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Kick It While It's Down

from Everything Can Change by David Rovics

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The Democratic Socialist Party in Australia put out a t-shirt after the 2008 financial collapse that read, "capitalism: kick it while it's down." I had to write a song about it.

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I'd say the verdict now is clear Capitalism really sucks
Privatizing everything for years Left most of us shit outta luck
The dreams most of us once had are dead The jobs around don't pay
Shit I barely have a roof over my head
And I've heard most of my neighbors say

If this is the glory of the market Tent City, USA
Then let's take this powder keg and spark it After all it's the American Way
Let us now look through a different prism
Let us work for the common good
Let us put an end to capitalism Let us do now as we should
Kick it while it's down

The capitalists are parasites The bane of society
They don't give a shit for human rights All they care about is money
The billionaires buy the Congress Then they make up all the rules
So if voting is no way to seek redress Then we must use other tools

Half the country is in drought Burning up and blowing away
It's a climate crisis there's no doubt But be that as it may
The market says it's time to drill for oil
The market says cut down all the trees
The market says build pipelines 'neath the soil
But in recent years the market's on its knees

We need solar panels not coal mines We need food not bombs
But the market doesn't care about the bread lines Or your hungry mom
The market only cares about the market What's behind the guarded gate
So you can take your limousine and park it Trade it in for a welfare state

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from Everything Can Change, released May 18, 2013
Alejandro | bass
Jun | accordion, backup vocals

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David Rovics Portland, Oregon

Singer/songwriter, writer, podcaster (on Spotify, Substack & Patreon), anarchist, dad, lover of life.

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