Blue Collar Math
by Muhammad Seven & The Spring
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lyrics
You got a thousand ways to take my money
and there's only one way to make it
you found a hundred ways to call me dummy
And I’ve been dumb enough to take it
And there's a dozen ways to say it's sunny
but it ain't like the rain to fake it
I don’t think you understand...
You’re messin’ with the wrong man
All your Insults plus my injuries
make a lethal combination
And your promises are empty like
a zero sum equation
You say good things come to those who wait
But I was never all that patient
I don’t think you understand...
You’re messin’ with the wrong man
If it generates a profit
You’ll say 2+2 is five
I could make a couple dollars
If I make it out alive
You assumed I wasn’t smart enough
to do your math at first
But I think I figured out this time
Just what my life is worth
I heard a rising tide
is gonna help both sides
but my little boat's capsizin'
They say it all adds up
but the economy's stuck
and my plus has turned to minus
Still your bottom line
keeps multiplying while my
country stays divided
I don’t think you understand...
You’re messin’ with the wrong man
Oh America, you’re beautiful
But I don’t think you love us
You still think in black & white
but we see things in color
And you may not meet our gazes but
you’ll know us by our numbers
I don’t think you understand...
You’re messin’ with the wrong man
and there's only one way to make it
you found a hundred ways to call me dummy
And I’ve been dumb enough to take it
And there's a dozen ways to say it's sunny
but it ain't like the rain to fake it
I don’t think you understand...
You’re messin’ with the wrong man
All your Insults plus my injuries
make a lethal combination
And your promises are empty like
a zero sum equation
You say good things come to those who wait
But I was never all that patient
I don’t think you understand...
You’re messin’ with the wrong man
If it generates a profit
You’ll say 2+2 is five
I could make a couple dollars
If I make it out alive
You assumed I wasn’t smart enough
to do your math at first
But I think I figured out this time
Just what my life is worth
I heard a rising tide
is gonna help both sides
but my little boat's capsizin'
They say it all adds up
but the economy's stuck
and my plus has turned to minus
Still your bottom line
keeps multiplying while my
country stays divided
I don’t think you understand...
You’re messin’ with the wrong man
Oh America, you’re beautiful
But I don’t think you love us
You still think in black & white
but we see things in color
And you may not meet our gazes but
you’ll know us by our numbers
I don’t think you understand...
You’re messin’ with the wrong man
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released March 28, 2024
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Muhammad Seven & The Spring New York, New York
M7 is a blue collar Americana songwriter hailing from Boston, MA and currently living in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The son of an Iranian immigrant father and French-Canadian mother, he and his music were born in the fallout of the '79 Islamic Revolution and the Regan/Bush era, and draw influences from '60s protest music, '70s rock and roll, '80s pop, '90s hip hop and 20th century folk. ... more
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