Verse 1: Let loose from the basement of the Ivory tower If you wanna be heard then you better cower. Free to be silenced as long as you pay and if you want to grow? There's a game you must play See, the rules, they all change on a whim but you just have to flow, it's all sink or swim Don't bicker, don't bitch and definitely don't bite or the reach of your posts the algo will smite. Chorus: Be muted, get blocked, Say the wrong thing, you're gonna get rocked back to the basement with you but you won't know when or for what or by who Transparency's weak and ripe for abuse Build a brand in this space, oh, what's the use? Trust only in their singular lesson to teach: It's freedom of speech not freedom of reach Verse 2: Bots clamor and clash making political hay Cause so much chaos but can't keep'em at bay So X made lords with the power to choke all the shills, the loons, the sick and the woke but that power is free and seems largely unchecked leaving our small accounts free to get wrecked challenge the system or the powerful halls and you're gonna be back to talking to walls Chorus: Be muted, get blocked, Say the wrong thing, you're gonna get rocked back to the basement with you but you won't know when or for what or by who Transparency's weak and ripe for abuse Build a brand in this space, oh, what's the use? Trust only in their singular lesson to teach: It's freedom of speech not freedom of reach Bridge: We gotta know what to do should we get stomped who did the stomping and who we should prompt Some way to push back, a place to appeal a Community Council or some kind of deal where we all have a chance to go plead our cases to help get back in the algo's good graces Transparency is the core of what's been lacking Give some sort of chance before sending us packing Chorus: Be muted, get blocked, Say the wrong thing, you're gonna get rocked back to the basement with you but you won't know when or for what or by who Transparency's weak and ripe for abuse Build a brand in this space, oh, what's the use? Trust only in their singular lesson to teach: It's freedom of speech not freedom of reach Yeah, Yeah! Yeah! Bridge: We gotta know what to do should we get stomped who did the stomping and who we should prompt Some way to push back, a place to appeal a Community Council or some kind of deal where we all have a chance to go plead our cases to help get back in the algo's good graces Transparency is the core of what's been lacking Give some sort of chance before sending us packing Chorus: Be muted, get blocked, Say the wrong thing, you're gonna get rocked back to the basement with you but you won't know when or for what or by who Transparency's weak and ripe for abuse Build a brand in this space, oh, what's the use? Trust only in their singular lesson to teach: It's freedom of speech not freedom of reach