How the World Works (Explicit) - Bo Burnham

Lyrics by：Bo Burnham

Composed by：Bo Burnham

Bo Burnham：

Hey kids

Today we're gonna learn about the world

Bo Burnham：

The world that's around us is pretty amazing

But how does it work

It must be complicated

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

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

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

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

All right

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

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

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

Bo Burnham/Socko：

That's pretty intense

No s**t

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 f**king 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 f**king way

Watch your mouth buddy

Remember who's on whose hand here

But that's what I've

Have you not been f**king 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 sir

Look at me

Yes sir

That's better

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

Socko：

No