Check To Check

They claimed they overpaid us a debt that we must pay. Then they turn around, and our checks they take away. We now exceed our income like so many people do. How do we live? What can we do? Workers as well as retirees live from check to check And they say it will get better yet. About 70% of the country live this way And people dying every day. We have to decide between food and health So we tighten up our belts. You don’t take food out of your children s mouths To feed others, although they may be sisters and brothers. You share all that you could possibly give If that’s all there is. The government has to do as Joseph told the pharaoh to do: take 1/5 of all the goods And stockpile it up as we should. All our monies, our grains of wheat For later on it’ll be a treat. And whatever we have left- then help The other nations, or do our best. They spend millions of dollars to find out how A loggerhead turtle lives and survives. Then they turn around and tell us all these lies. It’s easy for the well to do- to talk the talk But let’s see if they can walk OUR walk.