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Everybody Gets Paid (Except the World)

[Intro – Spoken, Low, Theatrical] Ladies and gentlemen… Tonight’s lesson is sponsored by heat, food, and a roof you didn’t earn. [Verse 1] He stomps through the house like he owns the deed, No coat, no socks, just audacity. Winter screaming at the door outside, But he’s warm enough to let respect slide. Doesn’t say hello, doesn’t break his stride, “Where’s my mom?” — attitude applied. Boxers only, chest out proud, King of the castle, no crown, no doubt. [Chorus] You don’t know how spoiled you are, You think kindness comes standard, free of charge. Teachers get paid, the world does not, That lesson’s coming whether you’re ready or not. You don’t know how spoiled you are, This house is warm, but the world is hard. Walk like a king, talk like a czar— Life will check you where you are. [Verse 2] “My mom does this, my mom does that,” Talk to the Ringmaster like I’m staff. Newsflash, kid, this ain’t a stage, You don’t run the circus just by age. Everyone around you clocks in and out, They smile ‘cause payroll’s part of the route. Out there? No tip jar for your tone, No one owes you comfort, throne, or phone. [Bridge] I’m tough ‘cause life don’t whisper, It shoves. I bark ‘cause someday it won’t be love. I’m not mean—I’m early truth, Before the world teaches it harder to you. [Chorus] You don’t know how spoiled you are, Heat on blast while you raise the bar. Disrespect now, reality scars, No one’s clapping for who you think you are. You don’t know how spoiled you are, This house is safe, but the world is sharp. Learn respect or learn it the hard— Either way, class starts now. [Outro – Spoken Female (Carmen)] Kids... if you hear circus music playing, that means the Ringmaster is busy... making another song about you. Stay in your rooms.