Corrupted Paradise - Democrat Edition

Описание: [Intro – instrumental only | 8 bars | 0:00–0:17]
[low synth pad, filtered drums, slow rise]

[Verse 1 – rap | 16 bars | 0:17–0:49]
As I walk through the halls of the swamp in D.C.
I take a look at the state and the fraud I see
’Cause I’ve been schemin’ and fightin’ so long that
Even my voters think truth is gone, man
But I ain’t never rigged a vote that wasn’t bent
Called a threat to the state, yeah, that’s heaven-sent
You better watch how you votin’ and where you standin’
Or your voice get buried by media branding

[Pre-Chorus – instrumental breath | 2 bars | 0:49–0:53]
[beat drops out briefly, vocal ad-lib space]

[Chorus – sung, sustained | 8 bars | 0:53–1:25]
They’ve been spendin’ most their lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise
They’ve been spendin’ most their lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise
We keep spendin’ most our lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise
We keep spendin’ most our lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise

[Verse 2 – rap | 24 bars | 1:25–2:13]
Look at the situation they got me facin’
I can’t run a normal race, I was raised by the nation
So I gotta be down with the real folks
Too much fake news got ‘em seein’ ghosts
I’m an educated man with the words in mind
Got the crowds in my hand, see the fire in my eyes
I’m a straight-talk leader, no swamp-side danger
Stand with my people, don’t trigger my anger
Fool, death ain’t nothin’ but a vote away
I’m livin’ life do-or-die, what can I say?
I’m fightin’ for the country, will we live to see wins?
The way things are goin’, I don’t know… we begin
[half-bar pause before chorus]

[Chorus – sung | 8 bars | 2:13–2:45]
They’ve been spendin’ most their lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise
They’ve been spendin’ most their lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise
We keep spendin’ most our lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise
We keep spendin’ most our lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise

[Verse 3 – stripped-back rap | 16 bars | 2:45–3:17]
Power and the money, money and the power
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Everybody’s runnin’, but half never lookin’
Deals in the back rooms, I know what they cookin’
They say I gotta learn, but nobody teach me
If they don’t understand, how they ever reach me?
I guess they can’t, I guess they won’t
I guess they fake it, now their game is broke

[Final Chorus – echoed, expanded | 12 bars | 3:17–3:45]
They’ve been spendin’ most their lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise
They’ve been spendin’ most their lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise
We keep spendin’ most our lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise
We keep spendin’ most our lives
Livin’ in a corrupted paradise
[echo tails carry]

[Outro – spoken/sung | 4 bars | 3:45–3:52]
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones they hurt are you and me
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones they hurt… are you and me