MC Frontalot, MC Lars - Captains Of Industry lyrics

My man Lars has got the
Talent and he flaunts it
And he drops fat hit's
Every one hundredth concept
The onset of his rapping is blunt
It beats you up in the
Manner that he’d call post-punk
You know the fans can’t get enough
Always holler for more
I think they’re even louder
Than they were before the previous encore
Just hope they let him offstage soon
Vital business in the back where
The hoodies are strewn come up

My boy Front is always
Managing his vocal takes
Playing up his nerd persona
Every day he integrates
You want to hear a rap about a game from ‘82?
Good news! MC Frontalot’s got songs for you
Full of rhymes that he drops, pretty hot
Make ‘em rock
With the style he concocts: nerdcore Hip-Hop
Flash light on his head
‘cause homeboy went and started it
Grabbing your allowances
He knows how to market it

My boy Front is in the tee shirt business
My man Lars is in the tee shirt business
Look at us, we’re in the tee shirt business
I thought we were musicians what is this?
Frontalot is in the tee shirt business
MC lars is in the tee shirt business
Both of us are in the tee shirt business
I thought we were musicians what is this?

You try to sell music, they look at you funny
Not a transaction that necessitates money
Not with the true cunning of
The kids in the know
But, you look at them cheering
Notice what? They don’t sew
Don’t go to the print shop
And silkscreen their own
Yet they’re always needing something
To cover the torso
That’s why MC Lars and I provide a product
Sit atop high fashion inventory! You got it

Costume glasses, mouse pads, robot USBs
Captains are we of what? Industry!
Rockefeller, Adam Smith
Rock a cellar just like this
Rock a crowd of rowdy kids so, Frontalot
Tell me this:
Is it all about the Washingtons
Or all about the art?
Indie rap, we’re into that
Following our hearts
But part of the job I mean
The other part from caring
Is taking tee shirt money like
We’re modern robber barons

MC Lars is in the tee shirt business
MC Front is in the tee shirt business
Look at us we're in the tee shirt business
I thought we were musicians what is this?
Frontalot is in the tee shirt business
MC Lars is in the tee shirt business
Both of us are in the tee shirt business
I thought we were musicians what is this?

Oh we know every fabric weight
Every drop-ship price
Every line-screen density designs are precise

Cotton woven so nice
Blind eyes to child labor:
You as the consumer are the lucky money saver

And we savor all your savvy
As it leads you to our wares
Up in the gilded age of geekery
We so sneakily prepared
This foolproof method of making just
The shirts you want with my top hat and my
Monocle and your money, i abscond

Horris Records harvesting the forest
Near your home
For the paper in the liner notes
Of every disc you own
You should have known that our
Sweatshirts were pure baby seal
Go ahead and treat yourself you
Love the way it feels

The appeals of the audience:

Get back on stage! Where you at?

By the merch booth, trying to get paid!
Got a hundred people covered

Though their arms stay bare

The only way

We get to do it:

Check the logos they wear

My man Lars is in the tee shirt business
My boy Front is in the tee shirt business
Look at us, we’re in the tee shirt business
I thought we were musicians, what is this?
MC lars is in the tee shirt business
Frontalot is in the tee shirt business
Both of us are in the tee shirt business
I thought that we were rappers what is this?