"MAMA ECONOMY" (THE ECONOMY EXPLAINED) ORIGINAL SONG by TAY ZONDAY
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----- MAMA ECONOMY SONG LYRICS -----
Are you confused about the economy? Well have no fear --
I'm going to explain the American economy right now
+The dollar just think of it like
a promise from the government
But the value of the dollar
has to be there to be relevant
The value of the dollar comes from
China and Iran
When they put their cash reserves
in a U.S. dollar plan -
+They buy treasury bonds from
The Federal Reserve
We say "we owe you extra money
cause you gave us some of yours"
That's a big part
of the National Debt
All the interest that we
haven't paid to China quite yet -
+And a hundred other countries
Cause we're such a good investment
The whole world gives us money
We say "Hey we'll pay you interest!"
This is how money is created from air
Bank bailouts, federal budgets
Money isn't really there -
+It's an I.O.U., remember dollars are a promise
When you borrow from a bank
It's not from other depositors
The money for your loan
Gets created on the spot
Then they put it in your name
Gamble on your life and body -
+But if you lose your job
Then you were a bad bet
If a million lose their jobs
Then we have a recession
Here's the dirty secret
Your labor's too expensive
Wall Street wants you spending money
But they never want to pay you -
+In your life cash and credit
They are very different things
But your credit's someone else's cash
Once it leaves your name
This is why money is debt
And your debt is good for
Wall Street prosperity -
+And economic growth since the 1970s
Is consumers getting credit
Without wages increasing
So when they talk about the housing crisis
They never say we need to lower housing prices -
+We need ^better devices
To afford high prices
Meaning higher debt lower interest
Cause you're underpaid to begin with
That's the cycle we're in
We don't understand so
All we can do is question
[Chorus]
Mama economy make me understand
All the numbers why Daddy's on a welfare plan
'Turnin thirty forty fifty gotta move in with my parents
And the stocks go up but the jobs disappear
+^Because wages barely grew for 40 years
When you buy stuff
They delay the cost of ownership
You can't afford it
so they make it to depend
On endless small transactions
Which is more like renting
+You pay more for printer ink
Than you do for gold and
More for bottled water
Than you do for oil
Razor blades are made to
Oxidate
So you're forever in debt to them
Just to shave
+It's a type of socialism
called market socialism
The best designed product
Meets a need and doesn't last
We subsidize waste
With landfills and holidays like
Earth Day teachin' kids:
Recycle please
+Kids won't learn in school
we live one worldview
neoliberal economics
In all of our politics
They don't ask why corporations
are human citizens
Or why grandma pays more taxes
Cause she lacks stock dividends
+Or why private bankers
Print the public money
Or why democracy is broken
Cause their leaders won't be cutting
Loopholes or subsidies
For constituent industries
Putting legislative bodies
In a deep freeze
+So the Ph.Ds and the G.E.D.s
Cry with Ayn Rand down at the temp agency
Sayin' "we believed in
Meri-tocracy
But there's more to the story--
Someone answer me!
[Chorus]
----- TAY ZONDAY BIO -----
Tay Zonday is a People's Voice Award-Nominated, Youtube Award-Winning, Webby Award-Winning singer-songwriter with more than 120 million video views on Youtube.
Zonday blasted into the worldwide spotlight with his viral hit "Chocolate Rain" and has been interviewed on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Good Morning America, G4TV's Attack Of The Show, Lilly Allen & Friends, CNN Saturday Morning, The Opie & Anthony Show, The Jace Hall Show, Rachel Ray, Maury Povich, MTV, Current TV, Tosh.0, The Guild, America's Got Talent and the front page of Sunday's Los Angeles Times as well as in The Chicago Tribune's RedEye, The Toronto Star, USA Today, In Touch Weekly and dozens of independent and university publications. He has been referenced in People Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, "South Park," "Robot Chicken," "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia," "Girlfriends" and "Guitar Hero World Tour."
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Top Comments
ConnorGeek Trekwars 1 month ago
so catchy so god freaking Catchy wow just catchy
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mickeydougal 1 month ago
I'm not currently contributing anything productive to the economy because I'm watching all of Tay's videos, which in the scheme of things, is better anyway.
Tay is brilliant.
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Nick H 5 hours ago
Loved this song!!
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skull45ism 22 hours ago
Great song!

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omegazerozx450 2 days ago
this is a great song
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Sarah Gordis 2 days ago
NOO! He has BEATS!
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Riptaliator 2 days ago
my god... no matter how often i hear this song... it seems to be impossible to sing with it :P ... only the chorus XD
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MannyKunV 3 days ago
well, makes more sense than how conspirators explain it.
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ruthlessdeath123 3 days ago
brotha the EU got fucked because america the crisis started there and america is a giant with import/export so it spread to the entire world
and by the way Germany is the only country left in the EU who can hold up his own pants thx to the goddame EU bunch of american wannebees
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AmazingYianni 3 days ago
wow must of took lots if research
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Tritan cross 4 days ago
oh god I got the same type of beats he gots and I didn't no
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