Текст песни
Well I really don't care if I ain't western as fuck
'Cause I don't wear a hat and I don't drive a truck
I made everything but a livin', my voice's gotten used
I ain't sellin' my soul for a couple of views
Payola for thee, payola for playlists
Blue checkmarks and follows and streams
We'll license your song, we'll give you 60
We'll advance ya some dough so you've got money to spend
Put it all toward promotion, when she blows up
Big high five, her fat ass is worth her 40
Payola for thee, payola for playlists
Blue checkmarks and follows and streams
There are folks in the business no older than me
That ain't never done nothin' but email and drink
And the Coke in the kitchen, it ain't Coca-Cola
And they'll swear and declare, "Payola, payola"
Payola for thee
Brought to you by nepotism and veiled in authority
Payola for thee
Is the Wizard of Oz and the curtain's the do-re-mi-mi-mi
I ain't never been viral but I've had the flu
It was hard to monetize but I made it through
And when the 'Rona came and the labels went home
We went back to Starbucks, they took PPP loans
Payola for thee, payola for playlists
Blue checkmarks and follows and streams
Payola for thee
Is the Wizard of Oz and the curtain's the do-re-mi-mi
From the cowboy cosplay of Music City
To the LA cyborgs and New York pretties
Austin City's got no limit for DMT dreams
It's all bought and paid for, it ain't as it seems
Payola for thee
Is the vending machine of the music industry
Payola for thee
Is the Wizard of Oz and the curtain's the do-re-mi-mi
It's a shallow money trench, Thompson's correct
Sail through an ocean of shit and you still get wrecked
And payola for thee
Brought to you by nepotism and veiled in authority
Payola for thee
Is the vending machine of the music industry
Payola for thee
Is the Wizard of Oz and the curtain's the do-re-mi-mi-mi