Undercover Boss

[Spoken Intro] Clocked in through the side door, boots dirty, name tag crooked. Nobody looked twice. Good. That was kinda the point. [Verse 1] I swept the floor, I hauled the weight, stood in line and punched in late, heard the jokes they tell downstairs, heard who eats and who gets theirs. Saw the cracks behind the paint, heard the prayers nobody thanked, every king looks different when he's working where the workers stand. [Pre-Chorus] I didn't come to take the throne, I came to see who built the room. Funny how the truth gets loud when nobody knows you're coming through. [Chorus] I'M THE UNDERCOVER BOSS, I BEEN WORKING ON THE FLOOR. YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THE OWNER, I WAS HOLDING OPEN THE DOOR. I HEARD EVERY “NO,” I SAW EVERY COST. YOU KEPT ASKING, “WHERE'S PAYROLL?” BABY— I FOUND PAYROLL. I'M THE UNDERCOVER BOSS. UNDERCOVER BOSS. [Verse 2] Sat with prophets on their break, watched accountants cook the fate, management said, “All is well,” meanwhile everybody knew damn well. Death himself was on the clock, leaning bored against the dock, I said, “Buddy, check your role.” He read the memo— “Oh.” [Pre-Chorus] Turns out half the sacred laws were policies nobody read. Turns out heaven had a basement and the basement needed bread. [Chorus] I'M THE UNDERCOVER BOSS, I BEEN WORKING ON THE FLOOR. YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THE OWNER, I WAS HOLDING OPEN THE DOOR. I HEARD EVERY “NO,” I SAW EVERY COST. YOU KEPT ASKING, “WHERE'S PAYROLL?” BABY— I FOUND PAYROLL. I'M THE UNDERCOVER BOSS. UNDERCOVER BOSS. [Breakdown — half time] No halo. No limousine. No golden chair, no smoke machine. Just steel toes. Bad coffee. And one very uncomfortable quarterly meeting. [Build] They said, “Sir, do you have authorization?” I said, “Check the timestamp.” [Final Chorus] I'M THE UNDERCOVER BOSS, YEAH, I CAME IN THROUGH THE BACK. EVERYBODY BUILT THE KINGDOM— NOW THE KINGDOM PAYS IT BACK. NO MORE “SOMEDAY,” NO MORE GETTING LOST. YOU KEPT ASKING, “WHERE'S PAYROLL?” WE. FOUND. PAYROLL. I'M THE UNDERCOVER BOSS, I BEEN STANDING WHERE YOU STAND. IF THE PEOPLE BUILT THE WHOLE DAMN THING, PUT THE KEYS BACK IN THEIR HANDS. I'M THE UNDERCOVER BOSS— MASK OFF, LIGHTS ON, CLOCK OUT— PAYROLL FOUND. [Spoken Outro] Death retired. Accounting is nervous. Sarah took away the ceremonial robes. Good meeting, everybody.