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The Underclass

from The Bandwagon: Director's Cut by SoSoon

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"The Underclass is a song that pays homage to the working class people of metropolitan cities worldwide, but especially New York where it is said we are the city that never sleeps. Ultimately, someone(s) has to keep the city awake, and that someone rarely receives their due credit for their hard work and tireless efforts."

lyrics

Vs 1:
When the clubs close out in the heart of Manhattan,
and the never sleeping city settles down for a napping,
somebody’s gotta empty all the heavy metal baskets,
separate the people from the sea of yellow traffic.

Sweep the trash of the upper working classmen,
scars from the broken champagne glasses,
whatever happens he handles it passive,
cause while we play the front he takes the rut on the backend.

You barely see him cause he's not European,
when something needs cleaning is the only time you need em,
you don't wanna be him, his work is complicated,
your hands are to smooth to do a job so degrading.

But he stays on his shit no complaining,
to you he's just another spick nigger but to me he's courageous
when you’re working for a minimum wages,
and never spend a moment aggravated he should be congratulated.

Chs: New York City nights, bright lights pretty sights,
Somebody’s gotta keep it looking all pretty right,
when the cities at a stand still they keep it moving,
its a fucked up job but somebody gotta do it.

Vs 2: You can find em in Asian, East and West Indian communities,
African immigrants looking for unity,
say what you wanna they don't care about your scrutiny,
all they care about is a better opportunity.

While you and me complain about working everyday,
they taking our jobs, and doing it for nothing,
cause when you come from nothing, a little equals something,
they maximize the minimal and minimize consumption.

He nurture's his children, and cares for his wife,
cause all he cares about is a better way of life,
he lives within his means, he gives what he receives,
He goes to work the same everyday real fatigued.

The cities still awake while everyone is sleeping,
he sleeps in the day and awakes in the evening,
he never calls out, vacations an illusion
it’s a fucked up job but somebody’s gotta do it.

Chs:

Vs 3: This goes out to the caboose conductor,
the transit authorities, the housekeepers-90% of em minorities,
the homeless musicians, the talent less beggars,
the Ahamed's and papi's at the one stop bodega's.

Busboy's, bartenders, yellow cab drivers,
we still show em love even though they pass by us,
the nurses and Nannies, who deal with little white pricks,
the project janitors who work upon the night shift.

The open MIC hosts and the open MIC performers,
the open MIC attendants who stay just to support us,
the dudes 12 to 12 hand to hand on the corner,
the mta employees the backbone the aura.

Of the never sleeping city, the apple, its core,
the folks who go unseen, never honored or adorned
take a look at history we're the allure of new York,
clock alarms unlock the bombs, they’re the calm before the war comes.

credits

from The Bandwagon: Director's Cut, released October 27, 2010
-Written by J Gantt
-Produced by Fortune for Holla Fortune

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James “SoSoon” Gantt - a New York City Hip-Hop artist, producer, scholar and educator. The moniker SoSoon, an acronym for Sound Of Something Out Of Nothing represents the heart of Hip-Hop culture, which was developed by people who lacked access to outlets for creative expression.

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