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INTRO Yeah They don’t call it taking They call it what you owe They don’t show the weapon They just hand you the form
HOOK Sign here, sign here Tell me that it’s yours Chains made out of paper Locks made out of laws
Sign here, sign here Smile while they take more They call it voluntary With a gun behind the door
Oh-oh-oh Paper empire Oh-oh-oh Built out of fire Oh-oh-oh Say you’re free, but you’re tired Sign here, sign here Welcome to the paper empire
VERSE 1 They taught me how to stand in line Never taught me how money moves Never taught me how debt gets born Never taught me what contracts do
They taught me bells, tests, dates Hands up, sit straight But never how the bank eats first Never how the tax gate waits
I was born in a system Then they called that consent Said the road was the contract Said my breath was the rent
Said the form was the freedom Said the fee was the choice Said the silence was guilt Said the pain had no voice
PRE-HOOK They don’t say tribute They say due They don’t say ruler They say rules
They don’t say force They say file They don’t say cage They say comply
HOOK Sign here, sign here Tell me that it’s yours Chains made out of paper Locks made out of laws
Sign here, sign here Smile while they take more They call it voluntary With a gun behind the door
Oh-oh-oh Paper empire Oh-oh-oh Built out of fire Oh-oh-oh Say you’re free, but you’re tired Sign here, sign here Welcome to the paper empire
VERSE 2 They want receipts for my lunch But lose billions in the fog They want cents from my labor But move war through the logs
They got ledgers in shadows They got names in the vault But if I miss one line Then they say it’s my fault
They say, “Common good” But the common man blind Need a lawyer just to read What they put on the sign
Need an expert for the maze Need software for the trap Need a password to survive Need permission to ask
I said, “Show me the covenant” They showed me a code I said, “Show me the consent” They showed me the road
I said, “Show me the proof” They showed me a threat I said, “That ain’t law” They said, “You in debt”
PRE-HOOK They don’t say tribute They say due They don’t say ruler They say rules
They don’t say force They say file They don’t say cage They say comply
HOOK Sign here, sign here Tell me that it’s yours Chains made out of paper Locks made out of laws
Sign here, sign here Smile while they take more They call it voluntary With a gun behind the door
Oh-oh-oh Paper empire Oh-oh-oh Built out of fire Oh-oh-oh Say you’re free, but you’re tired Sign here, sign here Welcome to the paper empire
BRIDGE A real king says, “This is tribute” A paper king says, “Fill it out” A real chain cuts your wrist A paper chain shuts your mouth
A real war shows the blood A paper war shows the spend A real thief takes your gold A paper thief needs your pen
So I won’t call it freedom Just because you changed the name I won’t call it consent Just because I felt the flame
I won’t call it justice Just because the court agreed You can make a man obey But that don’t make him free
FINAL HOOK Sign here, sign here Tell me that it’s yours Chains made out of paper Locks made out of laws
Sign here, sign here Smile while they take more They call it voluntary With a gun behind the door
Oh-oh-oh Paper empire Oh-oh-oh Built out of fire Oh-oh-oh Say you’re free, but you’re tired Sign here, sign here Welcome to the paper empire
OUTRO They don’t call it taking They call it what you owe They don’t show the weapon They just hand you the form
Sign here Sign here Sign here