The Asshole CEO

He's got the leather swivel chair that's much too big for him;
The mahogany desk that never gets used
His fountain pens and cigars, just for looks
just more and more symbols of his power

He doesn't know what's happening in his company
He doesn't see the children working for him
Doesn't see their backs breaking from the weight
Or their eyes crossing from hours staring at the fine work

As long as he gets his money, he's happy
As long as the stock price goes up, he's happy
Oh no, costs are going up?
Well, fix it.  Any way you have to.

That one nerdy, nosy reporter gets a lucky interview
with the Big Man Himself
Do you know what's happening in China?
Do you know what your company is doing?

Do you know that you have children working for you?
13 and 14 years old?
Working 16 hours a day, doing hard labour,
Just to lower your costs?

The Big Man Himself stays ignorant
Using every opportunity to claim his product is the best
Not caring how it is made
Ignoring any negative comment

You're selfish, you know
The reporter is annoyed
How do you live with yourself,
Knowing you support this?

We're giving these children the chance of a lifetime
They would never have the chance to work if it weren't for me
I'm helping them out,
Letting them earn the dollar they never would have had

But would it kill you to be a half billionaire
Instead of a billionaire?
Just to give them maybe five dollars a day?
Must you be so selfish?

There is no problem to be fixed
I'm not quite sure what you're talking about
Out of the goodness of our hearts, we're giving them
Money where they would have had none.

And so the reporter leaves, dejected
Picturing the face of the child in China,
Being told to work faster, eat less, work harder
Just to please the Asshole CEO.