Baba Brinkman - Vacuums lyrics

Yeah, this goes out to everyone with "rotism"
That’s "rich person autism"
I would say you know who you are
But that’s a tough one to self-diagnose

Business breeds the most impressive villains
Newscorp, Murdoch, Enron, Jeffrey Skilling
They made the mistake of takin’
Survival of the fittest
As a guide for business instead
Of a fact that’s scientific
Anything goes right? There’s no vice
In pursuit of profit's, race
To the bottom baby, hold tight
It’s a roller coaster ride
Fuck a safety check
I’ll save the cost and take a
Lawsuit if you break your neck
I can calculate the risk as a function
Of several different assumptions
A mix of evidence and hunches


You sons of bitches with
Your lack of compunctions
You wonder why people get mad
And laugh at your comeuppance?
Why abuses get hurled at News of the World
‘Cause they hacked the phones
Of kidnap victims, cute little girls
And pollute the mental
Atmosphere with misinformation
About global warming
And fuckin’ traffic in fear?
I can’t say if Murdoch should
Be on trial even
That’s for the courts to call
But that’s corporate malfeasance
I want personal repercussions
Pies in the face boycotts, public inquiries
Infamy in cyberspace
Here’s my advice to future corporate giants
Avoid the reputation of
An extortionate tyrant
Watch your triple bottom line
Social and environmental
This is the voice public outrage
– I am vengeful
See that space? That’s a niche to adapt to
Nature hates waste, and hates vacuums
We make trades, from streets to backrooms
Business hates waste, and hates vacuums

Living space degrades we breathe mad fumes
Neighbours create waste, and hate to vacuum
They’ll clean up their act
If we make ‘em have to
Roommates create waste and hate to vacuum

A business is a cost externalizing machine
It has to be losing money
If the environment is clean
And obviously it’s got some
Politicians bought off
So what’s gonna stop corporate
Greed if not laws?
Not that greed it'self is wrong
Just the kind of greed
That tries to feed it'self by
Dumping on someone else’s lawn
C’mon, the free market’s great for innovation
This is not socialism it’s
A pro-business statement
The question is how to reconcile
It with the common good
Either legislatively
Or in the style of Robin Hood
I’m talkin’ about the human
Instinct for justice
Which simply predicts some businesses
Will get interrupted
Business leaders need to
Make predictive judgments
Either learn to use a vacuum
Or live with limited suction
Business hates vacuums, like nature
It’s opportunist
But it also hates vacuuming
Like college students
So how do pollution and profit's
Get put in opposition?
Either with laws, or else with ostracism
Appeals to conscience just don’t work
You gotta banish
No business opportunities left on
A dead planet if you really trust the market
And it's power to adapt
Then I guess it could adapt
To a new environmental act or fuck it
Treat the world like it’s endlessly bountiful
And find out the hard way
Whether you get held accountable
See that space? That’s a niche to adapt to
Nature hates waste, and hates vacuums
We make trades, from streets to backrooms
Business hates waste, and hates vacuums

Living space degrades we breathe mad fumes
Neighbours create waste, and hate to vacuum
They’ll clean up their act
If we make ‘em have to
Roommates create waste and hate to vacuum