Oliver Anthony sukses dengan lagu viral "Rich Men North of Richmond", mengkritik elit kaya dan menduduki puncak Billboard Hot 100. Temukan lirik dan kisahnya di sini.
Cekricek.id - Dengan gaya yang khas, Oliver Anthony sukses menggebrak industri musik dengan lagu “Rich Men North of Richmond” yang mendadak menduduki puncak tangga lagu Billboard Hot 100.
Keberhasilan ini semakin spesial karena Oliver menjadi penyanyi pertama yang langsung berada di puncak tanpa riwayat lagu di tangga lagu sebelumnya. Semua bermula dari video yang mendadak viral, diunggah oleh radiowv, yang menampilkan Oliver dengan penampilan akustik lagunya, “Rich Men North of Richmond”.
Melalui liriknya, Oliver menyuarakan rasa sakit dan frustrasi masyarakat pekerja yang kerap ditekan oleh para elit kaya. Lagu ini mengkritik tingginya pajak, penyalahgunaan kesejahteraan, dan politisi yang hanya mementingkan diri sendiri.
Untuk Anda yang penasaran dengan lirik lengkap “Rich Men North of Richmond” karya Oliver Anthony, Anda dapat menemukannya di bawah ini:
I’ve been sellin’ my soul, workin’ all day
Overtime hours for bullsh– pay
So I can sit out here and waste my life away
Drag back home and drown my troubles away
It’s a damn shame what the world’s gotten to
For people like me and people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh, it is
Livin’ in the new world
With an old soul
These rich men north of Richmond
Lord knows they all just wanna have total control
Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don’t think you know, but I know that you do
‘Cause your dollar ain’t sh– and it’s taxed to no end
‘Cause of rich men north of Richmond
I wish politicians would look out for miners
And not just minors on an island somewhere
Lord, we got folks in the street, ain’t got nothin’ to eat
And the obese milkin’ welfare
God, if you’re 5 foot 3 and you’re 300 pounds
Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds
Young men are puttin’ themselves six feet in the ground
‘Cause all this damn country does is keep on kickin’ them down
Lord, it’s a damn shame what the world’s gotten to
For people like me and people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh, it is
Livin’ in the new world
With an old soul
These rich men north of Richmond
Lord knows they all just wanna have total control
Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don’t think you know, but I know that you do
‘Cause your dollar ain’t sh– and it’s taxed to no end
‘Cause of rich men north of Richmond
I’ve been sellin’ my soul, workin’ all day
Overtime hours for bullsh– pay
