Somebody’s been messing with my money!
You heard me!
Somebody’s been messing with my money!
Somebody’s been taking my hard-earned salary
and sticking it all over their sticky bodies!
Somebody’s been defacing my currency!
Somebody’s been mutilating my labor!
Somebody’s been abusing my country!
I’m sure it’s you! Who else could it be?
Somebody’s been crumpling the stuff up!
Somebody’s been throwing the stuff down!
Somebody’s been licking on it,
spitting on it, chewing on it,
spilling on it, stepping on it,
crying on it, bleeding on it!
I’m sure it’s you! You unknown commodity!
Come payday, I’m heading down to the mint!
I want all my money clean and fresh and new!
I refuse to be part of your filthy economy!
Somebody’s been messing with my money!
-Lawson Fusao Inada
