Social Protest in Song 'I Want My Bailout Money' Free Online

by Tina Kells | January 12, 2009 at 12:44 pm

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Everybody wants a bailout these days; the banks, the auto industry, and porn makers have all made their case for taxpayer funding in recent months. So it should be no surprise that the average citizen is wondering when the government is going to bailout the people.

Consumer health advocate and NaturalNews editor Michael Adams has put down in song the sentiment that many American taxpayers are likely feeling... I Want My Bailout Money. The hip-hop inspired song is available as a free download and seeks to educate politicians on the social policy hypocrisy of the $700 Billion Bailout Bill.

As much philosophy as protest Adams' I Want My Bailout Money song puts down in words what so many American citizens must be thinking. As taxpayer generated money is being handed out willy-nilly to corporate America it was only a matter of time before protest songs started popping up.

The page also includes downloadable ringtones, a 16-minute audio commentary by Adams, song lyrics and a reader comments section. A YouTube video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnT21hmlT4o) presents the song with on-screen lyrics. Those same lyrics are reprinted below.

The new single by Michael Adams describes the economic hardship of ordinary Americans who are being financially bled while the wealthy elite are printing trillions of dollars that indirectly steal purchasing power from the working class. It characterizes Federal Reserve and Treasury officials as white-collar criminals and warns about an era of hyperinflation. It also emphasizes the racial disparity in the very recognition of economic crimes, saying that while black men are frequently imprisoned for small thefts of a few hundred dollars, the crimes of the rich white men in Washington who steal trillions of dollars go completely uninvestigated and are never prosecuted.

Adams wrote the lyrics, performed them and produced the entire song himself. The total production cost was under $500, yet the catchy tune and hard-core lyrics have already made the song an instant favorite among early listeners.

There is no money to be made from the song. Adams is giving it away online and encourages the sharing, burning, copying and posting of the song for non-commercial purposes. (He has long been an opponent of DRM schemes, the MPAA and the RIAA.)