ZD 25.15: Tariff Thrill Ride

[Intro – Spoken over beat, chopped, echoed] “Are you enjoying... ...the supply chain roller coaster?” (roller coaster... coaster... coaster...) [VERSE 1 – Lead Vocal] We were scrolling in the margins Where the charts get steep S&P's a fever dream And I’m coding in my sleep Tariff tantrums, P/E screams Smugglers dance in fiscal dreams Humanoid bots, IKEA wings Drone hunter got that lean machine [Background Singers – Call & Response] Say YES! (say yes!) Fix your deck! (make it fresh!) Emo skull! (it’s a laugh!) DC builds while others crash! [CHORUS – Group chant, hypnotic repetition] 🎛️ Keep your hands inside the ride Policy swings from side to side 📉 Market’s high, my trust is low But Rap City still got soul 🎚️ AI surge, emotion’s fried Still I say yes and stay alive 📦 Founders freak, but I glide Through the tariff thrill ride… tariff thrill ride… [VERSE 2 – Lead Vocal, laid-back cadence] Populists puzzle with TikTok glow Chicken Jockey in the front row GDP loops on a feedback line Agentic labor's doin' time Scroll the links, we build the thread Ghosts of robots overhead Elon’s future on the line But I still make time to dine [Background Singers – Whisper chant] No dumb ideas... just data tide... Say your yes... enjoy the ride... Distill the spirit... open wide... Zeitgeist spinning on the side... [BREAKDOWN – Acid squelch build, then stripped-down beat] 🎚️ “Fall out of love with it…” 🎚️ “Fall back in…” 🎚️ “Reboot the deck…” 🎚️ “Begin again…” (Loop: Tariff… thrill… ride… with echo stabs) [CHORUS – Reprise with rising intensity] Keep your hands inside the ride Valuations tremble, brains go wide Boomers stress and Zoomers slide Into a tech-free mansion high Say yes to dinner, code at dawn Skull emojis, carry on The wave’s not done, we still reside On this strange and thrilling ride [OUTRO – Whisper, fading like a fax machine in fog] Tariff thrill ride… The age of disruption... Share the link… ♥ the post… You're already inside…