Daily Antidote | Jack Barksdale "The Wealthy Man's Debt" & More - 3/3/26

Описание: Welcome to day 2158 of the ‪@DailyAntidoteofSong‬, and we're so excited to have on newcomer Jack Barksdale (‪@JackBarksdale‬ )! Jack is a singer and songwriter from Texas who joins us to share two original songs. First he sang "The Wealthy Man's Debt," which had such an insightful sentiment about economic injustice. After, he told us about how he first got into country music and about his career as a young musician. Before we closed, Jack sang "Battleground, " which had such a memorable message and really hit home. Thank you so much to Jack, Carpe Diem Arts, and all of you for singing with us today!

The Wealthy Man's Debt
Written by Jack Barksdale

While the dollar degrades
And the wages stay the same
We’re all left to fight it out
While the victors point and blame
We all know that heat rises Wealth does too
Will we stand here at the bottom
And wallow in our doom
Or will we cease to except
The wealthy man’s debt
As ours to be paid

Now I guess it ain’t right
To put blame on the masses
Who’ve been preyed upon and tricked
By those who own and harass us Stockholm Syndrome
On a whole population
Made to look past the greed
Among the pain and starvation
Can be hard to except
That the wealthy man’s debt
Is not ours to be paid

I guess I’m just frustrated
At the whole conversation
It’s hard to build society
On faulty information
No one to trust
No one to dismiss
A state of uncertainty
That’s sure to persist
And while we sit here upset
The wealthy man’s jet Is flying away

Peace and coexistence
Can be hard to find
But before you change the world
You’ve got to change your mind
Money and influence
Power and greed
What else is there to know
What else is there to need
It will slowly infect
All the right and the left
Until we finally except
That the wealthy man’s debt
Is not ours to be paid
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Battleground

She was born in a small
I’m a time of war
A war between
The rich and poor
She grew up
On the front lines
Defenseless, relentless
There ain’t no light

Chorus:
On the battleground
On the battleground

She stole from the rich
But they tracked her down
They stole from her
Without a sound
‘Cause they bought the state
And they bought the laws
Nobody’s safe
As the dominoes fall

Chorus

As the walls closed in
And darkness fell
Her legion were forced
To betray themselves
But she stayed alive
Fought foe or friend
The warlords laughed
And the world caved in

Chorus

Survival sure seems
A worthy cause
But the state always loves
A broken law
It’s three strikes
And you’re out of the game
One knows justice
Only by name

Chorus x2

She was born in a small
I’m a time of war
A war between
The rich and poor
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