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This was written during the financial crisis of 2008. It is dedicated to those who represent corruption and greed…everywhere.
The Avarice Rap (2008)
In God we trust
The green back thrust
Go, beggars there
The weak beware
Through investor’s scams
You’ll drown in spam
For the strong survive
You paupers… die
Below the waves
Drown working slave
For we are strong
And you were wrong
You trust us now?
We laugh out loud
At the foolish rules
And our integrity…fools
Our riches rich
You thank-less bitch
We gave you hope
On a slippery slope
Deceit was fun
A delightful run
Dream fraudulent dreams
You of meager means
A sucker’s scorn, HA!
Each second born
A fix for fools
For we know the rules
To bend our ways
Our advisors say
It’s the business maxim
To avoid the taxman
We’re rich and strong
You’re poor and wrong
Invest…. beware
Of our deceitful shares
Go down our path
Use righteous math
We cook the books
To make it look
Like the fools you are
Around the bar
To talk of cash
For work that’s trash
Without fair value
We laugh at buy – you
Fools are greedy
The avariciousness needy
You see….
We need the cash
To forever flash
Our rolls of bills
That buy many a thrill
Our antique cars
Our hobbies “jar”
So off we go
To the Hampton Roads
Our Rosedale mansions
The links, our passion
My yacht it sucks
Thirty million bucks
She beckons fair
On seas, beware
Of the dangers, lurk
My executives smirk
Of a life so easy
Best practices, sleazy
But am I wrong
To be so strong
You judge me so
As your avarice grows
For I am strong
And you were wrong
To trust me dearly
You paid so keenly
For society’s greed
Fed the “ticker’s” need
To rise so smartly
And fall so sharply
You sang the song
Kept avarice strong
… and my ethics pleasing
© John Morrison
