Occupy Wall St. Protest Song - The Bottom 99
Channel: ccdrops
Date: 2011-10-15

A new protest song by Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, 
at the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park in New York City.
~~~
  Am
O listen all you people
O listen to my song
   Am
My heart is filled with trouble
   Em
I don't know what is wrong
   Am
My heart is filled with trouble
Dm
Got trouble on my mind
Am       Em            Am
For what I see around me's getting worse all the time

The balance of the world
Is almost dead and gone
The common bonds of decency 
Are severed one by one
The rich keep getting richer
The poor get poorer too
The wealth of the many 
In the hands of the few

They act like towering princes
We're at their beck and call
A dozen cars, a private jet
While we've our backs against the wall
They live their flights of fantasy
While we struggle just to eat
Instead of living simply 
So we might simply be

Don't look for politicians
 to even up the score
Don't look for world leaders
 to manage any more
Don't look for corporations
 to lend a helping hand
They've helped themselves enough
 and now it's time to take a stand

O listen all you people
To what I have to say
I do not mean to trouble you
or bother you thus day
I know I'm not the only one
With trouble on my mind
We have to stand together
We are the 99



written & performed by Rhiannon Giddens
~~~
filmed by N.D. Austin & Sxip Shirey
thanks to Larisa Fuchs