You might not know me very well out here But Your whole wardrobe is probably made of the blood, sweat, and tears Of me and my peers, we come from countries Were most of us go to sleep hungry We need money for the tummies that we have to feed So one day, a company opens a factory Promising pay, but adults are not what they needed They wanted all their workers to be kids And who are we to resist? Beggars cant be choosey So jobs got snatched up fast, but none of us knew we Were being manipulated until the contracts were signed And we were confined into the positions that we were assigned So we toiled in pools of sweat and constantly felt the sting Of overseers who didnt care if the heat was sweltering And it hardly seems worth it with the money I gain But at least we had something, so I couldnt complain Then I found out something that I wasnt anticipating to hear One shoe that we create is worth more than Ill make in a year I was told that these clothes were shipped to rich nations And the companys owners receive massive monetary compensation And the reason they make such a high profit Is because they can take extra dollars from a customers wallet Not because their product is expensive to make, oh no Its just because they have a well known logo Knowing that was what made the work more painful The fact that our destitution was used as an angle 0Ato make the rich richer, while we do the dirty work For all the money they withhold, it makes me wanna hurt these jerks And it should be right to bite the hand that feeds you crumbs Of the fat entree they munch on in their other palm But I know what would happen if I spoke up and said thats wrong My only source of income wouldnt last long They would replace me as fast as you can shoot a gun, and thatll be the fate Of anyone else who doesnt want to cooperate And from then on, no one else would speak up Meanwhile, consumers put so much value in this cheap stuff If only someone could give them a tip off And let them know that theyre being ripped off Maybe then, those consumers wouldnt go for these vices In fact, I bet theres a way to make them lower these prices What if people knew about this, and went on a protest And vowed that no single person would ever invest In buying this clothing until the cost decreased And the workers were paid enough to actually provide their family with a feast But maybe as consumers, theyre just not that unified And dont know about those that being wrongfully utilized But then I say, who are you bluffing? Most of them know about this corruption, and do nothing! So I go back to my job, like a mindless drone Being underpaid, while working my fingers to the bone Saying thats just the way it is with apathy But in my mind, I ask, is this the way it has to be?
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