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Songs with Social Commentary

If humans were capable of governing themselves perfectly, we would have no need of government. Herein, a list of songs about the collective human existential crisis, be it political, sociological, economic, or spiritual.

They range from blistering blasts of criticism for the powers that rule, to melancholy observations of how we've always had problems and always will, to even cheerful and upbeat songs that point out the optimistic view of society.

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  Ain't No New Thing
  Gil Scott-Heron
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  All She Wants to Do is Dance
  Don Henley
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  Allentown
  Billy Joel
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  American Soldier
  Toby Keith
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  Amnesia
  5 Seconds of Summer
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  Anarchy in the U.K.
  Sex Pistols
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  Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)
  Pink Floyd
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  Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)
  Pink Floyd
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  Another Brick in the Wall (Part III)
  Pink Floyd
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  Another Day In Paradise
  Phil Collins
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  Astronaut
  Simple Plan
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  Back to December
  Taylor Swift
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  Battle Scars
  Guy Sebastian
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  Beds Are Burning
  Midnight Oil
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  Bicycle Race
  Queen
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  Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe
  Kendrick Lamar
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  Black or White
  Michael Jackson
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  Blackbird
  Beatles
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  Born in the U.S.A.
  Bruce Springsteen
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  Born This Way
  Lady Gaga
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  Brave
  Sara Bareilles
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  Candy Shop
  50 Cent
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  Carnival
  Natalie Merchant
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  Cat's in the Cradle
  Harry Chapin
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  Changes
  Tupac Shakur
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  Cool Kids
  Echosmith
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  Dead and Gone
  T.I.
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  Dear Mr. President
  Pink
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  Earth Song
  Michael Jackson
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  Ebony and Ivory
  Stevie Wonder

  "Ebony And Ivory Live Together In Perfect Harmony
  Side By Side On My Piano Keyboard,
  Oh Lord, Why Don't We?"

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  Everybody
  Justice Crew
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  Everybody Wants to Rule the World
  Tears For Fears

  "All for freedom and for pleasure
  Nothing ever lasts forever
  Everybody wants to rule the world"

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  Everywhere
  Billy Bragg
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  Fingerprints
  Katy Perry
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  Fucking Perfect
  Pink
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  Gangnam Style
  Psy
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  Give Peace a Chance
  John Lennon

  "Ev'rybody's talking about
  Revolution, Evolution, Mastication, Flagelolation, Regulations.
  Integrations, Meditations, United Nations, Congratulations
  All we are saying is give peace a chance"

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  Good Feeling
  Flo Rida
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  Hands Held High
  Linkin Park
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  Headlights
  Eminem
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  Heartbreak Warfare
  John Mayer
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  Hey Man, Nice Shot
  Filter
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  I Am Woman
  Helen Reddy
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  I Cry
  Flo Rida
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  I'd Love To Change The World
  Ten Years After
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  If Everyone Cared
  Nickelback
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  Imagine
  John Lennon
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  In the Ghetto
  Elvis Presley
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  Is It Any Wonder?
  Keane
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  Killing in the Name
  Rage Against the Machine
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  Knock Knock
  Mac Miller
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  Lego House
  Ed Sheeran
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  Like A Rolling Stone
  Bob Dylan
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  Links 2 3 4
  Rammstein
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  Little Bird
  Kasey Chambers
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  Live While We're Young
  One Direction
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  Living Dead Girl
  Rob Zombie
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  London Bombs
  Eskimo Joe
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  Man in the Mirror
  Michael Jackson
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  Mercy
  Lil Wayne
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  Mockingbird
  Eminem
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  Money
  Pink Floyd
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  Money
  Beatles
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  Not Afraid
  Eminem
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  Ohio
  Neil Young
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  One Thing
  One Direction
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  One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
  One Direction
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  People Loving People
  Garth Brooks
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  Pleasant Valley Sunday
  Monkees
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  Prison Song
  System of a Down
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  Revolution
  Beatles
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  Revolution
  John Butler Trio
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  Ride This Feeling
  Kate Miller Heidke
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  Roar
  Katy Perry
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  Rock Star
  Reece Mastin
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  Rockstar
  Nickelback
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  S.E.X.
  Nickelback
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  Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  Black Sabbath
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  Say Goodbye
  Chris Brown
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  Say I
  Christina Milian
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  Scream
  Michael Jackson
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  Shut Up & Kiss Me
  Reece Mastin
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  Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)
  Mike + The Mechanics
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  Skinny Love
  Birdy
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  Skip a Rope
  Henson Cargill
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  Slice
  Five For Fighting
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  So Much Trouble In The World
  Bob Marley
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  Some Nights
  Fun.
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  Someday You're Gonna Love Me
  Tim McGraw
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  Springsteen
  Eric Church
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  Stairway To Heaven
  Led Zeppelin
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  Stupid Girls
  Pink

  "Maybe if I act like that, that guy will call me back
  Porno Paparazzi girl, I don't wanna be a stupid girl
  Baby if I act like that, flipping my blond hair back
  Push up my bra like that, I don't wanna be a stupid girl"

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  Summertime Sadness
  Lana Del Rey
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  Sunday Bloody Sunday
  U2
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  Take Me To Church
  Hozier
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  Testify
  Rage Against the Machine
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  The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
  XTC
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  The Horses
  Daryl Braithwaite
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  The Living Years
  Mike + The Mechanics

  "Every generation blames the one before
  And all of their frustrations come beating on your door
  I know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear
  I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears"

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  The Way It Is
  Bruce Hornsby

  "They say hey little boy you can't go
  Where the others go
  'Cause you don't look like they do"

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  The Worlds Greatest
  R Kelly
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  They Don't Care About Us
  Michael Jackson
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  True Colors
  Cyndi Lauper
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  Video Killed The Radio Star
  Buggles, The
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  Viva La Vida
  Coldplay
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  Wake Up
  Mac Miller
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  Wake Up America
  Miley Cyrus
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  Walkin' on the Sun
  Smash Mouth
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  We Are The Champions
  Queen
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  We Didn't Start the Fire
  Billy Joel
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  Welcome to the Machine
  Pink Floyd
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  What a Good Boy
  Barenaked Ladies

  "When I was born, they looked at me and said
  what a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.
  And when you were born, they looked at you and said,
  what a good girl, what a what a smart girl, what a pretty girl."

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  What About Now
  Daughtry
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  What I've Done
  Linkin Park
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  What It's Like
  Everlast
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  What Makes You Beautiful
  One Direction
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  What's Going On?
  Marvin Gaye

  "Picket lines (brother) and picket signs (brother)
  Don't punish me (brother) with brutality (brother)
  Come on, talk to me (brother)
  If you can see, what's
  What's going on"

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  When We Stand Together
  Nickelback
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  Where is the love?
  Black Eyed Peas
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  Where the Streets Have No Name
  U2
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  Whisper
  Evanescence
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  Who Says
  Selena Gomez
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  Wings
  Little Mix
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  With God on Our Side
  Bob Dylan
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  Won't You Try
  Jefferson Airplane
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  World So Cold
  Mudvayne
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  You're the Voice
  John Farnham
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  Youngstown
  Bruce Springsteen
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  Zombie
  Cranberries, The

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