Ignoring the whole welfare lyric for a moment, I think this experience ended up being a hard lesson for this young songwriter.
To borrow a line from Bluey - “…when you put something beautiful out into the world, it’s no longer yours, really.”
I would absolutely fucking love the song if not for that line. I swear I would.
Who knows what his experiences are. Even working at a grocery store, you don't remember most of the people using EBT. You remember a lady buying only high end meat with the card and getting into an Escalade.
I think fraud is just one of the costs of helping peeps, but I understand how frustrating it can be to have to watch your spending and witness that. Confirmation bias takes over and you don't remember the poor people buying staples.
People need to remember that this guy did not have a lot of success before this song. It's a breakout hit from an unknown artist
Ignoring the whole welfare lyric for a moment, I think this experience ended up being a hard lesson for this young songwriter.
To borrow a line from Bluey - “…when you put something beautiful out into the world, it’s no longer yours, really.”
I would absolutely fucking love the song if not for that line. I swear I would.
Who knows what his experiences are. Even working at a grocery store, you don't remember most of the people using EBT. You remember a lady buying only high end meat with the card and getting into an Escalade.
I think fraud is just one of the costs of helping peeps, but I understand how frustrating it can be to have to watch your spending and witness that. Confirmation bias takes over and you don't remember the poor people buying staples.
People need to remember that this guy did not have a lot of success before this song. It's a breakout hit from an unknown artist