Get Sick You’ll make Big Pharma richer
Tune: Battle Hymn Get sick in other countries and you cannot get the meds Even though they’ve made the right arrangements with the Feds The bill was passed and everything received the proper creds But we all know this rhyme – Get sick you’ll make Big Pharma richer (x3) And we think that’s a crime. So here we go again with yet another Bill to fix a problem that has been around since umpteen 96, Can we unwind and then untie red tape that really sticks And all that’s taking time. Get sick you’ll make Big Pharma richer (x3) And we don’t spend a...
Read MoreThe African Grandma
Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean All praise to the African Grandma Her daughters are dying of AIDS Her HIV sons will not be there Her hope for the future now fades. Grandma, Grandma We salute you, the road is hard Grandma, Grandma Our model for standing on guard. There’s nobody else to rely on But African Grandmas are strong They don’t have a shoulder to cry on But for little ones they’ll carry on. Grandkids, Grandkids Your Grandma will be there to give you care Grandkids, Grandkids Fear not, your Grandma is...
Read MoreBring Back My Planet
BRING BACK MY PLANET Tune: Bring Back My Bonnie Sung by 300+ participants at the final plenary of Food Secure Canada’s national Assembly, Edmonton, November 4, 2012 Our air miles make carbon dioxide, Our lifestyle makes lots of debris, While more and more people go hungry, Oh bring back my planet to me. Chorus: Bring back, bring back, Oh bring back my planet to me, to me. Bring back, bring back, Oh bring back my planet to me. Corporations can’t patent the sunshine, But their wealth has to grow constantly So they plunder the planet for profits, Oh bring...
Read MoreWorld Statesman of the Year Award
Tune: I Want a Girl Just like the Girl that Married Dear Old Dad. Guess who has got World Statesman of the Year Award this year? You’ll never guess and we will confess it sure did sound real queer It’s Stephen Harper who brings home the prize No one understands the big surprise You can’t fool the folks, this must be a hoax Just tell us no more lies. Guess who’s the first Prime Minister to be found in contempt Of the Parliament he was heading, well he thought he was exempt Cutting funding meant for Human Rights Hiding documents from all our...
Read MoreContract Workers’ Song
We want our pay just like the pay The other workers get A good transparent scale and a decent pay Dependable, you bet Not reliant on a boss’s whim That makes a contract into something grim — We love working for P-S-A-C We just ask for equity! Give us fair play, just like the way The union’s always been It was their pride, they would take your side In any grief you’re in. We expect our union to be fair Work security and good health care With consistency, accountability PSAC, hey, just play fair!...
Read MoreRaging Grannies Rap
Sinkin, sinkin, sinkin, sinkin Greed has hit and leaves us thinkin The one percent will get away In tax free havens they will play Profits grow and justice shrinkin That’s – just – stinkin Money, money, money, money The banks get rich, and it ain’t funny The sneaky ways, the banks get paid Our money, we can not afford to Give a – way CHORUS: Money, money, money, money Whosemoney? Ourcash? (point to bank) Money money money money The one percent leave the rest of us With nothing left except to fuss They borrow cash at one percent Eighteen percent...
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