Race to the Bottom

There's still room to be the new PT Barnum Gotta know the legal landscape and what levers to pull Suckers are still born every minute every hour And there's plenty of ways to keep our fat pockets full So come with me on a race to the bottom Where the pickings are easy and there's plenty of prey Debt, despair, deprivation, desperation Gotta keep 'em occupied so that we can go play First thing is to get the books cooking Don't worry, you can get away with a lot There's no need to hide when there's nobody looking So let's get this thing going while the paperwork's hot Come with me on a race to the bottom Where the pickings are easy and there's plenty of prey Debt, despair, deprivation, desperation Gotta keep 'em occupied so that we can go play Caveat Emptor Caveat Emptor Caveat Emptor Let the buyer beware Here's an example of the kind of ploy we're playin' Endorse some athlete who gets half the people mad The haters make the noise and all of the ruckus And everyone else buys what we sell in our ad, so Come with me on a race to the bottom Where the pickings are easy and there's plenty of prey Debt, despair, deprivation, desperation Gotta keep 'em occupied so that we can go play Caveat Emptor Caveat Emptor Caveat Emptor Let the buyer beware We got a fractured nation, a distracted population Gotta take advantage just the best that we can, but we'd better hurry 'fore their pitchforks get in motion 'cause they're getting pretty being taken by the man Come with me on a race to the bottom Where the pickings are easy and there's plenty of prey Debt, despair, deprivation, desperation Gotta keep 'em occupied so that we can go play