It’s not the first time a song from another era finds greater resonance today, especially amid such troubled times. Jeb Loy Nichols' 2010 “To Be Rich Should Be a Crime” makes no exception as it was excavated by Cola Boyy early 2020, who found in that reggae tune and its anti-capitalist message the e...
The big boss gets fatter and we stay poor
Now we say no more!
To be rich should be a crime
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Where did you get your money sir?
How did you get your money girl?
Who did you exploit tell me?
Who did you steal it from?
To be rich should be a crime
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For one man to be rich
Another many must be poor
The big boss don't care for me
He left me dead in aisle 4
To be rich should be a crimе
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Who built your housеs sir?
Who built your schools sir?
Who cleaned your table now?
Who sewed that suit your wearing?
To be rich should be a crime
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To be rich should be a crime
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Throw out the old society
Build a brand new
Build it up!
Here on bus stop 6
A woman sits in front of me
It's Penny Girl she's so hardworking
Yet she don't got a dollar to show
To be rich should be a crime
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To be rich should be a crime
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Get all the rich people out here
Get em all out of there
Long live the working class
Long live the workers of the world
Men and women UNITE!
To Be Rich Should Be a Crime was written by Jeb Loy Nichols.
To Be Rich Should Be a Crime was produced by John Carroll Kirby.
Cola-boyy released To Be Rich Should Be a Crime on Fri Feb 05 2021.