“Trump’s Tariff Tossup” by Roots River is a roots reggae reflection on what happens when national trade policy lands on local streets. Nearly 500 million dollars drained from Massachusetts small businesses becomes a story of shop lights staying on late, family enterprises hanging on, and communities paying a price they never agreed to. Recorded with patience and restraint, this song stands with Main Street and the people who keep it alive.

Trump’s Tariff Tossup” by Roots River looks at how nearly 500 million dollars in tariffs drained from Massachusetts small businesses, told through a roots reggae lens focused on Main Street, not Wall Street.
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Verse 1
Snow on Main Street, lights in the square
Receipts on the counter say it is getting hard out there
Boxes cost more just to cross the line
Every order thinner than the one last time
From Holyoke mills to Cape Cod shops
Watching dollars vanish while the clock won't stop

Chorus
Trump's tariff tossup, heads we lose
Half a billion gone in worn out shoes
Massachusetts counting what slipped away
Five hundred million reasons just to barely stay
It is a gamble we never chose
Trump's tariff tossup, there it goes

Verse 2
Welders and bakers, wires and wood
Trying to do right like their parents would
Health care up, electricity high
Paying at the border just to keep doors dry
Invoices whisper what the radio shouts
Costs going up while hope runs out

Chorus
Trump's tariff tossup, heads we lose
Half a billion gone in worn out shoes
Massachusetts counting what slipped away
Five hundred million reasons just to barely stay
It is a gamble we never chose
Trump's tariff tossup, there it goes

Verse 3
Family shops where the kids all help
Learning the trade on a narrow shelf
No hedge fund cushion, no offshore plan
Just a handshake promise and a calloused hand
Season of giving turned upside down
Paying more just to stay in town

Bridge
Who pays the price when the dice are thrown
Not the suits safe at home
It is Main Street nights with the lights still on
Wondering how much longer we can go on

Verse 4
From Springfield streets to the harbor wind
Dreams built slow, piece by piece, thin
Five hundred million quietly bled
From local checks and local bread
Still they open up every day at nine
Betting on tomorrow one more time

Final Chorus
Trump's tariff tossup, heads we lose
Half a billion gone in worn out shoes
Massachusetts knows what it cost to play
Five hundred million carried away
Still we stand where the work gets done
Waiting for relief that has not yet come

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