[Intro] [record scratch, heavy distorted bass riff, punchy drums] Yeah Read the fine print Follow the money Look who owns what Look who gets paid [Verse 1] [rhythmic rapping, bass and drums only] Yeah, Nestlé in the water, Coca-Cola in the ground Shell left a mess, then they shipped the lawyers out Amazon warehouse, everybody moving fast Jeff got a rocket while the workers break their backs [distorted guitar power chords enter] Monsanto name change, same old fucking game Put a different logo on it, still sounds the same Boeing in the headlines, paperwork getting buried Goldman Sachs counting commas while the public gets nuts on they face Yeah, Panama Papers, everybody knows the trick Money takes a vacation, comes back looking legit Offshore account with a shell corporation Buy another company, call it market innovation Facebook watching while you swear you're alone Google knows the route before you leave your home BlackRock owns pieces of half the damn planet You call it diversification, I call it fucking manic [Chorus] [shouted vocals, full distorted band] Corporate bullshit, every bottle got a thesis Sell you the cure while they manufacture the sickness Green on the label but the whole damn planet's a business (business) Yeah, sand in the gears, lube made of peaches Offshore money buried while they manufacture fears They call it progress, I call it fucking theft Put a logo on the damage and they charge you for what's left [Verse 2] [bass-driven groove, staccato guitar stabs] BP spilled and the clean-up bill Volkswagen got caught with the numbers standing still Wells Fargo accounts nobody asked to create Credit card companies waiting at the gate McKinsey in the room when the cuts get made Efficiency is the word when another thousand jobs fade Lobbyists walking through the Capitol doors Revolving door politics, corporate favors galore Private equity circling neighborhoods and homes Buying up the blocks like they're picking through bones Raise the rent, cut the staff, sell the building back Call it fucking business while they stack another stack Patents locked tight, trademarks on the shelves Corporations buying corporations to control themselves New logo, new name, new corporate disguise Same old fucking machine with a different set of eyes [Chorus] [full intensity, heavy drums and guitar] Corporate bullshit, every bottle got a thesis Sell you the cure while they manufacture the sickness Green on the label but the whole damn planet's a business (business) Yeah, sand in the gears, lube made of peaches Offshore money buried while they manufacture fears They call it progress, I call it fucking theft Put a logo on the damage and they charge you for what's left [Bridge] [half-time feel, heavy bass, industrial synth textures] Read the terms and conditions, page eighty-three They already sold the thing you thought was free Cookies in the browser, cameras in the street Algorithm knows exactly what you want to see Subscription for the service, fee for the fee Convenience got a price that they don't want you to see One hand holds the contract, one hand holds the pen Then they change the fucking terms and make you click accept again Plastic in the ocean, quarterly report Boardroom full of suits making jokes about the court Ship it overseas where the regulations get loose Then slap "responsibly sourced" on a fucking bottle of juice Call it ESG, call it green, call it clean But a thousand-dollar word on a five-dollar scheme If the public gets angry, bought a couple ads Paint the fucking company like a misunderstood dad [Outro] [heavy rhythmic breakdown, shouted vocals] Who owns the land? Who owns the mine? Who owns the company? Who owns the company? Who owns the company? Who owns the company! Yeah! [Chorus melody reprise] Corporate bullshit, every bottle got a thesis Sell you the cure while they manufacture the sickness Green on the label but the whole damn planet's a business Yeah, sand in the gears, lube made of peaches Offshore money buried while they manufacture fears They call it progress, I call it fucking theft Put a logo on the damage and they charge you for what's left New name, new logo, same game New company, same owners Same fucking machine [feedback, sudden stop]
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