Wee D - The Glasgow Effect nfeat Teejay MacknProduced by Steg GnTaken from the forthcoming album: Shift of a Modern Culture nnWhat would you...
Wee D - The Glasgow Effect nfeat Teejay MacknProduced by Steg GnTaken from the forthcoming album: Shift of a Modern Culture nnWhat would you do with £15,000? (leave a comment and get us know) nnThe #Glasgoweffect is a response to Ellie Harrison and Creative Scotland misplaced social experiment the Glasgow effect: https://www.facebook.com/events/938052702945194/nnThanks to Loki, The Peoples Palace and all Glasgow's artists and activists for the inspiration.nn#glasgoweffectnnhttp://www.powercutproductions.co.uknnLYRICS:nSee they sealed it with handshake, an avalanche sweptnA massive anger through the masses that demanded a checknThey gave her £15,000 Not a passive regretnOr ounce of pity for the city, it’s the Glasgow effectnBut let me tell you, what that balance could getnA fully kitted out new park, not a grander expensenFor every kid up in the city that is hanging to threadsnAnd too afraid to leave their flat cause all they have is a bednIt could have went towards our ain and its kidsn800 uniforms to wear towards the school that they’re innIt could have got a nicer Christmas list for 100 kidsn150 in their budget each, its better than thisn1500 new coats for people freezing to deathnIt’d give 140 homes leckie, gas and their rentnIt fill a foodbank nearly three times and still have some leftnYou’ve gonna tell that the money was productively spent?nn15,000 on Glasgows EffectnWhile there’s like 50,000 getting bankrupt from debtnIf I had 15,000, what would it getnChange, food, clothes, books, Glasgows effectnn10,000 Foodpacks were given out in Glasgow alonenLets try and make an average sum of what they cost and it goesnLets say they’re £30 a pack, that’s for argument thoughtnThat means youd feed 500 people that were starving at homenOh, but what about the homeless, you forgetting them right?nIt give a thousand-eighty homeless a clean bed for a nightnIt give 2,000 homeless people each a dinner with sidesnWell, that’s two thousand 140 if gon you need to be rightnRight, I’m getting sick to death, when the pounds get to countingnThese sound dead accountants are out depth and drowningnShe’s getting pounds in thousands for being groundednI’ve been spitting here for time mate, 10 years and counting nBut what about the schools, man it’s gotta offendnDrumpchapel High, Failing students are at 90%nWithin the lowest scale of academic merit, againnYou’re gonna tell me that the money was productively spent?nn15,000 on Glasgows EffectnWhile there’s like 50,000 getting bankrupt from debtnIf I had 15,000, what would it getnChange, food, clothes, books, Glasgows effectn200,000 businesses are gonna die in this yearnThat could have saved at least a couple, could have gave em the clearnIt could have funded gigs for plenty, close to 75n4 on the bill, 300 hundred artists get a piece of the pien300 artists are you serious? Each getting a cutnAnd putting money back towards it but they gave it to onenThey wanna see Glaswegian culture, try to prove it existsnIt could have got you on the train for 6 years and a bitnIt could have went towards the babies and they’re struggling mothersnOne and a half million nappies it would get you no bothernFor all the kids that stuck with nothing in impoverished guttersnRunning naked, no expense for always keeping them covered nIt’s not a Glasgow effect, it’s a fucking offensenMan it’s a kick to every artist getting stuck in the trenchnMan it’s a blow to me, my networks, every one of my friendsnSo how the fuck are you gon tell me it’s productively spent? n n15,000 on Glasgows EffectnWhile there’s like 50,000 getting bankrupt from debtnIf I had 15,000, what would it getnChange, food, clothes, books, Glasgows effect Less
