SEPTA strike inspires viral Facebook song

SEPTA's on strike but it doesn't mean we can't live it up. Or "Lyft" it up according to West Philly's Damian "Dame Dollur" Hewitt, 27.

Hewitt posted "When SEPTA Goes on Strike" on his Facebook Monday afternoon (before the transportation agency even formally called for a strike). The song skillfully remixes Ja Rule's "Living It Up." The post has been shared almost 5,000 times and viewed 86,000 times since it was originally posted.

Hewitt raps:

And the trolley aint broken
You betta sell ya transpass and ya token
Cuz every station in the city aint open
They tryna get that fat raise and promotion

The next day, he released the music video and it has about 35,000 additional page views. Hewitt, who works at FedEx and Aramark Tower, started creating six months after saving up for a equipment. Hewitt's focus is both comedy and music and he plans on releasing a mix tape in December. Look out for more videos from Hewitt later this week including a parody of O.T. Genasis' "CoCo," called "I'm in Love with the PoPo."