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The Long March EP, 2005
Written by George Quibuyen
The Blue Scholars sound like a less bombastic Disposable Heroes, a Public Enemy who don't need the sirens or military imagery to talk straight about class warfare. The song critiques the dead-end job options of uninterested teenagers, the underemployed college educated who can't get jobs better than telemarketer, and middle management watching the C-suite grow rich. "It seems that we never get paid for what our labor is worth / It's why we often in a daze on our way to our work / And when we get there, we can't wait to be out." The beat is minimalist, the enunciation precise and clipped; the urgency of the message is the focus.
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