CAPITALISM GONE MADBy Mighty Sparrow

You got to be a millionaire or some kind of petit-bourgeoisieAny time you living here in this countryYou got to be in skullduggery, making your money illicitlyTo live like somebody in this countryIt's outrageous and insane, them crazy prices in Port of SpainAnd like the merchants going out dey brainAnd the working man, like he only toiling in vain.

Chorus:Where you ever hear, a television for seven thousandQuarter million for lil piece of landA pair of sneakers - two hundred dollarsEighty, ninety thousand for motor carsAt last here in Trinidad, we see capitalism gone madIt's sad and getting more bad because, doudou, capitalism gone mad!

To provide for your family today on your present salaryIs an impossibility in this countrySo many bills to pay, there is no conceivable wayTo save for a rainy day in this countryAvariciousness to be precise, is why every damn thing so overpricedBig business making everybody feelGovernment give them an open license to steal.

Chorus:Would you believe me, one nylon panty is nineteen ninetyTwenty dollars for some baby milkThe cheapest jersey cost over sixtyTwo hundred and change a yard for silkIt hard here in Trinidad, lord have mercy, capitalism gone madIt's sad, things getting more bad, oh lord, capitalism gone mad!

To buy a pack of cigarette does leave you with a hole in your walletAnd money is so hard to get in this countryNecessity or luxuries, it doesn't matter what the item isThey charging anything they please in this countryPrimary school books prices lewdIs highway robbery, the price of foodAll hopes and dreams elude the poor manBut politicians still expect good work attitude.

Chorus:Just imagine this, the cheapest coffin over three thousandNot even dying today easyThousands of dollars for the undertakersSo you could get a spot in the cemeteryIt hard here in Trinidad, oh lord, capitalism gone madThe gladness that once we had is gone because capitalism gone mad!

You got to have heavy contact, know how to move up in societyTo make any kind of impact in this countryYou got to know how to gyp the fieldHow to scheme and swindle properlyPerfect the art of wheel and deal in this countryI say, survival in this land isn't easy for no manWith unemployment and high inflationSome of we go dead before the end of this recession.

Chorus:Wey de hell is this, a Mango Julie costing three fiftyForty dollars for one watermelonHalf your salary for fish, meat and poultryTime you buy greens all your money done.It hard here in Trinidad, lord, have mercy, capitalism gone madIt sad and getting more hard, put a hand, lord, capitalism gone mad!

Music: Capitalism gone mad (Mighty Duke)

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(A.S.B.)20014