Thanks to Covid-19 from millionaires, centi-millionaires, billionaires, and centi-billionaires (especially the Tech Moguls, including Jeff Bezos, Marc Zuckerberg, et al)
We want to thank Corona virus
for once in a lifetime opportunity
The money we have made in 6 months
Normally would have taken an “eternity”
We know Main street is hurting
Job losses continue to mount
We are making a boat load of money
So much it is almost hard to count
We realize it doesn’t sound humane
to make money from the misery of others
But, we have not taking any devious steps
To extract undue profits from our brothers
Isn’t it ironic, whereas
main street is full of gloom and doom
We must say life for 1 % of 1 %
has never been rosier and is in full bloom
Don’t blame us for getting rich
we are helping you through the pandemic
It is not our fault that our stock goes up
The problem of wealth gap is more systemic
Yes, people are losing homes
we feel sorry for them
Small businesses are closing, we know
On the main street, the situation is glum
It is the government’s job to help average Joe
Our millions and billions are off limit
Thanks to politicians we have bought
Taxes we owe are quite “minimalist”
Our friends on Wall Street are doing well too
They are raking in record profits
some of it is at the expense of little guy
Bank shareholders are enjoying the “comfits”
Our culture is “winner take all”
We got politicians in our pocket
We don’t have to pay even subsistence wages
For us at the top it is quite a profitable racket
Our “raw material” comes for free
People share with us their personal details
Politicians complain every so often
But, in the end our consumers’ will prevails
We are running nice little monopolies
Government doesn’t understand tech
We thwart competition before they wakeup
Breakup of our companies now will cause havoc
Anti-trust rules are ancient and archaic
Formed during the hay days of oil companies
The criteria for “monopolization” don’t apply to us
our customers love us like Beethoven’s symphonies!
We sit and watch our wealth go up day after day
While in Washington, they can’t pass an aid bill
Average Joe is indeed suffering and we feel his pain
But, the ball is in politicians’ court up on the Hill!
We live in a great country or what!
We are encouraged to make tons of money
using our smarts, ingenuity, and drive
It’s not our problem if it causes some agony
God bless America, land that we love
Stand beside her and guide her through the Covid-19 lockdowns with masks and gloves
From the prairies to the mountains to the oceans white with foam
God bless America, our empire, our sweet home!