Searching for "poverty" reveals its use across various genres, appearing in lyrics of 20 tracks.Explore how artists use this specific phrasing in their creative work.
poverty
Singer: chumbawamba
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'poverty poverty knock
' my loom is a saying all day
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'poverty poverty knock
' my loom is a saying all day
Singer: gang of four
and they're in charge
to hell with poverty we'll get drunk on cheap wine
to hell with poverty the check will arrive we'll turn the boast again
and they're in charge
to hell with poverty we'll get drunk on cheap wine
to hell with poverty the check will arrive we'll turn the boast again
Singer: milky chance
we go so far and we
end up in richest poverty
go up to church
we go so far and we
end up in richest poverty
go up to church
Singer: spice, richie
open the doors
for the people in poverty
open the doors
open the doors
for the people in poverty
open the doors
Singer: prophets of rage
living on the 110
there's no end to the poverty
stopping me
living on the 110
there's no end to the poverty
stopping me
Singer: toy dolls
but we all know that peter's made a mint
peter's pleadin' poverty
he can't fool me
but we all know that peter's made a mint
peter's pleadin' poverty
he can't fool me
Singer: davis, paul
whatcha gonna be
johnny poverty
will you grow to be a mighty mighty man
whatcha gonna be
johnny poverty
will you grow to be a mighty mighty man
Singer: paul davis
whatcha gonna be
johnny poverty
will you grow to be a mighty mighty man
whatcha gonna be
johnny poverty
will you grow to be a mighty mighty man
Singer: bryson, peabo
humanity is dying
poverty
starvation
humanity is dying
poverty
starvation
Singer: beck
you didn't know what to say to yourself
love is a poverty you couldn't sell
misery waiting in vague hotels
you didn't know what to say to yourself
love is a poverty you couldn't sell
misery waiting in vague hotels
Singer: shirley caesar
i will believe all that his word says about me
like in poverty
it's not my destiny
i will believe all that his word says about me
like in poverty
it's not my destiny
Singer: adolescents
ten for me
empty bowls at the poverty line
hunger decides
ten for me
empty bowls at the poverty line
hunger decides
Singer: kid buu
we trap
but we trap to rise above poverty
humongous the god
we trap
but we trap to rise above poverty
humongous the god
Singer: fred hammond
we cast down every stronghold
sickness and poverty must cease
for the devil is defeated
we cast down every stronghold
sickness and poverty must cease
for the devil is defeated
Singer: rains
i followed my american dream
to a life of depression and poverty
a story that many of you don't know
i followed my american dream
to a life of depression and poverty
a story that many of you don't know
Singer: temptations, the
we got trouble in the white house
poverty in the ghetto
when will it end?
we got trouble in the white house
poverty in the ghetto
when will it end?
Singer: susanne sundfor
show me all the glory
celebrate our freedom from poverty and hell
and you sing hallelujah
show me all the glory
celebrate our freedom from poverty and hell
and you sing hallelujah
Singer: rascals, the
'cause i got my pride our kids gonna hold his head up high
nothin' like you and me victim of poverty
no
'cause i got my pride our kids gonna hold his head up high
nothin' like you and me victim of poverty
no
Singer: space
dopamine d2 receptor a1
its nothing to do with my poverty
i can just blame it on my dna
dopamine d2 receptor a1
its nothing to do with my poverty
i can just blame it on my dna
Singer: anti-flag
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the rich control the world's economic state creating poverty for their own sake poverty breeds crime
that threatens you so you support the police in what ever they do you give up your rights don't you know the truth? it makes no difference they. don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! and that's the truth! this police state only benefits the rich because the cops give them power to keep us all quiet with police disguised as the guardians of the masses we'll never suspect their role is to save the rich bastards! you're all complacent you're totally fooled you bought the system's lies but they. don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! you've been taught to eat the complacency brand" fed to you by your rich slave masters hand you don't need to stand against this covert class war because you're brainwashed in the laws some old rich bastard's wrote! and the police would kill you if they could that's their job
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the rich control the world's economic state creating poverty for their own sake poverty breeds crime
that threatens you so you support the police in what ever they do you give up your rights don't you know the truth? it makes no difference they. don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! and that's the truth! this police state only benefits the rich because the cops give them power to keep us all quiet with police disguised as the guardians of the masses we'll never suspect their role is to save the rich bastards! you're all complacent you're totally fooled you bought the system's lies but they. don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! don't protect you! you've been taught to eat the complacency brand" fed to you by your rich slave masters hand you don't need to stand against this covert class war because you're brainwashed in the laws some old rich bastard's wrote! and the police would kill you if they could that's their job