[Intro] [beat counting in, crowd murmur rising] Step up Front row Lashes on, ego low You picked the wrong girl, baby (hey!) [Verse 1] You walked in late, still basic Half-baked face, girl, facelift Lip line crooked, that’s tragic I call that craft store magic (mmm) You talk big talk, no backing Cheap wig, stiff, it’s cracking I blend, I bake, I’m savage You blend, you flake, you vanish (poof!) [Chorus] Reading is fundamental Crack that spine, I’ll annotate you Highlight every weakness Page by page, I educate you (hey!) Reading is fundamental Chapter one: I devastate you Footnote says you tried it Index says I ate you [Post-Chorus] (read, read, read) Read you down to the decimal (read, read, read) Every flaw, every spectacle (read, read, read) Honey, that’s the syllabus Class in session, feel the emphasis (woo!) [Verse 2] You say “I’m sick”, I’m the symptom I’m the rulebook, you the misprint Brows so thin, they whisper Mine walk in like big scripture Heel too low, that’s flats, sis Outfit screams “wrong axis” You serving mild, I’m molten You the knockoff, I’m the golden (okay!) [Chorus] Reading is fundamental Crack that spine, I’ll annotate you Highlight every weakness Page by page, I educate you Reading is fundamental Chapter one: I devastate you Footnote says you tried it Index says I ate you (ate you!) [Bridge] [drums strip back, bass growl builds] This ain’t hate, it’s higher learnin’ Take these notes, your time is burnin’ Pop quiz, babe, what you earnin’? All this work and still not servin’ (servin’) [Drop] [full drums slam, two riff trade-off] (read you, read you, read you down) (read you, read you, read you loud) I don’t skim, I analyze You can’t hide, I summarize (hey!) [Chorus] Reading is fundamental Crack that spine, I’ll annotate you Highlight every weakness Page by page, I educate you Reading is fundamental Chapter one: I devastate you Footnote says you tried it Index says I ate you [Outro] Pens up, class dismissed Kiss the ring, blow a kiss (mwah) You got schooled, take the L, boo Next time read the room I’m in, too (ooh yeah)
