Save the Rich by Garfunkel and Oates

Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome and Kate "Oates" Micucci sing about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Shot by Raul Fernandez.

LYRICS:


Everyone knows these times are really tough
And we need to band together say we've had enough
All the jobless people need to learn to be content
Cause what we need to do is protect our one percent

Save the rich
Let them know you care
Don't leave to languish
In their penthouse of despair

Save the rich
Let their bonuses be swollen
And let them keep it all tax free
Even if it's stolen

Save the rich

Let's give our job creators
More than their fare share
So they can go to Asia
And create jobs over there

There's loopholes and exemptions
And children to exploit
So give them special tax breaks
Go fuck yourself Detroit

And those who don't create jobs
Really need help too
Cause without their 7th home
How will they make it through

It's not time for complaining
Not the time for class war
It's time sacrifice yourself
To give them more and more and more
And more and more and more

Save the rich
America's built on corporate greed
It's not Wall Street's fault
If you can't get what you need

Save the rich
Don't go crying to mommy
Cause if you don't agree
Than you're socialist commie

Save the rich

Blame yourself for your problems
Not the bad economy
So what if those who have the most
Are the ones who put it in jeopardy

Fuck your student loans
Fuck your kids and their health care
It'll only take 10,000 of your jobs
To put another private jet in the air

Save the rich
It's so easy to do
Just let yourself be ignorant
To what's been done to you

Save the rich
By doing nothing at all
Deny all sense and logic
And just think really small
You should think really small
Or just don't think at all
And save the rich

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Garfunkel and Oates
• Save the Rich
• Riki Lindhome
• Kate Micucci
• Occupy Wall Street
• Comedy Song

[DAMitsAmelia]

416 people need to look up the word "satire"

[BrentDG91]

@BrentDG91 Also just because a countries says it's socialist/communist doesnt mean it act's like one. Take China for example, on a societal level there more of a dictarorship, and economical on a global scale? They're most def working a captialist system. You mixing an economic system with human rights. Captialism =/= freedom of wealth for the nation. Captialism is all about making the most money possible. Which means things like slavery/fixed prices/monopolies without proper laws put into place

[metanoiate]

The simplistic belief in "that evil 1%" doesn't work for me. Where do your draw that line? Look at their appearance, their home... it's all shiny new. I can't help but feel there's a lot of "give money to the poor... just not mine!" nowadays. I once asked a die-hard marxist friend "Don't you see an inherent hipocrisy in what you believe?". He replied, laughing, "what do you think we should do, live like Francis of Assisi?!". Well yes! either accomodate your lifestyle or change your ideas!

[Timb0NZ]

@franzcapoeira yeah, me too. but im not here to be right. im here to use reason to educate. so we do go down a downward spiral to tyranny(which starts with socialism).

[181moonblossom]

449 people are from Detroit... =P

[matereymate]

you would never see mainstream artists talking about real shit like this =( (cue LMFAO)



[deutschland08fn]

@BrentDG91 And you're talking to yourself because...?

[BapestaB]

@franzcapoeira i dont get your oprah comment, it really made no sense and you dont get my point at all. Of course musicians have a certain style but these two barely know how to play their instruments almost every song has the same tune and if you opened yours ears and listen you'd hear and not to mention they aren't funny 

[TheMusicchannel23]

i hate that shit..

[franzcapoeira]

When rich, playboy, MtFcks stop playing the part of the victims...

[franzcapoeira]

HUAHAUHAUHAUAHUAHAU.... I love the fact that people don't study before they comment. It makes my life much more fun...

[franzcapoeira]

Buddy, every band, group, singer, musician, star, artist... whatever have their own style. That's normal. You don't see mettalica playing country music or Elton John playing thrash metal. That's those girl's style. What's the big deal. Also, I don't see them trying to be the "female flight of the records". If you just want to pick up an argument, go see Oprah...