A Few Bob - Riz MC

Once upon a time when money was king

People thought life was all about bling

They borrow a lot just to buy nice things

But tomorrow on their butts their debt will bite them

They wanted to own more

Banks wanted to loan more

Politicians wanna see the economy grow more

So though Bob’s too poor to afford it

He’s given a load of dough for a mortgage

Everybody ballin'

Broker get boneless

Lender buys Porsche

Gets his wrists frozen

Bob puts rims on his Skoda

Traders rack up the debt and sell it on though its bogus

The interest on his debt’s a nice lump

Merry Christmas time to slice up

Bob’s turkey and all the banks nibble a bit

So when Bob defaults they all get the shits

When the house of cards come falling down

I’m left holding the joker

Did we come so far for it to all fall down?

I gave you my dreams and you broke them

Dominos fall

Casa del Bob is no more

But in a pond he’s so small

Big fishes bank profits off toxic debt

Can’t flop the consequences so raw

So Bob’s home is foreclosed but the government begs the banks for more dough

They call it a bailout

And they’re using the tax Bob paid out

But still the economy’s whiplashed

To get a movin' the government print cash

And call QE123

So call Queen Lizzie she brings the whole fleet

The banks get a triple sweet bonus (what!)

But now Bob’s officially homeless (wha-)

And the money they got they supposed to loan us

But the economy grows less

What guys

Stock market dives

Businesses can’t get money or survive

At work Bob gets a P45

From property ladder to poverty land

When the house of cards come falling down

I’m left holding the joker

Did we come so far for it to all fall down?

I gave you my dreams and you broke them

While Bob is jobless the banks have got this free money

Like a lollypop off a toddler

They’re not gonna lend it to dumb shit public Bob nah

They put it in commodity stocks (yah)

Buy out the basics

Fruit veg meat and maize is the safest bet

The trader’s treating these like casino dice

Inflates the price of bread

The poor in the east need their toast

They go to war with police and pharaohs

It took to back the streets and their votes

Bob sees and it plants a seed in his

Gets together friends that are all effected

Heads into town and they start protesting

With students right and lefties

Stop the war folk and soldiers broke no pension

The media don’t trust him

But he saw in the East they guns

And the government just can’t hush them

Bob’s from Thailand to London

All the globe sees the normal folk lead

A protest against the small elite

It’s 99 v the 1 percent’s greed

They’re outnumbered now whenever it must be

Something they hadn’t agreed

Whilst they sleep the police just rushed 'em

The revolution

But it was twittervised

Now a new way of thinking has crystallised

Thrown off the broken gold chain

We no longer sold our growth for growth’s sake

Fuck cash we don’t chase the same dreams

Starting a revo right now we change the main stream

We ain’t gotta refund the new jobs

We ain’t one man more than a few lost

But now we got new thoughts

And maybe that’s worth more than a few bob

When the house of cards come falling down

I’m left holding the joker

Did we come so far for it to all fall down?

I gave you my dreams and you broke them

When the house of cards come falling down

I’m left holding the joker

Did we come so far for it to all fall down?

I gave you my dreams and you broke them

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

Oh you broken them

Yeah, oh