[Intro]
Check the books
Check the names
Check the hands
Check the flames

[Verse]
I got Receipts for the Powerful folded in my coat
Numbers in the margins that the rich folks wrote
Contracts in the drawer with the red ink dry
Every little signature a public lie
They said the budget had no room for care
But the money found a mansion and a leather chair
They said sacrifice was something we share
But the bill came here and the feast went there

[Pre-Chorus]
Open up the ledger, let the daylight in
Count every favor, every private win
When the truth gets printed in black and white
The crowd reads loud under stage light

[Chorus]
Receipts for the Powerful
Line by line, we know
Receipts for the Powerful
Where did all that money go
Receipts for the Powerful
Names on every page
Receipts for the Powerful
Turn the paper into rage

[Verse]
They cut the school but they built the wall
They closed the clinic but they bought the hall
They smiled on camera with a charity face
Then moved our future to an offshore place
Meanwhile mama’s working double till her knees go bad
Daddy counts coins that he never had
Kids grow up with a debt-shaped sky
And a headline asking why they cry

[Pre-Chorus]
Open up the ledger, let the daylight in
Count every favor, every private win
When the truth gets printed in black and white
The crowd reads loud under stage light

[Chorus]
Receipts for the Powerful
Line by line, we know
Receipts for the Powerful
Where did all that money go
Receipts for the Powerful
Names on every page
Receipts for the Powerful
Turn the paper into rage

[Instrumental]
DJ scratch, horn stab, kick drum slam
Bassline creeping like a courtroom jam
Crowd says pay back, pay back now
Brass says louder, show us how

[Bridge]
No more numbers disappearing in smoke
No more jokes where the hungry choke
No more speeches with a polished grin
Show the books and let the people in

[Breakdown]
Who got paid when the lights went out
Who got rich on the people’s doubt
Who shook hands while the markets fell
Who bought heaven and sold us hell

[Build-up]
Page one, page two, page three, page four
Crowd keeps shouting, bring out more
Page five, page six, stage lights blue
Every receipt got a name we knew

[Chorus]
Receipts for the Powerful
Line by line, we know
Receipts for the Powerful
Where did all that money go
Receipts for the Powerful
Names on every page
Receipts for the Powerful
Turn the paper into rage

[Chorus]
Receipts for the Powerful
Line by line, we know
Receipts for the Powerful
Where did all that money go
Receipts for the Powerful
Names on every page
Receipts for the Powerful
Turn the paper into rage

[Outro]
Fold them up, pass them down
Read them loud across the town
No more shadows, no more pull
Receipts for the Powerful