Rich Men North of Richmond

Rich People North of Richmond

I sold my soul, worked all day

Overtime for a worthless wage

So I can sit out here and waste my life

Drag me home and drink my troubles away

It's a goddamn shame what the world has become

For people like me and people like you

I wish I could just wake up and it wasn't true

But it is

Living in the new world

with an old soul

These rich people north of Richmond, God knows they all want total control

Wanting to know what you think, wanting to know what you're doing

And they think you don't know, but I know you do

Because your dollar is nothing and the tax is infinite

For the benefit of the rich people north of Richmond

I wish politicians paid attention to miners

And not just for minors somewhere on an island

Lord, we have people on the street who have nothing to eat

And obese people abuse benefits

Well, God, if you're 5'10 and weigh 300 pounds

then the tax wouldn't have to pay for your rolls of fat

Young men place themselves two meters into the ground

Because this goddamn country is just kicking them down

It's a goddamn shame what the world has become

For people like me and people like you

I wish I could just wake up and it wasn't true

But it is

Living in the new world

with an old soul

These rich people north of Richmond, God knows they all want total control

Wanting to know what you think, wanting to know what you're doing

And they think you don't know, but I know you do

Because your dollar is nothing and the tax is infinite

For the benefit of the rich people north of Richmond

I sold my soul, worked all day

Overtime for a worthless wage

About the Singer:

"Rich Men North of Richmond" has become a viral hit and the latest in a string of cultural hotspots reflecting a deeply divided America, writes Caryn James.Like it or not, the right may have found a new hero in the culture war that continues to divide American politics.

Last week, Anthony's song "Rich Men North of Richmond," in which he criticizes Washington and the big government, appeared on his YouTube channel on a West Virginia radio station, and the unknown songwriter said it racked up two million views in two days . It got more than one click and went viral. 20 million so far.

This crudely produced video showed Anthony, a muscular man with a large red beard and a guitar, standing in a wooded area looking and speaking like a normal factory worker. "I sold my soul, worked all day / paid overtime for shit," he sings. "It's a shame what the world has done / For people like me and people like you."But it wasn't just the working-class "you" he exclaimed that drew attention.

Within days, right-wing politicians were defending the song, which fits with some conservative arguments, and criticizing the government and its excessive taxation of social benefits.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green called the song "America's forgotten anthem". Kari Lake, a Trump-backed Republican candidate for Arizona governor, said the song was "an ode to this moment in American history.

" NBC News reported the story on its website, calling it a "conservative anthem." Left Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy wrote, "Progressives should listen to this," and Anthony argues that "for every problem, the left has better solutions than the right."Media interest in the song grew like mushrooms after rain.