Hey, kids. Today, we're gonna learn about the world
The world that's around us is pretty amazing
But how does it work? It must be comp-a-licated
The secret is the world can only work
Hey, kids. Today, we're gonna learn about the world
The world that's around us is pretty amazing
But how does it work? It must be comp-a-licated
The secret is the world can only work
When everything works together
A bee drinks from a flower and leaves with its pollen
A squirrel in a tree spreads the seeds that have fallen
Everything works together
[Pre-Chorus: Bo Burnham]
The biggest elephant, the littlest fly
The gophers underground, the birds in the sky
And every single cricket, every fish in the sea
Gives what they can and gets what they need
[Chorus: Bo Burnham]
That is how the world works
That is how the world works
From A to zebra to the worms in the dirt
That's how it works
[Interlude 1: Bo Burnham & Socko]
Hey, everyone, look who stopped by to say hello! It's Socko!
Hey!
Where you been, Socko?
I've been where I always am when you're not wearing me on your hand: in a frightening, liminal space between states of being! Not quite dead, not quite alive! It's similar to a constant state of sleep paralysis
Socko, we were just talking about the world and how it works
Boy, that sounds complicated!
Do you have anything you'd want to teach us about the world?
I wouldn't say anything that you probably haven't already said yourself
I don't know about that, Socko. How about you give it a try?
Alright!
[Verse 2: Socko]
The simple narrative taught in every history class
Is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist
Don't you know? The world is built with blood! And genocide and exploitation!
The global network of capital essentially functions
To separate the worker from the means of production
And the FBI killed Martin Luther King
[Pre-Chorus: Socko]
Private property's inherently theft
And neoliberal fascists are destroying the left
And every politician, every cop on the street
Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite
[Chorus: Socko, Bo Burnham & Both]
That is how the world works (Really?)
That is how the world works
Genocide the Natives, say you got to it first
That's how it works
[Interlude 2: Bo Burnham & Socko]
That's pretty intense
No shit!
What can I do to help?
Read a book or something, I don't know. Just don't burden me with the responsibility of educating you. It's incredibly exhausting!
I'm sorry, Socko. I was just trying to become a better person
Why do you rich fucking white people insist on seeing every socio-political conflict through the myopic lens of your own self-actualization? This isn't about you! So either get with it or get out of the fucking way!
Watch your mouth, buddy. Remember who's on whose hand here
But that's what I've— Have you not been fucking listening? We are entrenched in—
Alright! Alright! I... Wait, wait, wait! No, please! I don't wanna go back, please! I can't go— I can't go back! Please! Please. I'm sorry
Are you gonna behave yourself?
Yes
Yes, what?
Yes, s-
Look at me
Yes, sir
That's better
[Chorus: Bo Burnham, Socko & Both]
That is how the world works
That is how the world works
I hope you learned your lesson! (I did, and it hurt!)
That's how it works
[Outro: Socko]
No! No!
Hej, deti. Dnes sa dozvieme o svete
Svet, ktorý je okolo nás, je dosť úžasný
Ale ako to funguje? Musí byť comp-a-licted
Tajomstvo je svet len
Keď všetko spolupracuje
Bee nápoje z kvetu a listy s jeho peľ
Veverička v strome šíri semená, ktoré padli
Všetko spolupracuje
[Pre-Chorus: Bo Burnham]
Najväčší slon, najkrajší lietadlo
Gophy v podzemí, vtáky na oblohe
A každý singel kriket, každá ryba v mori
Dáva, čo môžu a dostane to, čo potrebujú
[Chorus: Bo Burnham]
Ako svet funguje
Ako svet funguje
Od a zebra na červy v špine
To je to, ako to funguje
[Zapojiť 1: BO Burnham & Sock]
Hej, každý, pozri, kto sa zastavil, aby som pozdravil! Je to SOCKO!
Hej!
Kde ste boli, Socko?
Bol som tam, kde som vždy, keď ma nosíš na tvojej ruke: v desivom, liminálnom priestore medzi starými stavmi! Nie je dosť mŕtvy, nie celkom nažive! Je to podobné konštantnému stavu paralýzy spánku
SOCKO, len sme hovorili o svete a ako to funguje
Chlapec, ktorý znie komplikované!
Máte čokoľvek, čo by ste chceli naučiť o svete?
Nechcel by som nič, čo ste pravdepodobne nepovedali sami
Neviem o tom, Socko. A čo ti to vyskúšajte?
Dobre!
[Verš 2: SOCKO]
Jednoduchý príbeh učil v každej triede dejín
Je preukázateľne falošný a pedagogicky klasista
Nevieš? Svet je postavený s krvou! A genocída a vykorisťovanie!
Globálna sieť kapitálu v podstate funguje
Oddeliť pracovníka z výrobných prostriedkov
A FBI zabil Martina Luthera kráľa
[Pre-Chorus: SOCKO]
Inherentne krádene súkromného majetku
A neoliberálnych fašistov ničia doľava
A každý politik, každý policajt na ulici
Chráni záujmy pedofilnej firemnej elity
[Chorus: Socko, BO Burnham & Oba
To je, ako svet funguje (naozaj?)
Ako svet funguje
Genocída Domorci, hovoria, že ste sa na to dostali ako prvý
To je to, ako to funguje
[Zapojiť 2: BO Burnham & Socko]
To je dosť intenzívne
Žiadne hovno!
Čo môžem urobiť, aby som pomohol?
Prečítajte si knihu alebo tak niečo, neviem. Len ma nezaťažuje zodpovednosťou vzdelania. Je to neuveriteľne vyčerpávajúce!
Prepáčte, SOCKO. Len som sa snažil stať sa lepšou osobou
Prečo si bohatí kurva bielych ľudí trvajú na tom, aby ste videli každý sociálno-politický konflikt cez myopický objektív vašej vlastnej samorealizácie? Toto nie je o tebe! Takže buď s ním alebo sa dostanete z kurva!
Sledujte ústa, kamarát. Pamätajte, kto je tu na tom
Ale to som, čo ste neboli kurva počúvať? Sme zakorenení
Dobre! Dobre! ... čakať, počkaj, počkaj! Nie prosím! Nechcem sa vrátiť, prosím! Nemôžem ísť - Nemôžem sa vrátiť! Prosím! Prosím. Prepáč
Budeš sa správať?
Áno
Áno čo?
Áno, s-
Pozri sa na mňa
Áno Pane
To je lepšie
[Chorus: Bo Burnham, Socko & Oba
Ako svet funguje
Ako svet funguje
Dúfam, že ste sa naučili vašu lekciu! (Urobil som, a to bolí!)
To je to, ako to funguje
[OUTRO: SOCKO]
NIE! NIE!