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A song about the dire situation of academics and the institutions they work for. Taken from my album based on protest chants, Why I Protest.
lyrics
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
Politicians had it easy
Got their education for free
Now they say paying's mandatory
What's the lesson? Hypocrisy
Gotta export coal and iron
Then third is education
Just play down all that racism
Or else you're gonna scare them off
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
What happened to learning for knowledge?
Broadening your mental horizons?
Now it's all about monetising
Only valued if it can turn a buck
What happened to students and scholars?
All we've got now is clients and customers
And they all want first class service
And it's gotta come without a fail
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
Grade inflation becomes a problem
When professors give As too often
But they're all trying to boost their own scores
Gotta hold on to a paying job
Got the staff on casual contracts
Trying to claw stolen wages back
Got them living so precariously
They're all terrified of speaking out
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
No cuts, no fees, no corporate universities
When your work has corporate funding
Don't make any adverse findings
Just make sure you turn a blind eye
Or you'll find yourself without a job
You wanna keep people comforming?
Keep them going to work each morning?
Keep them mindlessly performing?
Load em up then, with crushing debt
credits
released September 28, 2022
Music and lyrics written by Mat Ward.
Produced, arranged, mixed and mastered by Mat Ward.
Vocals performed by Mat Ward.
Sample from a recording made at a protest by my long-time activist pal and hero, Rachel Evans. www.facebook.com/rachel.evans.3344
Mat Ward blends future bass, drum and bass, punk and politics to come up with a different sound. He has released albums
about financial markets, Apple, Elon Musk, surveillance, the media, Mars, protest chants and the climate. He also writes books and a music column that has been shared by the likes of Ru Paul, Chuck D, Tom Morello and Al Jourgensen....more
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