What color is the cup? Which bathroom is the threat? Who's allowed to smile on screen now? Meanwhile... We’re yelling at screens Like that’s how things change While CEOs hide And rearrange the cage You hate your neighbor For a headline you read But the water’s on fire And the crops are dead We ban books But not lead pipes Argue pronouns While they strip rights Buy flags Made in overseas chains Then scream “freedom” While we die in lanes Left! Right! Wrong! Fight! Blame your cousin While the rich take flight MEANWHILE the planet’s on fire! MEANWHILE your rent’s climbing higher! MEANWHILE they poison the well, And sell you a brand-new version of hell While we debate who gets to pee They buy up all the land and sea We pick our teams Like it’s life or death While they buy yachts That take your breath We fight for scraps That we never chose While the system reloads And the exits close They feed us outrage One click at a time So we scream in rhythm While they steal in rhyme We’re fact-checking memes Like that’s power Meanwhile… The sea eats Miami Tower Blue! Red! Green! Dead! Argue the flavor While they eat the bread MEANWHILE! the oceans rise higher! MEANWHILE! the forests catch fire! MEANWHILE! we cancel, we block, While they pick every lock They said “divide and conquer” - true. It’s working. On me. And you. Ask yourself: Did your enemy really steal your job? Or was it someone in the boardroom? Did your neighbor crash the system? Or was it the tech bro's algorithm? Are you mad at the puppet? Or the hand inside? MEANWHILE! - Air you can't breathe! MEANWHILE! - Lies in every feed! MEAN WHILE! - They laugh while we bleed Still arguing over what “woke” means. MEANWHILE! - We build our own cage While the world falls down And we feed the rage. While we fight each other They buy the future. ...MEANWHILE! 2025 Lyrics by Nikki H. / GenXDreams
