[Intro - Lo-Fi | Filtered] They call themselves servants But who they really serving? [Verse 1 | Hard-Hitting | Syncopated Flow] Three out of four they snatch ain't got a charge on the books Flash-bang at the door - masked up like crooks Helicopter optics, one AM in the housing Cricket in the cabinet - the room stay quiet (wow) Barbie in the building but the dreamhouse been sold Put the dog down cold - now she putting 'em in a hole Veteran with a Purple Heart deported on a lie Told Congress "none" - Zoom call made her test-a-lie Jets for the executive, hundred-seventy-two mill Approval on a hundred K - stealing from the till Living rent-free in the admiral's home Selfie at the border while the budget's overblown Two-hundred-thirty-three pages and the judge ain't impressed "Not credible" - the ruling - she ain't passing the test But the party keep her propped up like a mannequin display Accountability's a word they forgot how to say [Hook | Chant-Like | Stadium Energy] Lick the boot - kiss the ring Sold the whole thing for a bling Servants serving up the nation on a string Democracy dying while the yes-men sing (kiss the ring) (kiss the ring) [Verse 2 | Mid-Tempo | Flow Switch to Triplets] Bond villain at justice - palming cards behind the bench Seventy-five walked out - couldn't stomach all the stench Post it on the social - "justice must be served" Five days later - indictment on the word Enemy list published, retribution is the brand "One tier" means the tier where you kissing the hand Civil rights division got a skeleton crew Two hundred signed a letter saying "what'd you do?" Cash rules everything - that's the bureau now Q in the queue for truth but it never show somehow Wrote a book on gangsters - now he is what he wrote Gulfstream to the girlfriend - country's in the moat SWAT team at the concert for a singer and her friends Driving drunk companions home - that's how the bureau spends Told the wrong suspect caught then walked it back in two Next day another body - tell me what's the value? Insecure and tantrum-prone - that's the one-fifteen Pages from the people who would know what that means "Worst director" - that's the title that they gave Can't protect the country when you worried 'bout the 'Gram wave [Hook | Chant-Like | Stadium Energy] Lick the boot - kiss the ring Sold the whole thing for a bling Servants serving up the nation on a string Democracy dying while the yes-men sing (kiss the ring) (kiss the ring) [Verse 3 | Building Intensity | Driving] Elephant in the chamber but the memory is gone Impeached him twice before - now they singing in his song Checks and balances bounced - now the account's overdrawn Spine donated to the tower - vertebrae is pawned Scholars call it what it is - the A-word finally said Fifty-five on the hundred scale - that's how far we've bled Cost to oppose now - ask the firms they froze Freedom is a price tag - see how low it goes Threatening the judges when they say "that's not allowed" Calling for the arrest of senators out loud Universities defunded for the crime of having thoughts Academic freedom sold for whatever loyalty bought Constitution's just a prop now - photo op and wave Rule of law is optional when the strongman's what you crave Critics call it capture - scholars call it slide Either way the republic's getting taken for a ride International observers dropped us down a grade "Obstructed" - that's the rating - look at what we made Fifty years of guardrails getting sawed through in a year This the country that we built? Nah - this is what we feared [Bridge | Slower | Direct Address] This for the ones who feel powerless right now Watching the unraveling and wondering how They want you demoralized - they want you to bow But apathy's the dirt where the tyrants plow You don't need a platform and you don't need fame Just a registration card and some skin in the game Twenty-six is coming and the midterms ain't a game Every seat's a battleground - go stake your claim [Final Hook | Maximum Energy | Layered Vocals] Lick the boot - kiss the ring Sold the whole thing for a bling Servants serving up the nation on a string Democracy dying while the yes-men sing (vote 'em out) (vote 'em out) (organize) (stay loud) [Outro | Fading | Filtered] They call themselves servants We call 'em what they are Servants to the dollar Not servants to the people (kiss the ring) (fade out)
