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Album Cold Fact
- #1
Sugar ManRodriguez
- #2
Only Good for ConversationRodriguez
- #3Crucify Your Mind
Rodriguez
- #4This is Not a Song It’s an Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues
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- #5Hate Street Dialogue
Rodriguez
- #6Forget It
Rodriguez
- #7Inner City Blues
Rodriguez
- #8I Wonder
Rodriguez
- #9Like Janis
Rodriguez
- #10Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)
Rodriguez
- #11Rich Folks Hoax
Rodriguez
- #12Jane S. Piddy
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Rich Folks Hoax by Rodriguez
Performed by
RodriguezProduced by
Mike Theodore & Dennis CoffeyWrited by
Sixto RodriguezAbout
Rich Folks Hoax is seen through the eyes of a working class Mexican immigrant, trapped in the motor industry that encompassed his hometown – Detroit (according to his official website sugarman.org. His working class vitriol emerges on this song. Rodriguez has managed, throughout the album, to make i...
Rich Folks Hoax Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The moon is hanging
In the purple sky
Baby's sleeping
While its mother sighs
Talking 'bout the rich folks
Rich folks have the same jokes
And they park in basic places
The priest is preaching
From a shallow grave
He counts his money
Then he paints you saved
Talking to the young folks
Young folks share the same jokes
But they meet in older places
[Chorus]
So don't tell me about your success
Nor your recipes for my happiness
Smoke in bed, I never could digest
Those illusions you claim to have going
[Verse 2]
The sun is shining
As it's always done
Coffin dust
Is the fate of everyone
Talking 'bout the rich folks
The poor create the rich hoax
And only late breast-fed fools, believe it
[Chorus]
So don't tell me about your success
Nor your recipes for my happiness
Smoke in bed, I never could digest
Those illusions you claim to have going
Rich Folks Hoax Q&A
Who wrote Rich Folks Hoax's ?
Rich Folks Hoax was written by Sixto Rodriguez.
Who produced Rich Folks Hoax's ?
Rich Folks Hoax was produced by Mike Theodore & Dennis Coffey.