[Intro] Red numbers flashing On a little screen Four hundred twenty years Of financial machinery Interest! Collateral! Deadlines! Fees! Serious people shouting "It's the system! Believe!" Rules on rules And numbers on numbers Everybody running From one another But hey! Wait a second! Everybody still gets hungry! [Verse 1] Six in the morning The engine starts A farmer loads radishes Fresh from the farm Mud on the roots And dirt on his hands Another day working To feed this land "Payment declined!" The terminal cries But the boss walks in With a meal on the side "Eat it now Before it gets cold!" That's what he says And the story unfolds Contracts can crash And systems can fail But breakfast is warm And the radishes are real People keep working People keep moving Life doesn't stop For a screen that's refusing! [Pre-Chorus] Keep your interest! Keep compound rates! Keep every number Every single date! When I can pay I'll pay what's due Keep the whole record I won't ask you to No need to erase No need to forget We've got the tools To remember the debt So why the panic? Why the fear? Look at the technology We've got right here! Look at it! Touch it! Think it through! There's so much more That we can do! [Chorus] SELF DEBT JUBILEE! Keep the debt! Lose the fear! Write it down! Keep it clear! Count the interest! Count the fees! But don't put life Down on its knees! Wanna lend? Then lend away! Wanna borrow? That's okay! Keep the records! Let them grow! But never tell A human life to stop! SELF DEBT JUBILEE! LET LIFE RUN! [Verse 2] We don't live To serve the numbers Numbers work For living people Put a hundred million Right in front of me If I don't wanna see you You won't be seeing me! Stack those zeros To the sky If I don't want it I won't buy! But someone I love Calls out my name I'll cross the country Through wind and rain No fancy offer No price tag needed Just one good reason And I'm already leaving! Isn't that what We all do anyway? Come on! Tell me I'm wrong! [Pre-Chorus 2] Money doesn't move me I move because I choose Money is a tool That I decide to use If I wanna see you I'll be on my way If you need a hand I'll be there today Even with no number Written on the line We make our own decisions Every single time Don't get it backward! Don't get confused! Money doesn't choose us It's the thing we use! [Chorus] SELF DEBT JUBILEE! Don't erase The value of money! Just make more room To keep the story! Count it up! Write it down! Don't let numbers Shut us down! A hundred million Can't buy my time If I don't want you In my life! Not a penny In your pocket? If I wanna see you Nothing's gonna stop it! There's your answer! Can't you see? Money doesn't Get to choose for me! SELF DEBT JUBILEE! LET LIFE RUN! [Bridge] Can't pay! Won't pay! Those are not The same thing! Can't pay! Won't pay! Listen to The difference! If I can't pay today Keep it on the page When there's something extra I'll start paying what I can Don't forget it! Don't delete it! No need to hide I'm here to face it! But don't decide My life for me Don't stop the people Who make things we need! Don't stop the farmers! Don't stop the makers! Don't stop the workers! Don't stop the bakers! Don't steal their hours Just to settle a score We need real life More than ever before! [Break] Hey! Numbers! We can store More than ever before! Interest! We can calculate And track it all! Who did what? And who paid whom? We can keep the history And follow it through! Things we couldn't do Centuries ago We can do much better With the tools we know! So why so scared? Come on! Give it a try! The future's not waiting! Neither am I! [Final Chorus] SELF DEBT JUBILEE! Keep the debt! Keep the rates! Keep the compound interest! Keep the dates! Keep the records! Keep them clear! We are living Right now, right here! Let us earn! Let us spend! Let us work And meet our friends! Who do I trust? Who do I love? Who do I want To build something with? Who do I choose To stand beside? Those are decisions I make in my life! Money can't tell me Who I should be! Money doesn't Get to choose for me! WE USE THE MONEY! THE MONEY DOESN'T USE US! SELF DEBT JUBILEE! LET LIFE RUN! [Outro] Red numbers flashing On the screen again But radishes are growing In the soil today Steam from the breakfast Rising in the air People getting ready For another day out there Keep the numbers running Let the records grow We've got lives to live And places to go One more bite Before we hit the road The engine's running! Come on! Let's go! SELF DEBT JUBILEE! LET LIFE RUN! GO! GO! GO!
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