Karaoké How the World Works Bo Burnham

Hey kids

Today we're gonna learn about the world

The world that's around us is pretty amazing

But how does it work

It must be complicated

The secret is the world can only work when everything works together

A bee drinks from a flower and leaves with its pollen

A squirrel in a tree spreads the seeds that have fallen

Everything works together

The biggest elephant

The littlest fly

The gophers underground

The birds in the sky

And every single cricket

Every fish in the sea gives what they can and gets what they need

That is how the world works

That is how the world works

From A to Zebra to the worms in the dirt

That's how it works

Hey everyone

Look who stopped by to say hello

It's Socko

Hey

Where you've been Socko

I've been where I always am when you're not wearing me on your hand

In a frightening liminal space between states of being

Not quite dead

Not quite alive

It's similar to a constant state of sleep paralysis

Socko we were just talking about the world and how it works

Boy, that sounds complicated

Do you have anything you'd wanna teach us about the world

I wouldn't say anything that you probably haven't already said yourself

I don't know about that, Socko

How about you give it a try

Alright

The simple narrative taught in every history class is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist

Don't you know the world is built with blood and genocide and exploitation

The global network of capital essentially functions to separate the worker from the means of production

And the FBI killed Martin Luther King

Private property's inherently theft

And neoliberal fascists are destroying the left

And every politician

Every cop on the street protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite

That is how the world works

Really?

That is how the world works

Genocide the Natives

Say you got to it first

That's how it works

That's pretty intense

No shit

What can I do to help

Read a book or something

I don't know

Just don't burden me with the responsibility of educating you

It's incredibly exhausting

I'm sorry Socko

I was just trying to become a better person

Why do you rich fucking white people insist on seeing every socio-political conflict

Through the myopic lens of your own self-actualization

This isn't about you

So either get with it or get out of the fucking way

Watch your mouth buddy

Remember who's on whose hand here

But that's what I

Have you not been fucking listening

We are entrenched in a way

Wait wait no please

I don't wanna go back please

Ugh ugh ugh

I can't go

I can't go back please

Please

I'm sorry

Are you gonna behave yourself

Yes

Yes what

Yes sir

Yes sir

That's better

That is how the world works

That is how the world works

I hope you learned your lesson

I did and it hurt

That's how it works

No ugh