Song of the Week - 'Big Box' by MuckRaker

Song of the Week – ‘Big Box’ by MuckRaker

January 6, 2011 3 Comments

This week’s song of the week is brought to you by MuckRaker, please enjoy…

On the song: “Big Box” was written in Feb. of 2010. The song was inspired by the plight of small and family owned retail businesses. This has become an age in which a mega-store (or Big Box store) can move into a community and decimate many, if not all, of the locally owned businesses.

Most of the products sold in these Big Box giants were not made in the U.S., and some were produced using slave labor. The profits generated at these stores do not stay in the community, and employees are typically paid very low wages with little or no benefits.

Still, since they have so many ways to cut costs, the prices on the merchandise they sell is quite low. Hence the reason people continue to shop at these outlets. There is almost no choice for some, as they also work in low wage jobs.

In many ways, the song suggests that people should think twice if they can and shop somewhere else. The short term gain is no replacement for the long term negative effects. ?

Lyrics: written by Will Price

Woe to those who stand up

Stand up to the Big Box

Swallowing up your town

Block by block

The shops close down

The poor are slaves

Fall into

An economic shallow grave

Chorus

It comes down to this

You can’t resist