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Fraud’s What It’s All About
- Sung to
- Hokey Pokey
- Written by
- Hinda Kipnis
- Gaggle
- Seattle
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SING IT to the tune of Hokey Pokey
Sub-prime loans go in,
Toxic assets come out.
Cut them all up
And spread them all about.
Let’s do the Hocus Pocus,
Bring the system down.
Fraud’s what it’s all about!
You put a dollar in,
Thirty bucks come out.
Bernie Madoff’s game
And cheating all about.
They did their Hocus Pocus,
Brought the system down.
Fraud’s what it’s all about!
Speak: Heads they win, tails we lose!
Privatize gain,
Socialize loss,
Bail out the banks
No matter what the cost.
They did the Hocus Pocus,
Brought the system down.
Fraud’s what it’s all about.
They did the Hocus Pocus!
They did the Hocus Pocus!
They did the Hocus Pocus!
Fraud’s what it’s all about
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Written by
Hinda Kipnis
For the
Seattle Gaggle