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Ryan Harvey
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Numbers on the Screen
There's a battle going down on Wall Street for the numbers on the screen Where bankers pace around the floor trying to process everything The money comes, the money goes, it's such a twisted game Because all around the world there's people starving
They call it The Market, it used to be for slaves Where planters could purchase laborers back in the cotton days Now it's imaginary money that just moves from place to place And everybody's thirsty for the taste
There's profits derived from weapons burning bodies overseas Profits derived from prisons destroying families Profits derived from child labor in the South Pacific Profits derived from keeping people sick
All you do is invest some a bit and hope it takes you far Don't worry how lucrative these really company's really are Just invest your money in the companies that that profit's coming to What's good for the company is good for you
People used to invest in the slave trade Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com And they got huge plots of land with the money that they made Now they invest in the corporate race and the outcomes much the same They get rich and easily avoid the blame
In Argentina the stock people forecasted a crash So investors pulled their out and the economy collapsed They wanted to suck that profit up before it was too late Invisible hands controlled the country's fate
When the gavel knocks it's over and they do home for the day While investors around the world have people re-define their plays Your rent, your food, your wages, they create the price right here Based by economic forecasts and fear
There's a battle going down on Wall Street for the numbers on the screen Where bankers pace around the floor trying to process everything Imaginary money defining how we live This is what they call modern achievement
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