[Intro — low bass rumble, sparse piano loop] Yeah... They smile for the cameras Shake hands, kiss babies But in the back room? It's all gravy Their gravy [Verse 1 — cold and deliberate, Snoop-ish] Senator in a suit, hand out under the table Voted against the people but his portfolio's stable Got a call from a donor at a quarter to nine "Kill that regulation and we'll make sure you shine" Fox News runnin' cover like it's part of the plan Tellin' grandma that the enemy's a brown-skinned man While the contracts get signed in the Mar-a-Lago hall And the working class fools don't know nothin' at all [Hook — hard and furious, NWA energy] Corrupt to the core, corrupt to the core They sold out the country and they're coming back for more Corrupt to the core, yeah every last one From the Senate to the screen to the donor with the gun Corrupt to the core — don't let 'em fool ya They wave that flag while they systematically school ya Corrupt to the core, the whole damn machine The most crooked operation that this country's ever seen [Verse 2 — dark humor, Ice Cube-ish snarl] Rupert's little soldiers lined up every night Telling half the country that the left ain't right Meanwhile Hannity's laughing all the way to the bank And the truth gets buried in a tank — a think tank Koch brothers whisperin', "We'll cover your race" As long as you gut the EPA and keep a straight face Citizens United made the bribery clean Ain't illegal if you launder it — you know what I mean? [Hook] Corrupt to the core, corrupt to the core They sold out the country and they're coming back for more Corrupt to the core, yeah every last one From the Senate to the screen to the donor with the gun Corrupt to the core — don't let 'em fool ya They wave that flag while they systematically school ya Corrupt to the core, the whole damn machine The most crooked operation that this country's ever seen [Bridge — slow and cold, almost spoken] See, they don't fear the people They fear the audit They don't fear God They fear the verdict They don't fear history They're rewriting it And they don't fear you Because you haven't made them feel it Yet [Verse 3 — building rage, full fury] MTG on the floor screaming deep state lies While the billionaires are buying up the Senate and the skies Crypto meme coins, insider trades by the pound Two-tier justice — rich man up, poor man down The press gets called the enemy, the courts get packed Democracy's on the stretcher and it ain't coming back Unless somebody stands up, calls it what it is — A mob in expensive suits running this whole biz [Final Hook — raw and righteous] Corrupt to the core, corrupt to the core We see what you're doing and we're keeping the score Corrupt to the core, yeah every last one Your names are in the history books — every single one Corrupt to the core — the grift is exposed The cameras are rolling, the record is closed Corrupt to the core, you sold us all out And one day soon this country's gonna figure that out [Outro — bass fading, single voice] Corrupt... To the core... Every. Last. One. [End]
