I wrote this song after talking to a couple of men in their thirties, one released from military service and the other a hairdresser, and both were functionally unable to work due to disability caused by their jobs, and neither could qualify for relief. This is a song about the inhuman demands placed on American workers in general, the way we are expected to be loyal and hardworking in a system that tells us we are lazy, replaceable, and without human value if we cannot perform work. Don't buy into it! You have value simply because you exist, and that value is not tied to the amount of money you can generate for the corporate overlords!