[Intro: Bo Burnham]
         
Hey, kids
              
Today, we're g

             
onna learn abo

             
ut the world


[Verse 1: Bo Burnham]
            
The world that

   
's around us
          
Is pretty amaz

ing
              
But how does i

  
t work?
              
It must be com

 
plicated
            
The secret is 

             
the world can 

     
only work
              
When everythin

         
g works togeth

er


[Verse 2: Bo Burnham]
            
A bee drinks f

      
rom a flower
              
And leaves wit

      
h its pollen
              
A squirrel in 

  
a tree
              
Spreads the se

          
eds that have 

   
fallen
           
Everything wor

ks together
           
The biggest el

          
ephant, the li

       
ttlest fly
           
The gophers un

            
derground, the

            
 birds in the 


sky
       
And every sing

       
le cricket, ev

           
ery fish in th

   
e sea
             
Gives what the

             
y can and gets

           
 what they nee

d


[Chorus: Bo Burnham]
             
That is how th

  
e world works
             
That is how th

      
e world works

From A to Zebr

a
           
To the worms i

      
n the dirt
      
That's how it 

works

[Interlude 1: Bo Burnham & Socko]
      
Hey everyone
              
Look who stopp

         
ed by to say h

ello

It's Socko

Hey!
          
Where you been


, Socko?
           
I've been wher

              
e I always am 

              
when you're no

  
t wearing me o

n your hand
             
In a frighteni

        
ng, liminal sp

              
ace between st

 
ates of being
           
Not quite dead

/
, not quite al

ive
             
It's similar t

              
o a constant s

        
tate of sleep 

paralysis
           
Socko, we were

              
 just talking 

              
about the worl

      
d and how it w

orks
             
Boy, that soun

      
ds complicated

!
              
Do you have an

              
ything you'd w

         
ant to teach u

s about the wo

rld?
           
I wouldn't say

/           
 anything that

              
 you probably 

        
haven't alread

y said yoursel

f
        
I don't know a

bout that, Soc

ko
             
How about you 

          
give it a try?
Alright!


[Verse 3: Socko]
            
The simple nar

             
rative taught 

              
in every histo

   
ry class
              
Is demonstrabl

             
y false and pe

        
dagogically cl

assist
              
Don't you know

             
 the world is 

           
built with blo

od?
             
And genocide a

          
nd exploitatio

n
            
The global net

             
work of capita

              
l essentially 

  
functions
              
To separate th

             
e worker from 

          
the means of p

 
roduction
             
And the FBI ki

              
lled Martin Lu

     
ther King
         
Private proper

            
ty's inherentl

  
y theft
             
And neoliberal

          
 fascists are 

            
destroying the

 
 left
       
And every poli

       
tician, every 

         
cop on the str


eet
             
Protects the i

              
nterests of th

             
e pedophilic c

         
orporate elite


[Chorus: Socko & Bo Burnham]
             
That is how th

  
e world works
Really?
             
That is how th

    
e world works
             
Genocide, the 

              
Natives say yo

         
u got to it fi

rst
      
That's how it 

works


[Interlude 2: Bo Burnham & Socko]
             
That's pretty 


intense
   
No shit
              
What can I do 

   
to help?
              
Read a book or


 something, I 

don't know
        
Just don't bur

              
den me with th

  
e responsibili

ty of educatin

g you

It's incredibl

y exhausting

I'm sorry, Soc

ko
              
I was just try

        
ing to become 

            
a better perso


n
              
Why do you ric

        
h fucking whit

              
e people insis

             
t on seeing ev

ery
              
socio-politica

        
l conflict thr

              
ough the myopi

           
c lens of your

          
 own self-actu


alization?
              
This isn't abo

    
ut you
              
So either get 

        
with it, or ge

              
t out of the f

       
ucking way
Watch your mouth, buddy
        
Remember who's

              
 on whose hand

 
 here
But that's what I--
              
Have you not b

    
een fucking li

stening?

We are entrenc

hed in--
Alright, alright
      
Wait, no pleas

e!
I don't wanna go back, please

I can't go, I 

can't go back
N.C.
Please, please, I'm sorry
Are you gonna behave yourself?
Yes
Yes, what?
Yes, sir
Look at me
Yes, sir
That's better


[Chorus: Bo Burnham, Socko & Both]
             
That is how th

  
e world works
             
That is how th

       
e world works

I hope you lea

rned your less

on
          
I did and it h


urt
      
That's how it 

works