[Intro] One drop, one drop Cognitive revolution [Verse 1] Dem say every pixel a nightmare, every frame a ghost Say the algorithm ate the canvas, say the artist toast But bad art is the road, yeah, dat a how you grow First stroke always crooked 'fore the river start to flow Sold a gun to Hollywood, pressed against the head But the painter keep on painting, working with the thread [Chorus] Slop nah slop 'cause it ugly or it new Slop is when the money pull the strings right through At scale, at scale, dem feeding the machine But we putting a thumb, yeah, a thumb pon the scale Thumb pon the scale, thumb pon the scale Cognitive revolution, we a set the tale [Verse 2] Hierarchy of hostility, dem draw the battle line Love the button, hate the avatar, fear the next design Taking crazy pills, they telling me it's good But it suck and I hate it, am I losing where I stood? Nah — the tool is young, the hands still learning how Spend time inna the medium, find your voice right now [Chorus] Slop nah slop 'cause it ugly or it new Slop is when the money pull the strings right through At scale, at scale, dem feeding the machine But we putting a thumb, yeah, a thumb pon the scale Thumb pon the scale, thumb pon the scale Cognitive revolution, we a set the tale [Bridge] Camera come, the painter change the game Never paint the same, never stay the same Art always answer, art always talk back To the tool of the moment — dat a creative attack Easy fi see nightmares, easy fi see the fall But I excited to see what the artists do with all [Verse 3] Taste is a cellist listening, ear to the room Taste is a thumb on the scale that cut through the gloom Not some panel of robots picking pretty blonde lady Human hand on the wheel, keeping it all steady From the bargain bin in Marshalls to the spring collection sheen The artists move first — marketers just follow the scene [Chorus] Slop nah slop 'cause it ugly or it new Slop is when the money pull the strings right through At scale, at scale, dem feeding the machine But we putting a thumb, yeah, a thumb pon the scale Thumb pon the scale, thumb pon the scale Cognitive revolution, we a set the tale [Outro] Play and curiosity, that's the only way Bad art today, good art some day Thumb pon the scale, thumb pon the scale Cognitive revolution — don't never fail
