How The World Works

Em         A
Hey, kids
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Today, we're gonna learn about the 
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world


[Verse 1: Bo Burnham]
Em               A
The world that's around us
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Is pretty amazing
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But how does it work?
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It must be complicated
Em                A              
The secret is the world can only 
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work
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When everything works together


[Verse 2: Bo Burnham]
  Em                A
A bee drinks from a flower
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And leaves with its pollen
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A squirrel in a tree
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Spreads the seeds that have fallen
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Everything works together
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The biggest elephant, the littlest 
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fly
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The gophers underground, the 
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birds in the sky
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And every single cricket, every fish
 in the sea
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Gives what they can and gets what
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 they need


[Chorus: Bo Burnham]
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That is how the world works
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That is how the world works
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From A to Zebra
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To the worms in the dirt
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That's how it works

[Interlude 1: Bo Burnham & 
Socko]
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Hey everyone
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Look who stopped by to say hello
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It's Socko
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Hey!
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Where you been, Socko?
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I've been where I always am when 
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you're not wearing me on your hand
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In a frightening, liminal space 
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between states of being
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Not quite dead, not quite alive
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It's similar to a constant state of
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 sleep paralysis
Bm7                               
Socko, we were just talking about 
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the world and how it works
D                   F#m/C#
Boy, that sounds complicated!
Do you have anything you'd want to 
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teach us about the world?
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I wouldn't say anything that you 
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probably haven't already said 
yourself
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I don't know about that, Socko
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How about you give it a try?
Alright!


[Verse 3: Socko]
Em                   A           
The simple narrative taught in 
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every history class
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Is demonstrably false and 
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pedagogically classist
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Don't you know the world is built 
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with blood?
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And genocide and exploitation
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The global network of capital 
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essentially functions
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To separate the worker from the 
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means of production
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And the FBI killed Martin Luther 
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King
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Private property's inherently theft
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And neoliberal fascists are 
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destroying the left
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And every politician, every cop on 
the street
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Protects the interests of the 
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pedophilic corporate elite


[Chorus: Socko & Bo Burnham]
D               Bm/G#
That is how the world works
Really?
G               E/G#  A
That is how the world works
D                             F#7
Genocide, the Natives say you got
       Bm
 to it first
G      D/A
That's how it works


[Interlude 2: Bo Burnham & 
Socko]
D             F#m/C#
That's pretty intense
   Bm
No shit
                 F#m/C#
What can I do to help?
              D
Read a book or something, I don't 
know
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Just don't burden me with the 
  Bm7
responsibility of educating you
F#m/C#
It's incredibly exhausting
D
I'm sorry, Socko
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I was just trying to become a 
     Bm7
better person
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Why do you rich fucking white 
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people insist on seeing every
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socio-political conflict through 
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the myopic lens of your own 
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self-actualization?
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This isn't about you
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So either get with it, or get out 
              Bm7
of the fucking way
Watch your mouth, buddy
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Remember who's on whose hand here
But that's what I--
                  F#m/C#
Have you not been fucking listening?
Bm
We are entrenched in--
Alright, alright
      F#m/C#
Wait, no please!
I don't wanna go back, please
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I can't go, I can't go back
N.C.
Please, please, I'm sorry
Are you gonna behave yourself?
Yes
Yes, what?
Yes, sir
Look at me
Yes, sir
That's better


[Chorus: Bo Burnham, Socko & 
Both]
D               Bm/G#
That is how the world works
G               E/G#     A
That is how the world works
D
I hope you learned your lesson
F#7          Bm
I did and it hurt
G      Dsus4/A
That's how it works