(Intro) [Verse 1] He preached about family values, With a hand upon his heart, Then wandered off with somebody else's wife And called it modern art. He sold fidelity on Monday, By Tuesday changed the script, By Wednesday blamed the fake-news crowd— The grift is the gift! Hey! [Chorus] The grift is the gift! Hey! The gift is the grift! Hey! When the spotlight starts asking questions, Take a narrative shift! Hey! The grift is the gift! Hey! The gift is the grift! Hey! When accountability knocks, Take a rhetorical drift! Hey! [Verse 2] He judged the sins of rivals, Condemned their secret flame, But somehow every scandal of his own Required a different name. Their affair was moral failure, His was merely being gifted, The rules were made for everybody else— The grift is the gift! Hey! [Verse 3] The tabloids chased the headlines, The headlines chased the cash, The cash chased the celebrity, The whole machine went crash. A billionaire in gold trim Sailing through the mist, Selling outrage by the truckload— The grift is the gift! Hey! [Bridge] Mother Pence won't touch Trump's hand either, Like Melania swats it away. The cameras zoom, The pundits bloom, And everyone gets paid. Donny Brasco would've lied better Than the Resident President. Even the pigeons on the courthouse roof Looked mildly embarrassed by the evidence. It's better to be an elegant man Than an elephant, maaan! One learns from his mistakes, The other trademarks the plan! [Verse 4] He knew the social butterflies, The moguls and the kings, The private jets and velvet ropes, The strange connected rings. Everybody knew somebody Who knew somebody rich, The gossip grew ten miles tall— The grift is the gift! Hey! [Chorus] The grift is the gift! Hey! The gift is the grift! Hey! The salesman sells the problem first, Then offers you the fix! Hey! The grift is the gift! Hey! The gift is the grift! Hey! History keeps the receipts, And that's the final twist! Hey! [Outro] THE GRIFT IS THE GIFT! HEY! THE GRIFT IS THE GIFT! HEY! THE GRIFT IS THE GIFT! HEY! (Outro)
