If you ain't rich, brother you ain't free

a poem about the wealth gap in America...
If you ain’t rich, brother you ain’t free

you ain’t an American

you’re just a refugee

you’re a commercial watchin wannabee!....

if you ain’t got no stocks and bonds

no wealth portfolio..

if you grow old

if you get sick

you’ll have no place to go

you’ll die hungry, scared and slow…

just a number in the status quo....

you probably will never know

the truth….

rich Nazi white men are your foe!

Malcolm told us so!!!

if you ain’t rich, brother you ain’t free!

George bush still got that silver spoon

stickin out his Nazi ass!

the only people he will serve

is the rich, white Nazi upper class!

(they call themselves ultra-conservatives now)

fossil fuels, drug companies, newspapers, courts, TV,….he owns.

claiming he’s been saved and God is on the throne!.

for the oil in the holy land,…

there is nothing he won’t do!

daughters, mothers, fathers, sons

soldiers and civilians too,,,dies,

from tax paid bullets shot from young men’s guns

and bombs dropped from the skies……

get in the way and he’ll kill you

every promise that he makes….are lies

he is the devil in disguise

Wake up! Stand up! Speak out! Get Wise!

this ain’t no dam democracy

it’s an elitist, fascist travesty!

if you ain’t rich, brother you aint’free!

you never will be…

you ain’t an American

you’re just a refugee

nigga can’t you see?
   By Steven Taylor
Published: 5/3/2005
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