Class Language [Song]

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CLASS LANGUAGE
By Kizzy Ruiz

For a long time I wondering what's the cause
For the rich and poor, they have different laws
They might act the same but, friends, it's absurd
For the rich and poor they have different words
If a poor man helps himself to relief, they waste no time to call him a thief
If a rich man fall to the same fate, them go simply say "misappropriate"
They go spread it out far and abroad
How the poor man was caught practicing fraud
But with the rich man, "Wey de money gone?"
And they call it "diversion of funds."

What they call the poor, they don't call the rich [Class Language]
Higher up you go, the language does switch [Class Language]
They quick to call the grassroots the lowest lane [Class Language]
Like we have no character to defame [Class Language]
But once you have to deal with the bourgeoisie,
Just so they change vocabulary
I find they very out of place and fast
How come language does change with class?
They so pious, they too bias
You can't 'fraid powder if you playing 'mas
How come language does change with class?

Take for instance, ladies of the night
If you poor, is whore; rich is socialite
Paris Hilton skin for the camera,
That's not porn, she's a video star
But if a poor girl only expose she butt, they quick to condemn she as a slut
Lindsay Lohan could do what she want, she's a starlet and a debutante
The media go always portray as good, anything to crawl out of Hollywood
The difference, I'm telling you is cash, if you broken, you is trailer trash.

What they call the poor, they don't call the rich [Class Language]
They wouldn't call Paris a slut or a - - - - - Oh no! [Class Language]
Wha 'bout you and me they will just expose [Class Language]
When come to the rich, well them 'fraid court clothes [Class Language]
But once they have to deal with them sawatee,
Well them done change vocabulary
Rich people smoke herb, poor people smoke grass
How come language does change with class?
They so pious, they too bias
You can't 'fraid powder if you playing 'mas
How come language does change with class?

Now take a look at America, well they get expose in this disaster
When the upper classes were in control
What they gave the poor, it was called the dole
But now all of them big businesses crash
The same government have to give them cash
And what they used to condemn as a handout,
Now given to them becomes a bailout
The nation that create capitalists has become very socialist
They used to call it handout for lazy bums, now all of them lining up for some.

What they call the poor they don't call the rich [Class Language]
Higher up you go, the language does switch [Class Language]
You might find it cute, you might find it strange [Class Language]
Well they 'fraid lawsuit, so them rearrange [Class Language]
But once they have to deal with the higher ups,
That is when things does get more corrupt
Like Dickens say, "The law is an ass."
How come language does change with class?
They so pious, they too bias
You can't 'fraid powder if you playing 'mas
How come language does change with class?

What was making fares, you just ask the sarge,
When the rich get caught becomes a massage
And a brothel, well excuse me, sah
For the filthy rich it's a resort spa
What for you and me, they will call a freak,
If it's Michael Jackson, he just unique
And he is not a child molester, it's just inappropriate behaviour
A poor man beating he wife is a brute, with the rich, it's a domestic dispute
While they treat the poor drunk like a scab,
For the filthy rich they just need rehab.

What they call the poor, they don't call the rich [Class Language]
Higher up they go, the whole thing does switch [Class Language]
What the poor will do, they will just blast off [Class Language]
When the rich man do it, they does get soft [Class Language]
What the poor will do, and they will put down
When the rich man do it, things turn around
When the poor man do it, it low and crass
How come language does change with class?
They so pious, they too bias
You can't 'fraid powder if you playing 'mas
How come language does change with class?

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!
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