Welcome Stossel Viewers! Here's Remy's Occupy Wall Street Protest Song
Last night's Stossel episode on Fox Business didn't just include an appearance by Reason's Damon Root (video to come later today), it also included a snippet from internet sensation Remy's new Occupy Wall Street Protest Song, produced with Reason.tv. So for all the Stossel viewers looking for the full monty - and for the rest of us who need a smart laugh on a rainy-in-DC-Friday morning, here's the whole thing:
Original release date: October 8, 2011
As the Occupy Wall Street movement spreads like a, well, financial contagion through global markets, intergalactic Internet sensation Remy and Reason.tv give the movement its anthem.
Written and performed by Remy and produced by Meredith Bragg.
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Lyrics to the "Occupy Wall Street Protest Song"
Come gather round people
come and join your hands
we're taking Wall Street
and we're making demands
and we're heeding the call
and we're crying for help
only 1% of us have wealthbut first we need posters
we need to make signs
but to do so it seems
that we need some suppliesWe need poster board
I can't make it myself
but it's 10 cents a sheet
at the store it's on sale
an example of economies of scale
it's so evilThey're saying that freedom
has done little to stop
Corporations from keeping
the wealth at the top
But at what point in history
would a kid and a king
both have clean water to drink?George Washington was
the richest man of his age
But he lost all his teeth
at a very young age
Because they didn't have Scope
and they all crapped in trays
we're not wealthy?now there's fountains on streets
from which clean water pours
Four dollar generics
at all big box stores
a sultan and student
both have iPhone 4s
it's not fairCome gather young people
come on everyone
and I'll tell you a tale
of a fortunate sonHe's born in a country
and given vaccine
and rendered immune
to all kinds of disease
the Kardashians are on
all his TVs
it's not perfectBanks don't need bailouts
on that we agree
so let's start up a group
and let's take to the streets
because if we do that then
you know what that means
we're racist.
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