Living In Poverty

lyrics by Joanna Mae Alcalde

our family's outside living in the cold
cuz we're living in the poverty threshold
we turn to the government to see if they care
fortunately they gave us some welfare
our kids can't even go to school, grandma's going deaf
thank goodness we've got TANF
it is "temporary assistance for needy families"
now we can do whatever we please
grandma rita is getting old, her we pity
thank you president for social security
baby and i work really hard
money goes to my social security card
"my husband just lost his job.
he got laid off by his stupid boss, bob."
got no money to pay the bills
grandma rita won't add us to her will
thank goodness for unemployment insurance
because of that, we got reassurance
"my wife is the only working.
she slipped on a grape."
ooohhhhhhh
social security is important for you and me
you should have some
yeahh yeahh

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