You sow it
\nHe reaps it
\nYou create it
\nHe keeps it<\/p>\n
He belongs to a tiny group
\nThat controls world decisions
\nOf what workers produce
\nAnd who will have provisions<\/p>\n
He lives at your expense
\nAnd like any enslaver
\nHe controls the workplace
\nBut himself performs no labor<\/p>\n
He fears and hates unions
\nWorkers united demanding a say
\nOver job conditions
\nBenefits and pay<\/p>\n
Malcolm X said it
\nAnd not just to preach
\nShow me a capitalist
\nAnd I’ll show you a leech<\/p>\n
His sole concern
\nWhat is marketable
\nHis system of chasing profits
\nIs for all but him unprofitable<\/p>\n
If having the nastiest men
\nThe most selfish in control
\nIs your idea of progress
\nYou’ve already sold your soul<\/p>\n
The modern day enslaver
\nForced labor contracts
\nSmall wages with which
\nThe producers must buy back<\/p>\n
All the basic things
\nThe goods that they produce
\nForced to sell their labor power
\nFor his own personal use<\/p>\n
For these goods that you create
\nThe small wage that you pocket
\nIs far below their real value
\nAt which he sells them and keeps the profit<\/p>\n
The capitalist and the worker
\nSits on opposite sides
\nOne hoards great wealth
\nThe other struggles to survive<\/p>\n
One can’t help
\nBut loath resent and hate
\nThe capitalist’s greed
\nHis need to feed from every plate<\/p>\n
He’ll work you until
\nThe day of your demise
\nWaste you then replace you
\nYet we don’t realize<\/p>\n
He has no stops
\nIn pursuit of personal profit
\nDestroying everything in his wake
\nTill the workers unite to stop it<\/p>\n
For it is you alone
\nWho together stand to gain
\nEverything with nothing to lose
\nExcept your binds and chains<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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