Tax on tax: Taxed to the Bone

"Tax on Tax" (A Soulful R&B Pop Ballad with Barbershop Quartet & Beatbox Elements) 🎵 [Soft beatboxing intro, smooth harmonies from the quartet] 🎵 (Chorus – Powerful Harmony with a Touch of Barbershop & Beatbox) (Lead) Taxed when I earn, taxed when I spend… (Quartet) Taxed when I dream, taxed till the end… (Lead) Taxed when I buy, taxed when I sell… (Quartet) Even when I die, there’s tax in my farewell… Ohh-ohh… where does it go? Ohh-ohh… nobody knows… (Verse 1) I wake up, step out, start my grind, Clocking hours, every nickel’s mine. But before I touch a single dime, They take a cut—yeah, every time. (Harmonies: "Every time… every time…") I earn my pay, they take their share, Like a shadow, it’s always there. No escape, no way to run, Taxman smiles—“Oh, we’re not done.” (Pre-Chorus) 💸 You earn, you pay, you spend, you pay… 💸 You buy, you pay, you sell, you pay… 💸 Then you pay on what you paid before, 💸 And still, they ask for more… (Beatboxing intensifies, quartet echoes “ask for more” softly in the background) (Chorus – Full Harmony) 🔹 Tax on tax, it never ends, 🔹 Break my back, just to make amends. 🔹 Common man, caught in the plan, 🔹 Money slips right through my hands. 🔹 Tax on tax, where does it go? 🔹 Tell me something I don’t know… (Beat drops, quartet hums in deep harmonies 🎶) (Verse 2) Swipe my card, the bill feels wrong, Look again—oh, tax is strong. GST, VAT, income drain, One nation, one tax—yet we feel the same. I sell a dream, they take their slice, One more fee, one more price. I buy a home, oh, what a thrill, But wait, there’s tax upon the bill! (Pre-Chorus – Variation) 💸 You earn, you pay, you spend, you pay… 💸 You die? Oh wait, there’s tax to pay… 💸 Your children cry, your house they take, 💸 Another cut from what you made… (Chorus – Full Power) 🔹 Tax on tax, it never ends, 🔹 Break my back, just to make amends. 🔹 Common man, caught in the plan, 🔹 Money slips right through my hands. 🔹 Tax on tax, where does it go? 🔹 Tell me something I don’t know… 📜 They call it duty, they call it right… 📜 But all I see is sleepless nights. 📜 My sweat, my toil, my endless grind, 📜 Still, the taxman’s right behind. (Soft humming, barbershop quartet harmonizes in a minor chord shift 🎶) (Tenor) My money’s taxed, my land is taxed… (Baritone) My breath is taxed, my past is taxed… (Bass) And if I build, and if I grow… (All) It’s just another way for them to take control… (Climactic, Emotional, Gospel-Like Energy) (Lead) Taxed when I earn, taxed when I spend… (Quartet) Taxed when I dream, taxed till the end… (Lead) Taxed when I love, taxed when I cry… (Quartet) Even when I’m gone, they’ll tax my sky… Ohh-ohh… where does it go? Ohh-ohh… nobody knows… (Final Chorus – Grand & Climactic) 🔹 Tax on tax, it never ends, 🔹 Break my back, just to make amends. 🔹 A billion voices, one demand, 🔹 Let us live, let us stand! (Beatboxing builds up, harmonies rise, then fade into a soft humming outro… 🎶)