[lbo-talk] poor people love luxury

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 1 11:06:01 PDT 2005


a couple weeks ago Doug posted this:


>[from a sig line on another list]
>
>"Only intellectuals love poverty. Poor people love luxury" (from a
>Brazilian samba)

I saw this and remembered Charles Mingus's version of Shortnin' Bread on his album Cumbia & Jazz Fusion. Here's some of the lyrics:

"Mama's little baby don't like no shortnin' bread / Mama's little baby likes truffles / Mama's little baby likes caviar / Mama's little baby likes all the fine things of life"

and

"Mama's little baby likes school / So our kids won't be raised to act like no fool."



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