[00:00.000] 作曲 : David Stefan Rovics[00:03.299]The average annual income of the richest[00:05.443]one percent is about seven hundred grand[00:10.971]The average annual income of the poorest[00:13.507]one percent is a couple Food Stamps and a pile of sand[00:18.816]Smack-dab in the middle, 350 thousand,[00:22.534]but that’s actually the top four percent[00:26.396]Most everybody else, say, in the bottom eighty,[00:29.140]is struggling to pay their mortgage or their rent[00:34.076]You who say you’re in the middle,[00:36.086]I wonder what you mean? In the middle of what and what?[00:41.663]I’d say you’re probably full of something that[00:44.168]hopefully will soon be coming out of your butt[00:49.642]I could join you in your fantasy, but I think I’ll have to pass[00:57.120]And just say welcome to the working class[01:05.065]If you’re wondering how you might send your kids to college,[01:09.159]if your savings is smaller than your debt[01:13.029]If your main mode of transport is an auto or a pickup,[01:17.267]not a helicopter or a private jet[01:21.044]If you drive yourself to the supermarket,[01:24.995]you know where to find the milk upon the shelf[01:28.624]If you bring the groceries home[01:30.800]and then you cook the food all by yourself[01:36.643]If your idea of a night out is ordering a pizza and watching a DVD[01:44.282]If your idea of social mobility is the fact that[01:47.279]you have broadband and a high-definition TV[01:52.201]You can try to convince me that you’re in the bourgeoisie[01:56.155]or you could just stop smoking that grass[02:00.481]Welcome to the working class[02:08.194]Welcome Welcome to the working class[02:15.880]If half your income’s spent on taxes, no second home on a tropic isle[02:23.560]If flying in economy and renting a car is your notion of vacationing in style[02:31.258]If you’ve never seen the world’s Seven Wonders[02:34.938]and you think you probably never will[02:38.728]Because you only get two weeks holiday each year[02:42.759]and you just don’t have the time to kill[02:46.510]If you think because you’ve got a job[02:49.631]and you have a roof over your heads[02:54.148]That you’ve attained such privilege because[02:58.004]your kids can sleep in separate beds[03:01.866]But you can’t afford the rest home for your parents[03:05.486]and it’s you whose gotta wipe their asses[03:09.581]Well then welcome to the working class[03:17.474]Welcome Welcome to the working class