Rich Men North of Richmond by Oliver Anthony
First, I'll let ya'll know, I love this song. Not as a political party, not as a race, not as educated or uneducated, not as a female...as a human.
I've seen terrible, hyperventilating takes from the news media and those who love to keep us divided. I hope none of us are surprised by their take. They are part of our problem. All they can do is react by trying to divide us. Again. If we join together against them all, well, we are legion.
I want to highlight some of the lyrics that moved me that I think are being overlooked or shamed for the wrong reasons.
I stand with the working man. My step-dad is an electrician who has worked insane hours doing dangerous stuff in all types of weather. My husband has been a diesel technician since he was around 16 years old. He's 44 now. He is trying to open his own shop, but he still works 80+ hours a week, just trying to get out from under the same system. His body is worn. If you know someone in the working class, I know you understand what I'm saying. You know the wear and tear, the physical toll it takes on a body.
So, onto it:
Rich Men North Of Richmond"
Lyric 1:
"It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me and people like you"
This lyric speaks to everyone in the working class, that's why he says people like me and people like you. While we may be different, in some ways, we are all the same. It's not an easy life. So, don't let anyone tell you he is only speaking to this group or that group. He is making it clear. If you feel these lyrics, this song is for you.
Lyric 2:
"Livin' in the new world
With an old soul"
The amount of change around us all the time (being told what is or is not appropriate from the top down (believe me when I tell you, these ideas come from the elites and they do NOT live them out). We are the guinea pigs to try out all their theories. Has it helped you? Any of it? Be honest. Of course it hasn't. We have to stop letting them divide us all. We hear alot about certain people and certain ideas. They have convinced us everyone feels this way. Look up the numbers. You are in the majority if you feel alone and left behind.
Lyric 3:
"Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don't think you know, but I know that you do"
This part really touches my soul. The thing is we are all out here trying to live our lives the best we can. They truly, truly believe we are all stupid. They think we don't know what they are doing. They think they are sly. So, they call us names. Uneducated, Conspiracy theorists, and you all know there's a list a mile long depending on who is talking and what they want from you. They don't realize that because we are all less likely to rely on their words and more likely to rely on our well-honed instincts, we know they are liars. We can feel it in our bones when they are trying to get in our heads. We see them.
Lyric 4:
"Lord, we got folks in the street ain't got nothin' to eat
And the obese milkin' welfare
Well, God, if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds
Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds"
Here, we come to the "controversial" part of the song. If someone reads this from an honest space, they can see the man is not talking about welfare. He is talking about those who abuse the system. We have hungry people in the streets and some who abuse the system do NOT need food stamps. This is about abuse of the system, not the system itself.
Lyric 5:
"Young men are puttin' themselves six feet in the ground
'Cause all this damn country does is keep on kickin' them down"
And, last but definitely not least, this is my favorite and most heartbreaking part. We have all watched as men have been denigrated and kicked. They say men are too chauvinistic, too patriarchal, too masculine, too violent, taking up too much space, aren't needed, are problematic, and on and on and on it goes. Did you know men have a higher suicide rate than any other group? Do you hear about their welfare? Hell no, you don't. These are our fathers, brothers, sons, husbands, and friends. I am tired of the brow-beating of males and their characteristics. I am tired of these people making men feel irrelevant. You are needed in this society. As you are. We need Fathers for children and brothers for sisters and sons and friends. And, I just want every single man who reads this to know you are appreciated, you are unique in your masculinity, and you are special to so many people.
I'm gonna stop now before I get emotional in my writing. Let's join together to remind the Rich men North of Richmond they work for us. All those lines others have been drawing for us? Let's tell them no more. Let's just try. Together, we've got this.
Yeah, Cedric... Let's just all whack on the Joooos, especially their Rothschild hyper-elite. Keep up the brilliant and totally convincing analysis.
It provoked feelings of rage and sadness in me. I love the song and can relate to the sentiment. The Rich Men North of Richmond work for Tel Aviv and the City of London. They haven't worked for us since before we were born. Came to that conclusion when I was in my early 20's and deep into researching what went wrong with the USA.