[Intro]
Ladies and gentlemen, check your receipt
The house is in session with a crooked beat
Bassline walking, brass got proof
Tonight we raise the roof with the truth

[Verse]
Parliament funk, got the floor on fire
One hand voting, one hand wired
Lobby in the hallway, whisper in the glass
Promises moving like counterfeit cash
They dance round the question, slide past the blame
Change up the wording, but the theft stays the same
Everybody clapping for a speech so thin
Even the ceiling fan knows where the money went in

[Pre-Chorus]
Break it down now
Who got paid
Break it down now
Who got played
Break it down now
Who got sold
Break it down now
Who got told

[Chorus]
Parliament funk breakdown, shake that lie
Let the brass band laugh while the truth walks by
Parliament funk breakdown, move your feet
Every crooked little deal got exposed by the beat
Parliament funk breakdown, crowd say no
You can’t filibuster when the bassline goes
Parliament funk breakdown, lights come on
And the people keep dancing till the masks are gone

[Verse]
They got velvet chairs and a crisis smile
Got a donor list running five miles
They say patience, we say rent
They say budget, we ask where it went
They say freedom, but they mean control
They say markets while they invoice your soul
The speaker bangs once, but the drum bangs back
And the whole crowd moves like a counterattack

[Pre-Chorus]
Break it down now
Who got paid
Break it down now
Who got played
Break it down now
Who got sold
Break it down now
Who got told

[Chorus]
Parliament funk breakdown, shake that lie
Let the brass band laugh while the truth walks by
Parliament funk breakdown, move your feet
Every crooked little deal got exposed by the beat
Parliament funk breakdown, crowd say no
You can’t filibuster when the bassline goes
Parliament funk breakdown, lights come on
And the people keep dancing till the masks are gone

[Interlude]
Bass go low
Horns go high
Crowd go left
Truth walk by
Bass go low
Horns go high
Crowd go right
Truth don’t lie

[Solo]
Trumpet talks like a witness stand
Trombone growls through a broken plan
Saxophone laughs at the polished fraud
Drums hit hard like the people applaud

[Breakdown]
Motion denied
Profit approved
Question ignored
Money moved
Motion denied
Profit approved
Question ignored
People moved

[Build-up]
From the cheap seats up to the balcony rail
Every voice in here gonna tip the scale
From the city block to the country road
Let the funk expose what the papers code

[Chorus]
Parliament funk breakdown, shake that lie
Let the brass band laugh while the truth walks by
Parliament funk breakdown, move your feet
Every crooked little deal got exposed by the beat
Parliament funk breakdown, crowd say no
You can’t filibuster when the bassline goes
Parliament funk breakdown, lights come on
And the people keep dancing till the masks are gone

[Outro]
Session closed but the groove remains
Names on paper, hands on chains
Bassline walking out of town
Parliament funk breakdown
