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THE RICH, THE RICH (to be sung loudly)

by Brent Meersman

 

The rich, they shit on everything
in porcelain, china, marble bowl,
with toilet paper they use any thing.

The rich their arses clean bling-bling,
on the throne sit prone with toilet roll;
the rich, they shit on everything.

The rich make sure the stain won’t cling,
with silk they wipe around the hole,
as toilet paper they use any thing.

The miners’ safety, the poor’s housing,
the tax return, the workers’ payroll;
the rich, they shit on everything.

Christmas wrapping, bubble-wrap packing,
gemstones, people, mink or sable stole –
for toilet paper they use any thing.

When nature calls, the rich won’t give a farthing
the melting pole, the global protocol.
The rich, they shit on everything;
for toilet paper they use any thing.