HowtheWorldWorks

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