death
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich
Tax tax tax tax tax the rich to death, yeah!

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Most of this song was written during Bill Clinton's presidency; its relevance is apparently timeless!

The video is of me singing the song while recording it in the studio -- I know, not very exciting. Soon I hope to have a "live version", sung in a karaoke bar, with a spontaneous crowd reaction and everything.

Soon I'll also release a nice stereo MP3 of this song, for free to the Internet, as soon as I figure out who hosts such things. (MySpace? Facebook? Rush Limbaugh's web site?)

This song couldn't have been possible without help from a heck of a lot of people.

http://www.deadkennedys.com/ for writing the original song.
http://www.barackobama.com/ for inspiring me to finally record the song.
http://www.planetofrock.com/ for recording the custom backing track.
http://www.megasoundstudios.com/ for recording my lyrics & mixing the final song.
http://www.hensonsmusic.com/ for telling me about MegaSound Studios.
http://www.jopaulo.com/ for making me look less nerdy.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

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• Hussein
• Obama
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• music
• roast
• socialist
• classic
• punk
• rock
• Dead
• Kennedys
• satire
• karaoke

[forcesofattraction]

learn to sing buddy.... tedious, I couldn't watch the whole thing, the band was tight.

[ulatekh]

@forcesofattraction : As if singing punk rock requires skill. Besides, I've had a lot of practice in the last two years.

[forcesofattraction]

@ulatekh Practice is good, put up the revised ed. don't take yourself too seriously, I don't. :)

[ulatekh]

@forcesofattraction : I haven't made a revised edition. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, moved on.

[forcesofattraction]

@ulatekh well with that said, and I agree your awful, take the damn thing down then if you have really moved on.

Narcisism is an affliction to the rest of us, sufferer.

[ulatekh]

@forcesofattraction : Your ability to totally miss my point is just precious, and mostly ineffective.

[traiterjack]

All i cared about was the Rammstein t-shirt he's wearing

[leeknivek]

@straightedge442 why does he owe taxes? taxing is government-sanctioned theft.

he owes taxes like he owes the mafia protection money.

[leeknivek]

i enjoyed this... satirical blow to DK. i like that jello points out that people who are rich have way too much in their favor helping them to be that way. but, stealing from the rich to feed the poor isn't the correct solution. it isn't reasonably sustainable. (especially by government) not to mention that it's fundamentally flawed because it's... well, stealing.

nobody has the right to anyone else's wealth!

[ulatekh]

@JordeeVee : Generalizations without substance don't make for a strong argument. And using "academic" as a perjorative is meant to imply that the person lacks the real-world experience that would provide crucial insight into the worth of their ideas.

BTW, you're in no position to put down others' intelligence while writing sentences like "the right wing is full of a bunch of idiots".