Poor Sheep Lyrics

They scream "enough with welfare cheats"

There's no more social relief

Crying about people using SNAP

To buy choice cuts of beef

A family four on fifty grand don't need a life raft

If you want the American Dream

Better pull up those boot straps

They don't care about the struggle

As long as the stock prices double

They even try?

Baa baa poor folk they all cry

If they're so broke dig dig baa baa the system does the trick

Don't have insurance just don't get sick

Baa baa capitalism is the way

We need growth no matter who pays

Baa baa the nuclear family is strong

We're the ones in power so we can't be fucking wrong

The monthly game of floating bills gives you a panic

Attack DHS won't return your calls

Welcome to falling through the cracks

The lie that they sold you on is always just out of reach

But if you ask for assistance well then

"You're just a fucking leech"

You're always broke, the kids are hungry, all they care about is money

"We just want enough to get by!"

You scream and shout

But those at the top say "you gotta make due without"

Programmed from birth, for the goal of being middle class

How can you save for retirement when you can't afford gas?

They slash your pay and raise your rent

But empty promises is all you get

The goal posts keep moving until you finally realize

The American safety net is little more than lies

A vicious cycle used to keep the majority weak and poor

Because if you help someone they say "now they'll only want more"

By the time you pay everything down

It's too late you're in the ground!