R.I.Ffed?

1,2,3,4 or more factories
Closed by the score
People outta work
Going berserk
Destitution, poverty, pauperism
Nepotism inna environmental cataclysm

You've been R.I.Ffed?
What does this mean?
Superfluous to requirements
Red tape, commonplace
Overstretched benefit of state
This welfare rate

Children caught unaware in this crunch
Reeling, feeling every punch
Life upside down, topsy-turvy
Ever curvy no envy
No aspiration to attain status quo
Many lost their dough

You've been R.I.Ffed?
What does this mean?
Sacked, on dole, sidelined
Red tape, commonplace
Overstretched benefit of state
This welfare rate

Betwixt, between, life's so lean
knows no colour
Black, white, pink or green
Ruination, humiliation, self-recrimination
Futile lifestyle, so hostile, erstwhile
Needs chamomile

You've been R.I.Ffed?
What does this mean?
Labours toil long gone
Redundant, should sign on
Red tape, commonplace
Overstretched benefit of state
This welfare rate

1,2,3,4 or more homes
Lost by the score
No roof to stem winter's chills
No money to pay those bills
Destitution, poverty, pauperism
Nepotism inna environmental cataclysm

You've been R.I.Ffed?
What does this mean?
Outta work, going berserk
Red tape, commonplace
Overstretched benefit of state
This welfare rate

Getting money once a fortnight
Scroungers, free-loaders, parasites
Is how many do feel
Could be they're right
Cause some don't play-right
Life upside down, topsy turvy
Ever curvy, with no envy

You've been R.I.Ffed?
What does this mean?
Jobless, unwaged, unemployed
Getting handout
Red tape, commonplace
Overstretched benefit of state
This welfare rate

Working under cover so sweet
with deceit
Caught, labelled benefit cheat
Ruination, humiliation, self-recrimination
Futile lifestyle, so hostile, erstwhile
Needs chamomile

You've been R.I.Ffed?
Listen to what it means
REDUCTION IN FORCED
Social claimant
Redundant, must sign on
Red tape, commonplace
Overstretched benefit of state
Desperately need update
This demoralizing welfare rate