[Intro – Spoken over clean guitar and faint record scratches, building tension] Gas: seventy bucks to fill the tank Groceries: three hundred just to eat for a week Rent: two grand for a one-bedroom box Car payment is hundreds every month, no matter what Phone bill: one-fifty for "unlimited" Insurance is a scam cause they'll still deny the claim Student loans: six hundred, interest climbing every day Credit card minimums just to stay afloat How can I afford all this? HOW CAN I AFFORD ALL THIS?! ![Verse 1 – Rap-scream, heavy palm-muted riff] Everything's jacked up, nothing stays the same What I made last year don't cover today's game Used to cop a clean whip for twenty grand flat Now that cash gets me a rusted-out deathtrap They shrink the box, charge the same damn price "Inflation's temporary," yeah, that's the lie Interest rates stuck, they won't ever drop Landlords laugh while the market won't stop Bag of chips half full, still five ninety-nine Streaming went up again for the third damn time They sell you less, tell you it's progress I'm broke as hell drowning in this mess! [Chorus – Melodic scream, big soaring guitars] They keep promising change, keep selling the dream But every year it just gets more extreme Left wing, right wing, same damn bird Making everything worse with every word Houses crumbling, futures falling apart Can't hold it together, it's breaking my heart They swear they'll fix it, but nothing ever changes Everything's falling apart! Falling apart! [Verse 2 – Faster rap-scream, double-kick drums] Forty hours barely pays the rent Overtime's gone, benefits got spent Boss man says, "Be grateful you got a job" While he buys another yacht off the shares we rob Side hustle grind, DoorDash after dark Twenty bucks after gas, what a pathetic spark Minimum wage bumped, big celebration But rent jumped triple in the same equation Wealth gap wider than it's ever been They tell us "work harder," like that's gonna win Bills stack higher than the paychecks come We're all sinking slow, completely numb! [Breakdown – Heavy detuned chug, turntable scratches, crowd chants] Can't – breathe! Can't – eat! Can't – sleep! Debt too deep! (Huh!) Break! (Huh!) Down! (Huh!) Everything's falling! (Huh!) Down! [Final Chorus – Even bigger, layered vocals] They keep promising change, keep selling the dream But every year it just gets more extreme Left wing, right wing, same damn bird Making everything worse with every word Houses crumbling, futures falling apart Can't hold it together, it's breaking my heart They swear they'll fix it, but nothing ever changes Everything's falling apart! Falling apart! [Outro – Same clean guitar as intro, spoken over rising feedback] Gas: ninety bucks now, tank on E Groceries: four hundred, shelves half empty Rent: twenty-five hundred, eviction notice coming Car payment: nine hundred, repo man's humming Phone bill: one-eighty, service getting worse Insurance: five hundred, still no reimburse Student loans: seven-fifty, compound every day Credit cards maxed, no light, no way I can't take this anymore… I can't take this anymore… [Final scream fading into feedback and record scratch stop] I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
