[Chorus]
We’re dancin’ in the deficit,
Debt-debt-debt-dancin’ in the deficit.
Bills due, but your lips—yeah, I’ll risk it,
The club’s a food bank, but we’re twisted in it.
Feel the squeeze (Uh-huh), feel the squeeze (C’mon),
Kiss me through the overdraft, your love’s a zero fee.
They’re raisin’ rates, we’re raisin’ hell on minimum wage,
If the world’s on layaway, at least we’re all the rage.

[Bridge]
Windfall, windfall, crash the market,
Hand to mouth, but we spark it.
Take this coupon, double down,
“Forever”’s just a rent-controlled town.
Love’s a bull run, short the lies,
Broke and brilliant, monetize.
Windfall, windfall—everybody in?
Debt-dancin’ where the real fun begins.

[Verse 2]
Your touch feels like a raise, but my paycheck’s stuck in 2012,
We UberPool to IKEA, build a bedframe where we dream.
They tax our patience, but we’re smilin’ through the grind—
Romance on payment plans, 0% APR, fine.
You quote Marx in the moonlight, I meme stock your despair,
Our Venmo’s a love language: “For therapy—we’ll split air.”
We’re Tinder in a recession—swipe left on the elite,
Our future’s algorithmic, but your laugh’s a stimulus cheat.

[Chorus]
We’re dancin’ in the deficit,
Debt-debt-debt-dancin’ in the deficit.
Bills due, but your lips—yeah, I’ll risk it,
The club’s a food bank, but we’re twisted in it.
Feel the squeeze (Uh-huh), feel the squeeze (C’mon),
Kiss me through the overdraft, your love’s a zero fee.
They’re raisin’ rates, we’re raisin’ hell on minimum wage,
If the world’s on layaway, at least we’re all the rage.

[Outro]
“GDP’s a flatline, but our pulse skips a beat,
Love’s the only equity that’s recession-proof sweet.
They’ll repo the couch, but not the way you sigh—
We’re subprime, sublime, and hell, at least we’re alive.”
(Dance, dance, dance…)

[Interlude]
Feel the squeeze
Feel the squeeze
Feel the squeeze
Feel the squeeze

[Verse 3]
My paycheck’s thinner than the soup line at the shelter,
You’re swipe-right perfect but my card’s declined at the deli.
They say love’s a bargain—marked up 300%,
We’re priced out of passion, can’t afford the sentiment.
Your kiss? A stimulus, my heart’s a sinking fund,
Date nights at Food Basics, “babe, this is gourmet, hun.”
Landlords hike the rent while CEOs collect the bailout—
Our love’s collateral, but baby, let’s spend the hell out.


Feel The Squeeze

The Angola Prison Rodeo exposes the dark legacy of prison labor, racial injustice, and the 13th Amendment loophole in the U.S. incarceration system.

Angola Rodeo's Painful Secret Is Prison Labor Exposed?

A song about the injustice of wealth inequality in our rigged 'system'.

The System

Would it kill you to smile, darling? Perhaps… 

 A men-only charity dinner. A clutch of young waitresses.

The jokes are uncomfortable. The hands linger. The collars loosen.

Behind closed doors, the wine flows.

The night is dark. The faces blur. The memories warp.

Behind closed doors, the money flows.

But revenge is sweet and justice is a burning flame.

Behind closed doors, the blood flows…

A fierce and addictive read about lust and power, the love we want versus the love we take, and the tinderbox secrets that hide so well in the heart of families, this is the searing new novel from the author of Spilt Milk.

Bad Manners, By Amy Beashel, Read by Lizzy Watts, Olivia Dowd, Oliver Hembrough and Mark Meadows

We got enough.
.....So much
..........it's obvious
we've got enough.
But it's not,
not ever enough
to stop us wanting
more.
.....More.
..........More.
We constantly feast.
We eat and we eat
'till we can't eat anymore.
The barns are full-
stuffed on all the floors
full up to the doors.
We can't get more meat
inside the freezer stores.
We got
.....plenty
..........plenty                
...............plenty.
One dark spark
says we might run empty.
It creates a frenzy and
driven by fear and envy
we all cry out for more.
More.
.....More.
..........More.

YOU HEAR ME?
YOU HEAR ME?
YOU HEAR ME?

We got enough.
.....So much
..........it's obvious
we've got enough.
But it's not,
not ever enough
to stop us wanting
more.
.....More.
..........More.

It's a very small world
full of very tall stories.
Fakers on the make.
The greedy on the take.
And it's a big mistake
to believe in the TV.
But no-one will be told.
It's the same old,
.....same old,
..........same old.
The greedy are grinning
happy that they're winning.
The poor
.....stay hungry and hangry.
Plenty
.....ain't coming their way.
It's a very small world
full of very tall stories.
Fakers on the make.
The greedy on the take.
And it's a big mistake
to believe in the TV.
But no-one will be told.
It's the same old,
.....same old,
..........same old.
The greedy are grinning
happy that they're winning.
The poor
.....stay hungry and hangry.
Plenty
.....ain't coming their way.

We got enough.
.....So much
..........it's obvious
we've got enough.
But it's not,
not ever enough
to stop us wanting
more.
.....More.
..........More.
We constantly feast.
We eat and we eat
'till we can't eat anymore.
The barns are full-
stuffed on all the floors
full up to the doors.
We can't get more meat
inside the freezer stores.
We got
.....plenty
..........plenty                
...............plenty.
One dark spark
says we might run empty.
It creates a frenzy and
driven by fear and envy
we all cry out for more.
More.
.....More.
..........More.

YOU HEAR ME?
YOU HEAR ME?
YOU HEAR ME?

We got enough.
.....So much
..........it's obvious
we've got enough.
But it's not,
not ever enough
to stop us wanting
more.
.....More.
..........More.

It's a very small world
full of very tall stories.
Fakers on the make.
The greedy on the take.
And it's a big mistake
to believe in the TV.
But no-one will be told.
It's the same old,
.....same old,
..........same old.
The greedy are grinning
happy that they're winning.
The poor
.....stay hungry and hangry.
Plenty
.....ain't coming their way.
It's a very small world
full of very tall stories.
Fakers on the make.
The greedy on the take.
And it's a big mistake
to believe in the TV.
But no-one will be told.
It's the same old,
.....same old,
..........same old.
The greedy are grinning
happy that they're winning.
The poor
.....stay hungry and hangry.
Plenty
.....ain't coming their way.

YOU HEAR ME?
YOU HEAR ME?
YOU HEAR ME?

PLENTY

This poem is inspired by recent research, which has found that the richest 1% of people caused 20 times more warming than the global average since 1990.

Inheritance Pattern

"This analysis explores racial profiling in the EU, structural racism's economic and social impacts, and systemic discrimination faced by the African Diaspora and marginalized communities."

Exposing EU Racial Profiling's Devastating Diaspora Impact

"DEI's economic impact on the Black community addresses systemic barriers, expands job access, and fuels diversity market growth to foster equity through inclusive corporate and government initiatives."

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As Above, But Not Below

Track about the inequalities between man and womens

Mars Attack (prodbyMorteh)

We are a couple of musicians from the United Kingdom: Chris Madoch - mainly lyrics & Veli Finn - mainly music.

Publishers of award-winning fiction and non-fiction audiobooks for adults and children. Listen to exclusive clips from our books and free audioook extracts here on Soundcloud.

I am a musician, novelist and a generally creative sort. Self taught at everything, learning by making mistakes.

Sinemaz c'est un artiste qui rappe depuis ses 18 ans. Il commence également avec la poésie sous le pseudo H.S dans son jeune âge. Malheureusement il s'est fait voler l'ensemble de ses textes de ses 18 a 28 ans.

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Ezzy Elliott(ezzy.elliott@gmail.com) UK PBS TV and 
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Hmm.... I write a lot of songs.  I have had my songs played on BBC Radio 1 and 2 and loads of plays on BBC Introducing.   I teach music too and play guitar, bass, drums as well as produce and record my own music.  I like Fender Telecasters and Yamaha bass guitars.  I have a secret penchant for the Blues, but that's my past catching up.

Hi! I'm an academic whose work is dedicated to making science more accessible to diverse audiences via the medium of poetry.

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