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Slum Tourist

from Discovering America by The Nineties

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This one's about the mental burden of gleaning authenticity from the experiences of poor people.

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And so I languish in gentrification, such an anguish has befallen me.
I sought to understand the trepidation of the commoners' pathology.
I thought experience of filthiness would so contribute to this fantasy,
But now I know there's more to life than gaining cred through voluntary poverty.
It's so easy to pretend that you are poor despite the trust fund.

I thought my lousy job and ugly girlfriend would endear me to the public eye.
My privileged peers would not see me as just another stupid, rich, caucasian guy,
But now I see the bourgeoisie have it easy so just give me that glorious shirt and tie
Because two weeks of slum tourism caused a schism in my mind that makes me want to die.
It's so easy to forget the things you love all cost a lot of money.

My favourite movie used to be City of God.
It caused me to abdicate my 80 gig iPod.
I don't need possessions over which my parents laud.
I just need the common sense
I thought I'd get from indigence
But let me say in my defence
I thought I'd hear an audience applaud.
(Just like they did for that black kid in the film).

So let me suckle at that corporate teat till I defeat my inner nothingness.
I realize my life's defined by nothing more than good ole-fashioned avarice.
Now I will breed more willful greed until the seed of moral need is black and cancerous.
And if you doubt my accusations 'bout my selling out than maybe you should answer this;
If money is the root of all evil, why even seek employment?

credits

from Discovering America, track released January 1, 2012
Dorian Deangelo - Bass
Alex Hood - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Dan Stern - Drums, Backing Vocals

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Three college students met somewhere on the autism spectrum. They soon bonded over their love of hilarious fucking shit. They now make fast music 'cause slow music is for boring relationship people.

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