Remy's Occupy Wall Street Protest Song

Written and performed by Remy and produced by Meredith Bragg.






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 wealth

but first we need posters
we need to make signs
but to do so it seems
that we need some supplies

We 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 evil

They'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 fair

Come gather young people
come on everyone
and I'll tell you a tale
of a fortunate son

He'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 perfect

Banks 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.
[End]

[doorran]

"...a sultan and student both have I-phone 4's; it's not fair..."   lol

[solistan]

So true, but I doubt most understood it.

[Cjeska]

You want to hold companys accountable for exporting jobs? Why do you think they do this? It's your precious regulation and state intervention that makes these jobs unprofitable in the first place. If you want to fix the system, stay the fuck out of it.

[drshlotzkin]

All your tunes are awesome but this is definitely the best. Such a clear, true, straight forward, undeniable message.

[kingwilliam]

Remy is very libertarian. That's awesome!

[FactChecking]

@megarational "Most millionaires come from middle-class households, and roughly 65% have been wealthy for less than 15 years, according to a 2009 survey of high-networth individuals, published by American Express Publishing and Harrison Group."

FACTS

[andei_]

Remy is a true genius. I am putting Jordan Peterson to the side and replacing him with Remy as my new cultural hero.

[Chkv]

Holy crap. You're right. I'm surprised that I didn't realize this earlier.

[PianoKeyzOfficial]

@TheTrueHaddock You are not entitled to anything but your life, liberty, and property rights.

[kodan]

"Capitalism ate democracy" Now tell me one democratic republic that is not capitalist.

[dudestopnow]

I want to know the chords so I can play and sing this song to my fellow hippie students.

[nrwolfe]

as long as you have a job, even a min wage one, americans are the top 1% of the world

[KPandLP]

It's so ironic how the people who work are greedy, just because they picked a job that pays well, while it's supposedly compassionate and brave to demand that people who earned their money give it to you. How is that not greed?

[nickj]

"Bring Back Arrested Development!"

I agree!

[NUGGITZ]

The theme song of the 'Occupy' movement is Antem of the Working Man by The 99%. In the tradition of Simon & Garfunkel and Dylan, the song explores the growing divide between the very rich and the rest of us -- as well as the Animal Farm premise that they can tell us anything they want to tell us -- and we continue to believe them.

[sgtmajtom]

LOL. Great stuff Remy. Keep on keepin' on.

[bricks]

Remy is the best. Amd all the butthurt proggies who wanna hate just reveal the classic insecurity of a man who knows he is wrong but won't admit it.

[usaflagraybans]

And looking at the state of our country now, I have to agree on both issues. As for college, I do agree that college should be affordable, but the better schools cost more. Havard would be so prestigious if it cost the same the same as an Education from DeVry.

[usaflagraybans]

I love this song because it shows that 1) People don't have their priorities straight (students with massive debt owning iPhones) 2) That people who live in the US are better off than most other countries (decent medical facilities, clean water) 3) That hard work pays off 4) When there's big businesses that compete, everyone wins (prices drop, new innovations are formed. Imagine if Microsoft didn't have Apple to compete with. We'd have Windows 2 1/2 and computers the size of Ron Jeremy's penis).

[KaraDeAwesome]

Awesome, best part was when he held up the "Bring Back Arrested Development" sign.