Songs about Poverty
You're broke! And it's three days until the lights get turned off, five days until the paycheck clears, and two days until your traffic fine goes to bench warrant. Hope you like Ramen, because it's all we got! Poverty is a near-universal condition; according to "Global Issues, The Human Development Report" as of 2012, 80% of the world's population lives on less than $10 per day.
So it's surprising that there aren't a lot more songs about poverty, except that it isn't something to typically sing about. You'll find lots of blues-genre songs here, some country themes, and lots of general poor sods flat broke and busted, down on their luck.
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Another Day In Paradise
Phil Collins -
Bittersweet Symphony
Verve, The -
Changes
Tupac Shakur -
Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn -
Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton -
Coat of Many Colors
Eva Cassidy -
Down in the Boondocks
Billy Joe Royal -
Fancy
Reba McEntire -
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman -
Get By
Everlast -
Ghetto
Akon -
Ghetto Gospel
Tupac Shakur -
Hard Times
Jay-Z -
In the Ghetto
Elvis Presley -
Inner City Blues
Marvin Gaye -
It's a Hard Knock Life
Jay-Z -
Living on a Prayer
Bon Jovi -
Looking for Angels
Skillet -
No Woman No Cry
Bob Marley -
No Woman No Cry
Sublime -
Poor Side Of Town
Johnny Rivers -
Poverty
Cocoa Tea -
Poverty
Culture -
Pray
Justin Bieber -
Rag Doll
Four Seasons, The -
Sam Stone
John Prine -
The House Of The Rising Sun
Animals -
The Shortest Story
Harry Chapin -
The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby -
We Are the World
Michael Jackson -
What It's Like
Everlast -
Where the Streets Have No Name
U2 -
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The -
Work Work
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