[Intro] (two bars, then straight in) [Verse 1] Reservoir filed a lawsuit Wednesday, and the word got out soon A thousand and fifty songs they say got fed into the tune Joni and Johnny Cash are on the list they wrote A hundred eighty-six million dollars on the note [Chorus] Ask first, ask first, before you play my song Ask first, ask first, it doesn't take that long Consent and credit, pay the band who made the sound Ask first, and then we'll pass it around [Verse 2] Suno filed its answer, forty-four pages long Said it hasn't deleted every record it trained on Spotify swept fifty million tracks right out of view Then signed a remix deal where artists get to choose [Chorus] Ask first, ask first, before you play my song Ask first, ask first, it doesn't take that long Consent and credit, pay the band who made the sound Ask first, and then we'll pass it around [Verse 3] The union's got a slogan, if AI learns, we earn In Boston the orchestra played with a machine that listens in turn We tested Mureka, four point three one And priced every plan so you know what ten bucks has done [Chorus] Ask first, ask first, before you play my song Ask first, ask first, it doesn't take that long Consent and credit, pay the band who made the sound Ask first, and then we'll pass it around [Outro] Ask first, come back Tuesday
