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Gotta Get Down To Go Up

you gotta join in the struggle for the ill-gotten gains of the movers and the shakers on the streets Wall and Main we will take what we are due like the Sioux we'll count coup on the heads of the masters and their double-talkin pastors on the bankers and their chumps and the phonies on the stumps on the bosses in their offas and the supers in the sweats no more settlin for the scraps at the foot of the table no more truck-wide income gaps ablin biddies to wear sable at the time that we have won they will know that they are done and we'll be sittin pretty like Scarface own the city and the ones who called us chums they'll be fightin for our crumbs wonderin how the heck that happened while they're suckin on their thumbs (chorus) first restitution then redistribution sweet retribution if we don't stick together like those birds of a feather we will never take our place on the seat of the throne where who you want you can punish and the rest throw a bone

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Date: 4/29/2016 2:01:00 PM
Hey Steve. Loved this poem, man. In fact I composed a song out of it. Not that I am professional musician, but its more like a hobby. I would like your permission to put the song up for public consumption (no money involved) with full credit to you of course. Please let me know how to get in touch with you. I will wait till I hear from you. Great stuff man.
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Date: 1/30/2016 6:19:00 AM
I like the rhythm and the angst in this piece.
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Date: 1/18/2016 6:37:00 AM
Love the beat, and pulse of this one, great words.
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Steve Grammatico
Date: 2/3/2016 5:30:00 AM
Scott, yes, achieving some sort of driving beat was the goal. Thanks for commenting.

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