"99 Percent" Occupy Hip-Hop Song

This is my protest song in support of the Occupy movement, and especially injured veteran Scott Olsen.
The beat is from Jay-Z's classic, "99 Problems."
I claim no ownership to any photos used in the video.
Thanks to Kate and Raymond for help making the video.
Follow me on Twitter @StillManFights
If you like the song, please spread the word!

Lyrics:
If you want fight the power
Occupy with us son
We are the 99%
But a bank ain't one

We've been screwed by banks
I say no thanks
They got a bailout what a big mistake
Promises were fake
And what takes the cake
Are the bonuses top execs make
But check it
Banks get money from the treasury
Totally interest-free and jack the rate for me
And if I'm late, you see
I get a hefty fee
How does that help our economy?
If you own a home
Winds of change have blown
Struggling with your mortgage
But you're all alone
Freddie Mac -- well he's been reduced to bone
Fannie Mae -- she ain't picking up her phone
Borrowed hundreds of billions, lost even more
No wonder the housing market has a collapsed floor
No wonder buildings are boarded while there's homeless poor
No wonder Occupiers let their voices roar
No wonder we sleep in tents and march days in the sun
We are the 99%
But a bank ain't one

We are the 99%
A corporation ain't one

Corporations
Ruined the nation
The greed that they spawn
Is Armageddon
Dropping lots of coin to stop regulation
But it's our backs they were build upon
But they ignore our pleas
Send jobs overseas
Get cheaper labor for no penalties
Then try to sell the stuff to you and me
Tell us we need big TVs and new SUVs
But no job means no cash so our buying stops
Why not sell to the kids working in your sweatshops?
They only get a buck a week so you may need a price drop
CEOs are across-the-board jerkoffs
Fire 40,000 people and barely cough
Then take the day off
Go and play golf
Golden parachutes, they always land soft
Execs get away clean
Thanks to bribery
We voted them in but their loyalties
Go to the lobbyists and PACs
Occupy's the cure for corporate disease
We're the rats they're the cheese
We're the dogs they're the fleas

Think about it next time you give 'em money, son
We are the 99%
A corporation ain't one
We are the 99%
And Rupert Murdoch ain't one

Fox News f*** you
Stay off my tube
You're not very sly and that s*** ain't news
Slave to Republicans
Or do they serve you?
Your lie-spewing crew
Make up their own rules
O'Reilley, Hannity are judgmental fools
Karl Rove & Coulter got nothin' better to do
Than show up and hope the viewers drink the Kool-Aid too
Throw the facts in the trash
Give the GOP cash
Try to block Obama at every path
Keep throwing stones in your house of glass
Keep on abusing the middle class
Keep giving minorities the shaft
Keep seniors voting red until they pass
Keep women's rights in the stone-age past
Keep listening in with your wire taps
Keep the rich rich put the rest on blast
Your façade has cracked, we're taking media back

News is more than just fear, hate and guns
We are the 99%
Rupert Murdoch ain't one

We are the 99%
And Scott Olsen's one

Iraq veteran
Proud American
Joined the plan to go fight the scam
Cops in Oakland
Wanna take command
Flash-bang in hand
Struck the unarmed man
Blood, from skull to street
Now Scott can't speak
In ER for weeks
While his parents weep
I doubt Oakland mayor Quan lost any sleep
Until she heard the word "Impeach"
We're not beefing at cops
So they need to stop
Shooting protesters with the beanbag shot
Beating down people who never fought
We're occupying whether you like it or not
We need to show the 1% the kind of power we've got
Show the banks our money can be put on lock
Show Wall Street their free ride needs to stop
Show corporations our workers are the best of the lot
Show politicians their votes should not be bought
Show Fox News their lies will fester and rot
Show cops there's no need to call in the SWAT
Show Scott Olsen we remember why he fought

We'll march, we'll shout, but we'll never run
We the 99% and Scott Olsen is one

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[leluelane]

Thank you my brother...for putting the TRUTH OUT THERE..we are GODS CHILDREN..I thank GOD for you..love and peace forever...

[2TonTongue]

@leluelane After 500 views, you're the first comment. And what a good one! Thank you very much.

[Sythus901]

Dont ask you what you country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

[Sythus901]

Its nice to know Communism is comming to America

[leluelane]

thank for this beautiful song that speaks the TRUTH..we love..From the ATL..GA...

[masenko141]

i feel like if i rapped this it would have turned out alot better. how about you hit me up next time, write the lyrics (cuz they were awesome), do the pics (cuz they were too) , and let a rapper rap the lyrics. this vid would have 5,000 not 500 views if you had a lil more practice with spittin. thanx for makin somethin with meaning tho ... props dude.