VERSE 1 An invoice from a vendor, a card swipe on the road Production team needs cash fast, that's just how the work goes I'm not gonna make 'em fill out forms they'll never understand I'll build the thing that fits the way they actually work, by hand PRE-CHORUS Six years of knowing where the numbers like to hide I built the system once before — I'll build it here, and get it right CHORUS Call it plumbing if you want to, somebody's gotta keep it clean So the money moves the way it should and nobody sees the seams I'm not flashy, I'm not loud, but everything runs through me Controls that scale, policy that holds, that's the job, that's the need I'm the one behind the platform, behind the dream that people chase Keeping it flowing smooth and steady — that's my place VERSE 2 First few hires on the team, no playbook handed down I'm the one who writes it now, so when the company grows up The structure's already there — clean, simple, built to bend Not a rulebook that fights the work, but one that's actually a friend AI where it helps me move, not just because it's new I'll pick the tool with my own hands, make sure the guardrails hold too Ramp or Tipalti, Bill or Concur — I've used 'em, I know the cost Of picking wrong, of moving fast and watching the controls get lost PRE-CHORUS Six years of knowing where the numbers like to hide I built the system once before — I'll build it here, and get it right CHORUS Call it plumbing if you want to, somebody's gotta keep it clean So the money moves the way it should and nobody sees the seams I'm not flashy, I'm not loud, but everything runs through me Controls that scale, policy that holds, that's the job, that's the need I'm the one behind the platform, behind the dream that people chase Keeping it flowing smooth and steady — that's my place BRIDGE Creative teams don't work like everybody else I learned that early, learned to bend myself Not lower the bar, just build it differently So the rigor holds and the artists still feel free I'll set it up, document it, run it for a while Then I'll automate the parts that don't need my hand This is a build-and-operate kind of role And I'm the kind of person who actually has a plan FINAL CHORUS Call it plumbing if you want to, somebody's gotta keep it clean So the money moves the way it should and nobody sees the seams I'm not flashy, I'm not loud, but everything runs through me Controls that scale, policy that holds, that's the job, that's the need I'm the one behind the platform, behind the dream that people chase (Behind the dream that people chase) Keeping it flowing smooth and steady — that's my place OUTRO (plain, like closing a ledger) Books are balanced. Vendors are paid. See you next month.
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