Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North Of Richmond
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When I first came across Oliver Anthony and his music, I was blown away to say the least. He had a whole collection of songs that I could listen to for hours. Oliver resides in Farmville, VA with his 3 dogs and a plot of land he plans on turning into a small farm to raise livestock. We have a whole mess of songs set to release of Oliver for your viewing and listening pleasure, he is truly special and notes his biggest influence as Hank Williams Jr. Oliver wants to give hope to the working class and your average hard working young man who may have lost hope in the grind of trying to get by. Contact Oliver at [email protected]

Lyrics:

https://genius.com/Oliver-anthony-rich-men-north-of-richmond-lyrics

[Verse 1] I’ve been sellin’ my soul, workin’ all day Overtime hours for bulls*** pay So I can sit out here and waste my life away Drag back home and drown my troubles away

[Pre-Chorus] It’s a damn shame what the world’s gotten to For people like me and people like you Wish I could just wake up and it not be true But it is, oh, it is

[Chorus] Livin’ in the new world With an old soul These rich men north of Richmond Lord knows they all just wanna have total control Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do And they don’t think you know, but I know that you do 'Cause your dollar ain’t s*** and it’s taxed to no end 'Cause of rich men north of Richmond

[Verse 2] I wish politicians would look out for miners And not just minors on an island somewhere Lord, we got folks in the street, ain’t got nothin’ to eat And the obese milkin’ welfare

[Verse 3] Well, God, if you’re five-foot-three and you’re three-hundred pounds Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds Young men are puttin’ themselves six feet in the ground ‘Cause all this damn country does is keep on kickin’ them down

[Pre-Chorus] Lord, it’s a damn shame what the world’s gotten to For people like me and people like you Wish I could just wake up and it not be true But it is, oh, it is

[Chorus] Livin’ in the new world With an old soul These rich men north of Richmond Lord knows they all just wanna have total control Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do And they don’t think you know, but I know that you do 'Cause your dollar ain’t s*** and it’s taxed to no end 'Cause of rich men north of Richmond

[Outro] I’ve been sellin’ my soul, workin’ all day Overtime hours for bulls*** pay

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    302·
    2 years ago

    Dude complains about welfare and fat people, the song lacks class solidarity. I understand why people like it, but I still think his lyrics miss the mark.

    • tst123@lemmy.worldEnglish
      217·
      2 years ago

      Is he wrong though? People do abuse welfare and food stamps. I and everyone else I grew up around were on them and I saw it every day.

          • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            112·
            2 years ago

            The corporations. The ones that bribe the rich men north of Richmond to not enact laws so they can keep making a dishonest dollar on the suffering of these 5’3" 300 lb sugar addicted people without money.

            I don’t get how this part of this song exists within the rest of the song. It’s entirely antithetical.

            • tst123@lemmy.worldEnglish
              31·
              2 years ago

              I agree with you there. I’m all for banning harmful food additives and warnings for excess calories and sugar like many other countries have done. I think large corporations like McDonald’s, Coke, Nestle, are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic by designing foods to be addictive without any regards to the persons consuming them health.

      • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        152·
        2 years ago

        So you should control what poor people eat?

        Isn’t that the complete opposite of the rest of the songs message?

        • tst123@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          2 years ago

          So you should control what poor people eat?

          I’m all for banning harmful food additives and warnings for excess calories and sugar like many other countries have done.

          Isn’t that the complete opposite of the rest of the songs message?

          The song’s message is about rich people passing laws that benefit other rich people at the cost of the poor. Not the government having laws altogether.

          • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            122·
            2 years ago

            The songs message is a class struggle.

            Except instead of us vs the rich people, he did us vs the rich people and us vs the poors. Which makes no sense.

            • tst123@lemmy.worldEnglish
              13·
              2 years ago

              I took it as: us vs people abusing the system (both rich and poor that are riding off the backs of working people)