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[intercom]:
welcome to arbitrary, incorporated!
we hope you enjoy your visit!

[mat4yo]:
it’s hard for me to think here at arbitrary, inc
filling cartridges with ink or cleaning garbage out the sink
how’s a starving artist ever gonna dominate the market
when he’s washing cars and never gets to starting something big?

it’s hard for me to think here at arbitrary, inc
filling cartridges with ink or cleaning garbage out the sink
how’s a starving artist ever gonna dominate the market
when he’s washing cars and never gets to starting something big?

he said, “you gotta be a handy man, mattie”
i said, “i don’t think i can, daddy”
the oddest toddler waddled round the carpet trying to toss a ball
but cost his dad and mom a couple dollars when he broke his arm

a lack of strength has always challenged me
the only thing i’ve ever carried was the talent gene
but i knew how to stride the balance beam
between
what the world would call reality
and fantasies that only i’m imagining

and my pallet’s clean, too
i’ve got a million doors cracked open
but only two feet to stick em through
i wanna do something only i can do
not the arbitrary hands that are used to make machines move

success is far but there’s a twinkle
in the stars that i can see
don’t say we aren’t at the brink

put an artist in the ring
and i’m as scrawny as a twig
i just wanna do my thing
but i’m older and it seems that

it’s hard for me to think here at arbitrary, inc
filling cartridges with ink or cleaning garbage out the sink
how’s a starving artist ever gonna dominate the market
when he’s washing cars and never gets to starting something big?

it’s hard for me to think here at arbitrary, inc
filling cartridges with ink or cleaning garbage out the sink
how’s a starving artist ever gonna dominate the market
when he’s washing cars and never gets to starting something big?

when i’m locked in my room
i harness the power to manipulate thoughts with my music
but at work, i’ve got nothing to do
with the power to manipulate dust with a broomstick

until i can get a label, i wanna try being a disk jockey who turns tables
but it don’t pay bills, so i’m just stuck as a low wage busboy who’s gotta turn tables

and when i’m not helping waiters take orders
i take orders from professional delegators

and instead of being paid for my labor
i’m paying to have myself fed to the gators

it’s a trade-off that can’t be explained well
we can grade on the scale of our brain cells
but we all walk the aisle to claim
our rolled-up rectangles that state we’ve been trained well

and i can’t tell the value with foresight
but i know my creations will have to endure hibernation
for thirty-four fortnights
just so they know i can press record right

i hope it’s worth the relationship
otherwise, we’re a bundle of brainwashed kids
on a loan plantation, dishing out payments
to fat bureaucrats like voluntary enslavement

why do we buy what the government sells?
we expect more from them than we do ourselves
if i wouldn’t get banished from the public realm
i’d just tell these dictators they suck themselves

it’s hard for me to think here at arbitrary, inc
filling cartridges with ink or cleaning garbage out the sink
how’s a starving artist ever gonna dominate the market
when he’s washing cars and never gets to starting something big?

it’s hard for me to think here at arbitrary, inc
filling cartridges with ink or cleaning garbage out the sink
how’s a starving artist ever gonna dominate the market
when he’s washing cars and never gets to starting something big?

“i’ll take an order for a smorgasbord of mortarboards
glorify the horde and then we’ll board the doors, tell’em it’s their tour de force”

there’s always more to learn with the right decisions
but we’re drowning in tuition and still lack the intuition

a disastrous fee to sit here gnashing my teeth
while they’re tossing flowers flirting with a bachelor’s degree
but actually, it’s immature to say that
‘cause we’ve gotta pay our dues now
before our don’ts payback

what’s the difference if i get my course from the chef or it comes from a teacher?
and how do i measure the value? which one is honored? or which one is cheaper?
all the conflict hurts
my brain could go left or right, but right now it’s just just down in the dirt
my heart wants to write, but my hands need to earn
i just want to stop working and get back to work!!!!

[administration]:
here at arbitrary inc
there’s a promise that we make
we will get you any job that you can think of

if you to harness something greater
than we offer, then it all goes on the table
but if not, then we’ll start sawing off the legs

our target audience is key
any artist wanna be
sell your conscience to us, please!
but we charge a heavy fee

if it’s hard for you to see
that’s ’cause darkness is our specialty
so come again
but know that you’ll be sorry if you leave

[mat4yo]:
i’ve gotta find in my heart, what makes me, me
and do something voluntarily
that adds value to society
regardless of the gig
but for now, i have to quit
here at arbitrary, inc

[administration]:
here at arbitrary, inc
here at arbitrary, inc
here at arbitrary, inc

[intercom]:
come again!
we’re now hiring!

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