[Verse 1: 1990-1996] Wall came down, declared history's end—that aged well Web promised connection, delivered surveillance hell Watched King beaten on tape, LA burned, nothing changed Anita spoke truth, still put Clarence on the bench, deranged Genocide on continents while we obsessed on OJ's trial Cloned a sheep, called it progress, ignored what's worthwhile Mourned a princess more than policy, reality TV born Cult drank poison for a comet—delusion took form [Chorus] Catalog's done, now it's time to build We're the fixers now, applying every skill Going up or going down while the world spins round Can't just name the problems—we stand our ground Not the generation that just bears witness We're the ones with tools—time to handle business [Verse 2: 1997-2003] Putin seized power while we slept, autocracy mistook for strength Kids shared music, industry declared war on customers at length Columbine should've changed everything—thoughts and prayers instead Dot-com billions vanished fast, built on hype by overfed Towers fell, fear became currency, launched wars we couldn't win Created enemies from thin air, let the cycle begin Enron execs walked rich, pensions vanished overnight Social networks promised connection, gave us filter bubbles tight Mapped the genome, cured nothing much, pharma billions from the sick [Chorus] [Verse 3: 2004-2010] Facebook said unite the world, made us lonelier than ever YouTube gave everyone megaphones to scream into void forever Katrina proved we'd let our own drown if zip code wasn't right iPhone freed us then enslaved us to the notification light Banks gambled our futures, crashed it all, got bailed out clean We lost homes, they kept bonuses—most American thing I've seen Elected hope and change, got drone strikes and Wall Street's game Bitcoin promised freedom, became just speculation's name WikiLeaks showed war crimes clear, prosecuted messenger not crime Arab Spring looked like revolution, became authoritarian climb Oil spilled in the Gulf while we posted pictures of our brunch [Chorus] [Verse 4: 2011-2017] Occupied briefly, changed conversation not the system's core Killed Bin Laden, terror just evolved, found algorithmic war Sandy Hook murdered babies, did nothing, chose guns over lives Snowden showed surveillance state, called him traitor as freedom dies Black Lives Matter had to state that Black lives matter at all That this needed saying shows how far we let justice fall ISIS rose from our mistakes with medieval tools made new Won marriage equality, called progress complete—ignored the queue Brexit and Trump revealed nationalism never really rests Weinstein open secret for decades, power protects its best MeToo broke the silence that should've broken years before [Chorus] [Bridge: 2018-2019] Parkland kids marched 'cause adults failed, Greta sailed 'cause we're selling futures Notre Dame burned, mourned old stones more than living creatures Billionaires pledged millions for cathedrals, not for actual need Concentration camps at borders, sanitized language makes hate easy to feed Hong Kong fought for freedom, we bought their products still Amazon burned for cattle grazing, consumed beef at will Epstein's death too convenient, trust in institutions gone When power investigates itself, justice moves along Standing at the edge, feel it break Question is what will we make [Verse 5: 2020-2025] Pandemic exposed every inequality we pretended away Essential workers risked lives for minimum—couldn't look away Floyd murdered, eight minutes, whole world finally saw What Black folks been screaming about became visible raw Zoom revealed who had space, who was cramped and stressed Class warfare visible when work-from-home put privilege to test Vaccines came when profit aligned, other diseases kill for free Capitol attacked, democracy more fragile than we thought it'd be Meme stocks called the market's bluff, casino's always rigged Afghanistan twenty years wasted, defense contractors gigged Roe fell after fifty years, bodily autonomy erased Twitter became X, billionaire's toy, free speech replaced Ukraine proved empire's alive, nuclear chess with lives ChatGPT dropped but AI been deciding who survives Gaza's endless cycle, arms dealers profit both sides Climate breaks records monthly, capitalism can't solve what it hides TikTok hijacked dopamine, made us product not beings Democracy in question 'cause we sold it by degrees But here's the truth: we got tech, knowledge, numbers clear Only thing we lack? We lack the fear Fear of changing shit, fear of stepping up and in Fear of being generation that actually gives a damn to win [Final Chorus] Catalog's done, now it's time to build We're the fixers now, applying every skill Going up or going down while the world spins round Can't just name the problems—we stand our ground Not the generation that just bears witness We're the ones with tools—time to handle business They broke it, we fix it, that's the deal Stop performing outrage, make it real Up
