Massive Attack, Guy Standing, Young Fathers - Universal Basic Income lyrics

In the past 40 years, in almost
Every country in the world, the
Owners of physical,  financial
And intellectual property have taken
A growing share of the income
While the share going to people reliant
On jobs and labour has shrunk today, a tiny
Obscenely wealthy plutocracy and
A well padded
Salariat confront a growing precariat
Consisting of millions
Of people with bit's and pieces lives
Stagnant and uncertain fluctuating
Earnings and
Living on the edge of unsustainable
Debt those trends are
The result of policy decisions that have made
Economies and societies more fragile
And less resilient to
Shocks they have raised eight
Giants that block
The road to a good society: inequality
Insecurity, debt, stress, precarity
Automation, extinction
And neo fascist populism
Recurrent pandemics may become a
Ninth giant to escape
Economic slump and tackle the nine giants
Everyone needs basic economic security
That is a public good and it would improve
Public health a modest
Regular basic income paid to all individuals
As a right, without condition
Would also boost
Demand for basic goods & services
Kick-starting the real economy it could
Be clawed back from the wealthiest through
The tax system while no panacea
A basic income as a
Right would rescue millions from
Economic hardship, curbing homelessness
Suicides, and starvation it
Would strengthen resilience
Helping people to
Cope with shocks and setbacks better
And it would aid recovery
By giving people the
Ability and confidence to spend it would
Also be a much fairer use of public
Resources than the current
Morass of selective schemes longer term
Experiments in various countries have shown
That basic income security leads
To better health, reduced
Debt, more productive work, improved
Status for women, and
More harmonious family relationships and
It is affordable
Especially if funded by eco
Taxes and national capital
Funds it can and must be done

I don't want your pain give your love a name
God don't like your strange
You should go your own way
I don't like your pain
Why's your life so strange? So, oh
I don't want your strange
Give your love a name, give
I don't want your pain, give
Give, give, give, give, give, give
We, we, we all wanna live
We, we, we all wanna live
We, we, we all wanna live
Give, we, we, we all wanna live, give
We, we, we all wanna live
We, we, we all wanna live
I, I, I just wanna give

Take me home and let me live


Take me home and let me live
Why, why, why you wanna live?
Why, why, why you wanna live?
Why, why, why you wanna live?
We, we, we all wanna live
We, we, we all wanna live
We, we, we all wanna live
We, we, we all wanna live