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, djeco. Danas ćemo naučiti o svijetu
Svijet koji je oko nas je prilično nevjerojatan
Ali kako to radi? Mora biti comp-a-licenciran
Tajna je svijet može raditi samo
Kada sve radi zajedno
Pčela pije iz cvijeta i ostavlja s peludom
Vjeverica u stablu širi sjemenke koje su pale
Sve radi zajedno
[Pre-Chorus: Bo Burnham]
Najveći slon, littlest letjeti
Gophers podzemlje, ptice na nebu
I svaki kriket, svaka riba u moru
Daje ono što mogu i dobivaju ono što im je potrebno
[Chorus: Bo opekotina]
Tako svijet funkcionira
Tako svijet funkcionira
Od a do zebre do crva u prljavštini
Tako radi
[Interludij 1: Bo Burnham & Socko]
Hej, svi, pogledajte tko je zaustavio da kažemo zdravo! To je Socko!
Hej!
Gdje si bio, Socko?
Bio sam tamo gdje sam uvijek kad me ne nosiš na ruci: u zastrašujućem, ograničenom prostoru između stanja biće! Nije baš mrtav, ne sasvim živo! Slično je stalnom stanju paralize sna
Socko, samo smo razgovarali o svijetu i kako radi
Dječak, to zvuči komplicirano!
Imate li sve što biste htjeli naučiti nas o svijetu?
Ne bih ništa rekao da vjerojatno niste već rekli sebe
Ne znam za to, Socko. Kako bi bilo da pokušaš?
U redu!
[Stih 2: Socko]
Jednostavna naracija podučavala je u svakoj klasi povijesti
Je vidljivo lažno i pedagoški klasistički
Zar ne znaš? Svijet je izgrađen s krvlju! I genocid i eksploatacija!
Globalna mreža kapitala u biti funkcionira
Odvojiti radnika iz sredstava za proizvodnju
I FBI je ubio Martin Luthera King
[Pre-Chorus: Socko]
Privatna nekretnina je krađa
I neoliberalni fašisti uništavaju lijevo
I svaki političar, svaki policajac na ulici
Štiti interese pedofilne korporativne elite
[Chorus: Socko, Bo Burmam i oboje]
Tako svijet funkcionira (stvarno?)
Tako svijet funkcionira
Genocid domoroci, kažu da ste najprije stigli
Tako radi
[Interludij 2: Bo Burnham & Socko]
To je prilično intenzivno
Nema sranja!
Što mogu učiniti da pomognem?
Pročitajte knjigu ili nešto, ne znam. Samo me nemojte opteretiti odgovornošću edukacije. Nevjerojatno je iscrpljujuće!
Žao mi je, Socko. Samo sam pokušavao postati bolja osoba
Zašto bogati jebeni bijeli ljudi inzistiraju na viđenju svakog socio-političkog sukoba kroz kratkovidni objektiv vlastite samo-aktualizacije? Ne radi se o tebi! Dakle, ili dobiti s njim ili izaći iz jebenog puta!
Pazi u usta, prijatelju. Sjeti se tko je na čijoj je ruci ovdje
Ali to je ono što ja neću slušati? Mi smo ukorijenjeni
U redu! U redu! Ja ... čekaj, čekaj, čekaj! Ne hvala! Ne želim se vratiti, molim vas! Ne mogu ići ... Ne mogu se vratiti! Molim! Molim. žao mi je
Hoćeš li se ponašati?
Da
Da što?
Da, s-
Pogledaj me
Da gospodine
Tako je bolje
[Chorus: Bo Burning, Socko i oboje]
Tako svijet funkcionira
Tako svijet funkcionira
Nadam se da ste naučili svoju lekciju! (Jesam, i to je povrijeđeno!)
Tako radi
[Outro: Socko]
Ne! Ne!