Greed Got Out Of Hand

Verse

I work in an office, the CEO named me,

Don’t do much but take the biggest pay, you see.

Can’t explain why it’s two thousand percent more,

Than the average man who sweats on the floor.

Verse

Read an article 'bout a nonprofit's plight,

CEO made millions, it just don’t seem right.

Who sets the rules for this greedy game?

When did kindness lose to fortune and fame?

Chorus

When did greed get out of hand, it’s accepted now,

The man down the hall can’t pay his bills somehow.

Fears for his family's needs, living day to day,

While the man upstairs just sends him away.

spoken

They tell us to wait 'til we're old and grey,

Maybe by then, we'll have money someday.

But dreams get lost in rules and lies,

While the suits live high up in the skies.

rap

Yo, listen close got a story for ya,

About the top dogs and their fat bankroll aura.

Skill don’t mean a thing in the CEO throne,

It’s the stacked deck, the seed they have sown.

Breaking backs while they sip on that whiskey,

Throwing cash around, man life’s so risky.

Got politicians bought and paid,

Writing laws so the rich stay made.

Verse

Sitting here with my thirty grand watch,

Whiskey glass in hand, limits to my scotch.

Waiting jet to land, third mansion this year,

Don’t tell the wife, she’d shed a tear.

Chorus

Where would the peasants be without me?

I’m the CEO, it’s bigger than they see.

Got the power, got the game,

Playing hard, while they take the blame.

spoken

I make the calls, money talks loud,

Politicians dance, I’m driving the crowd.

Rules written to hold them down tight,

CEO’s world, in the dead of night.