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--> '''Squire #1:''' And who does all the planning?\\

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--> -> '''Squire #1:''' And who does all the planning?\\
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-->-- ''Series/{{Galvant}}'' episode "[[Recap/GalavantS1E3TwoBalls Two Balls]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-_zIpbCD94 Jackass in a Can]]"

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-->-- ''Series/{{Galvant}}'' ''Series/{{Galavant}}'' episode "[[Recap/GalavantS1E3TwoBalls Two Balls]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-_zIpbCD94 Jackass in a Can]]"
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--> '''Squire #1:''' And who does all the planning?\\
'''Galavant:''' Yeah\\
'''Squire #2:''' Who does all the work?\\
'''Galavant:''' True\\
'''Squire #3:''' Who gets no vacation?\\
'''Squire #4:''' Not one pay raise, not one perk?\\
'''Galavant:''' Good point\\
'''Squire #2: '''Whose third-rate insurance\\
Goes without a dental plan?\\
'''Galavant:''' Your average humble squire?\\
'''All squires: '''Not the meathead in a can!
-->-- ''Series/{{Galvant}}'' episode "[[Recap/GalavantS1E3TwoBalls Two Balls]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-_zIpbCD94 Jackass in a Can]]"
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Not an example, because A: the song is from the perspective of the higher-ups, B: It's about the corporation gleefully abusing their power, and C: the message is environmental, not class-related.


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-> ''All the customers are buying.''\\
''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the money's multiplying.''\\
''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the PR people are lying.''\\
''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the lawyers are denying.''\\
''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) Who cares if a few trees are dying?''\\
''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) This is all so gratifying.''\\
''How bad.''\\
''How bad can this possibly be!?''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'', "How Bad Can I Be?"
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->''We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die,''\\
''We're the first ones in line for that pie in the sky''\\
''And we're always the last when the cream is shared out''\\
''For the worker is working when the fat cat's about!''
--> -- '''Music/TheLongestJohns''', "The Workers' Song"
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-->''My first day thinking this some fuckin' "Office Space" shit''\\
-->''But not me boss, these conditions ain't suitable''\\
-->''Hide the pen and pad, writing rhymes in a cubicle''\\
-->''Automated phone click, dial tone, phone calling''\\
-->''Hoping for some gullible folks to take the offer''\\
-->''A mission for commission, tuition for college''\\
-->''"Please put our number on your do not call list"''\\
-->''Half the whole staff graduated with honors''\\
-->''And you're trying to tell me telemarketing's your best job option?''

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-->''My ''My first day thinking this some fuckin' "Office Space" shit''\\
-->''But ''But not me boss, these conditions ain't suitable''\\
-->''Hide ''Hide the pen and pad, writing rhymes in a cubicle''\\
-->''Automated ''Automated phone click, dial tone, phone calling''\\
-->''Hoping ''Hoping for some gullible folks to take the offer''\\
-->''A ''A mission for commission, tuition for college''\\
-->''"Please ''"Please put our number on your do not call list"''\\
-->''Half ''Half the whole staff graduated with honors''\\
-->''And ''And you're trying to tell me telemarketing's your best job option?''
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'''Blue Scholars''', "Proletariat Blues"

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-->-- '''Blue Scholars''', "Proletariat Blues"
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-> ''All the customers are buying.''\\
''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the money's multiplying.''\\
''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the PR people are lying.''\\
''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) And the lawyers are denying.''\\
''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) Who cares if a few trees are dying?''\\
''(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) This is all so gratifying.''\\
''How bad.''\\
''How bad can this possibly be!?''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'', "How Bad Can I Be?"
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->''The next place of employment's no better than this''\\
-->''My first day thinking this some fuckin' "Office Space" shit''\\
-->''But not me boss, these conditions ain't suitable''\\
-->''Hide the pen and pad, writing rhymes in a cubicle''\\
-->''Automated phone click, dial tone, phone calling''\\
-->''Hoping for some gullible folks to take the offer''\\
-->''A mission for commission, tuition for college''\\
-->''"Please put our number on your do not call list"''\\
-->''Half the whole staff graduated with honors''\\
-->''And you're trying to tell me telemarketing's your best job option?''
'''Blue Scholars''', "Proletariat Blues"

->''Tommy used to work on the docks, union's been on strike''\\
''He's down on his luck, it's tough, so tough''\\
''Gina works the diner all day working for her man''\\
''She brings home her pay, for love, for love''
-->-- '''Music/BonJovi''', "Living on a Prayer"

-> ''All the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone.''\\
''We have laid the wide foundations; built it skyward stone by stone.''\\
''It is ours, not to slave in, but to master and to own.''\\
''While the union makes us strong.''
-->-- '''Ralph Chaplin''', "Solidarity Forever"

->''A big ol' pile of shiiiii...ft work''
-->-- '''Music/KennyChesney''', "Shift Work"

->''Now I got them''\\
''[=Steadily depressin'=]''\\
''[=Low-down mind messin'=]''\\
''Working at the car wash blues.''
-->-- '''Music/JimCroce''', "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"

-> ''Your desire for free will is unproductive''\\
''Your frustration with your life is irrelevant''\\
''Work yourself down to the bone to produce nothing''\\
''Give yourself unto the system till you die''
-->-- '''Derelict''', "Shackles of Indoctrination"

-> ''Well, I've worked among the spinners, and I breathe the oily smoke.''\\
''I've shovelled up the gypsum and it nigh on makes you choke.''\\
''I've stood knee deep in cyanide, got sick with a caustic burn.''\\
''Been workin' rough, I've seen enough to make your stomach turn!''\\
''And it's go boys, go,''\\
''They'll time your every breath,''\\
''And every day you're in this place''\\
''You're two days nearer death,''\\
''But you go...''
-->-- '''Music/GreatBigSea''', "The Chemical Workers' Song"

-> ''Most of my Latino and black people who are struggling to get food''\\
''Clothes and shelter in the hood, are so concerned with that''\\
''That philosophising about freedom and socialist democracy''\\
''Is usually unfortunately beyond their rationale''\\
''They don't realize that America can't exist''\\
''Without separating them from their identity''\\
''Because if we had some sense of who we really are''\\
''There's no way in hell we'd allow this country to push''\\
''It's genocidal consensus on our homelands''\\
''This ignorance exists, but it can be destroyed''
-->-- '''Music/ImmortalTechnique''', "The Poverty of Philosophy"

-> ''To be poor is a crime, whoa well''\\
''Woman haffi know dat inna dis ya time''\\
''I'm tired of be pushed around''\\
''Won't Jah help me to get off the ground''\\
''They want to see me go down''\\
''It's really hard for some of us to stay around''
-->-- '''Freddie [=McGregor=]''', "To Be Poor is a Crime"

-> ''Well, that foreman, he's a regular dog''\\
''The line boss, he's a fool''\\
''He got a brand new flat top haircut''\\
''Lord, he thinks he's cool''\\
''One of these days I'm gonna blow my top''\\
''And that sucker, he's gonna pay''\\
''Lord, I can't wait to see their faces''\\
''When I get the nerve to say''\\
''Take this job and shove it''\\
''I ain't workin' here no more.''
-->-- '''Johnny Paycheck''', "Take This Job and Shove It"

->''My paycheck's not big enough to wipe my tears...''
-->-- '''The Mumlers''', "Coffin Factory"

->''9 to 5, for service and devotion''\\
''You would think that I would deserve a fair promotion''\\
''Want to move ahead but the boss won't seem to let me''\\
''I swear sometimes that man is out to get me''
-->-- '''Music/DollyParton''', "9 to 5"

->''Baby there's nights when I dream of a better world''\\
''But I wake up so downhearted girl''\\
''I see you feeling so tired and confused''\\
''I wonder what it's worth to me or you''
-->-- '''Bruce Springsteen''', "Jackson Cage"

-> ''Be faithful and pray''\\
''We'll repay what you invest''\\
''Behave as you slave''\\
''For humanity's interest''
-->-- '''Music/TheStupendium''', "The Fine Print"

-> ''You load sixteen tons, what do you get''\\
''Another day older and deeper in debt''\\
''Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go''\\
''I owe my soul to the company store.''
-->-- '''Merle Travis''', "Sixteen Tons"
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-> ''We are the working dead''\\
''And we lurch for minimum wage''\\
''But I'd really rather be''\\
''Eating your brain!''
-->--'''Sadie Killer and the Suspects''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E9SadieKiller Sadie Killer]]", "The Working Dead"
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