Occupy Wall St. Protest Song - The Bottom 99

A new protest song by Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, at the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park in New York City. ~~~ Am O listen all you people O listen to my song Am My heart is filled with trouble Em I don't know what is wrong Am My heart is filled with trouble Dm Got trouble on my mind Am Em Am For what I see around me's getting worse all the time The balance of the world Is almost dead and gone The common bonds of decency Are severed one by one The rich keep getting richer The poor get poorer too The wealth of the many In the hands of the few They act like towering princes We're at their beck and call A dozen cars, a private jet While we've our backs against the wall They live their flights of fantasy While we struggle just to eat Instead of living simply So we might simply be Don't look for politicians to even up the score Don't look for world leaders to manage any more Don't look for corporations to lend a helping hand They've helped themselves enough and now it's time to take a stand O listen all you people To what I have to say I do not mean to trouble you or bother you thus day I know I'm not the only one With trouble on my mind We have to stand together We are the 99 written & performed by Rhiannon Giddens ~~~ filmed by N.D. Austin & Sxip Shirey thanks to Larisa Fuchs