A rat done bit my sister Nell

With whitey on the moon

Her face and arms began to swell

And whitey’s on the moon

I can’t pay no doctor bills

But whitey’s on the moon

Ten years from now I’ll be payin’ still

While whitey’s on the moon

The man just upped my rent last night

Cause whitey’s on the moon

No hot water, no toilets, no lights

But whitey’s on the moon

I wonder why he’s upping me?

Cause whitey’s on the moon?

Well I was already giving him fifty a week

With whitey on the moon

Taxes taking my whole damn check

Junkies making me a nervous wreck

The price of food is going up

And as if all that shit wasn’t enough:

A rat done bit my sister Nell

With whitey on the moon

Her face and arm began to swell

And whitey’s on the moon

Was all that money I made last year

For whitey on the moon?

How come I ain’t got no money here?

Hmm! Whitey’s on the moon

Y’know I just 'bout had my fill

Of whitey on the moon

I think I’ll send these doctor bills

Airmail special

To whitey on the moon

  • certified sinonist@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    19·
    18 days ago

    This song really seems to wound my more liberal friends. They see the moon landing as a self-justifying, noble event that of course was worth every dollar spent.

    Ignore that the problems people outlined back then never really got better. Ignore that humanity would have landed on the moon regardless. Just double down on some Reddit-tier reverance for “Science!”

    • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
      91·
      18 days ago

      i understand the rhetorical point but whitey was also conscripting people to murder asians.

      focusing on the moon landing seems like democrats ~20 years later voting against funding a particle accelerator saying we should spend that money on social programs (and then didn’t do those social programs). there’s plenty of money for science and social programs but the empire demands war and purposely maintains an underclass.