When I first came across Oliver Anthony and his music, I was blown away to say the least. He had a whole collection of songs that I could listen to for hour...
Some pretty appalling lyrics in this song in my opinion.
He complains about the struggles of the working class and then immediately says:
If you’re five-foot-three and you’re 300 pounds
Taxes ought not pay for your bags of fudge rounds
He also says:
Lord, we got folks in the street, ain’t got nothin’ to eat
And the obese milkin’ welfare
Gotta love a working class hero who takes a giant shit all over the working class. A smarter man would have commented on how the rich men in the food industry have helped to fuel the obesity epidemic, which disproportionately hurts those living in food deserts and/or economically depressed areas. This would include inner-cities and struggling mining towns, but I feel like we can probably infer which area this singer is more sympathetic toward based on other lyrics in this song.
This guy is just pandering to right-wingers who can’t think beyond Reagan-era talking points. Obese people on Welfare aren’t the reason for America’s shrinking middle class. This guy should have done more reading before he tried his hand at writing.
Shame because he’s got a good voice and knows how to make a catchy song.
Yep it’s a damn shame. Just barely missed the point. Gotta wonder, are the rich men south of Richmond not a problem?
I wish working class country folk would put two and two together and realize GOP capitalists spit in their eye every bit as much, if not more than, the Dems.
He still has time to grow some more, we all mature and learn at our own pace.
This is the people we need to interact with and learn what they are going through, while also slowly informing them.
People telling their stories from all backgrounds has always been a thing.
Look at how NWA was a big influence in a more graphic manner. They were able to get the message out on police brutality, since they saw that on the daily in their world.
2 Pac was more lyrical, coming from Black Panther background. He was deeper in some songs, while also being in thr main stream.
While on the country side, we have a more aggresive song, compared to what OP posted. They viewed the violence around them and saw they needed to inact justuce themselves:
Jason Aldean - Try That In A Small Town
Again people telling their stories from their point of views.
We need to learn how to communicate effectively and have disscusions, so that we may come to basic understandings.
-Great New Deal type of changes
-talking to the working class
-poiting out the facts and the fixes
-rich owning the markets and most wealth
This is all so that we have a fighting chance against the wealthy class.
Look at history and see what led to the decline in societies and gov’ts.
Coming together on common causes is the way, similar to what Chris Smalls did with the Amazon workers; creating a union of the working class.
Some pretty appalling lyrics in this song in my opinion.
He complains about the struggles of the working class and then immediately says:
He also says:
Gotta love a working class hero who takes a giant shit all over the working class. A smarter man would have commented on how the rich men in the food industry have helped to fuel the obesity epidemic, which disproportionately hurts those living in food deserts and/or economically depressed areas. This would include inner-cities and struggling mining towns, but I feel like we can probably infer which area this singer is more sympathetic toward based on other lyrics in this song.
This guy is just pandering to right-wingers who can’t think beyond Reagan-era talking points. Obese people on Welfare aren’t the reason for America’s shrinking middle class. This guy should have done more reading before he tried his hand at writing.
Shame because he’s got a good voice and knows how to make a catchy song.
Yep it’s a damn shame. Just barely missed the point. Gotta wonder, are the rich men south of Richmond not a problem?
I wish working class country folk would put two and two together and realize GOP capitalists spit in their eye every bit as much, if not more than, the Dems.
Thanks for pointing it out!
He still has time to grow some more, we all mature and learn at our own pace.
This is the people we need to interact with and learn what they are going through, while also slowly informing them.
People telling their stories from all backgrounds has always been a thing.
Look at how NWA was a big influence in a more graphic manner. They were able to get the message out on police brutality, since they saw that on the daily in their world.
2 Pac was more lyrical, coming from Black Panther background. He was deeper in some songs, while also being in thr main stream.
While on the country side, we have a more aggresive song, compared to what OP posted. They viewed the violence around them and saw they needed to inact justuce themselves:
Jason Aldean - Try That In A Small Town
Again people telling their stories from their point of views.
We need to learn how to communicate effectively and have disscusions, so that we may come to basic understandings.
-Great New Deal type of changes
-talking to the working class
-poiting out the facts and the fixes
-rich owning the markets and most wealth
This is all so that we have a fighting chance against the wealthy class.
Look at history and see what led to the decline in societies and gov’ts.
Coming together on common causes is the way, similar to what Chris Smalls did with the Amazon workers; creating a union of the working class.
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