Odes on Tender Specie(s) Vol III: Bad Faith · Track 2 · middle

Trumpbucks (Full)

Full mock-treatment. Gold-foil checks marketed as future legal tender. AI-Trump-voice videos. The 75-year-old Alabama grandmother who lost $1,500. The Bay Area victim duped by AI-generated 'Golden Eagles.' Ludo's banger.

Lyrics

[Intro]
"We have the best bucks... the most beautiful bucks... they're going to be worth so much... believe me..."

[Verse 1]
Foil on the paper, eagle in flight
Shining so pretty in your screen's blue light
A Telegram channel told you the news
Pay off the mortgage, sing the patriot blues
They say it's a secret, for the true and the loyal
A check from the king, on his American soil
He's coming back, and you'll be the new rich
Just click on the link, don't even twitch

[Chorus]
Oh, you got your Trumpbucks, ain't life grand?
The best investment in all of the land
Gold-plated paper, a future so bright
It's not legal tender, but you hold it so tight
Believe me! (Believe me!)

[Verse 2]
Grandma in Alabama, seventy-five
Keeping her faith, and the movement, alive
Fifteen hundred dollars from her savings account
For a Golden Eagle, a worthless amount
Out in the Bay, a tech bro so smart
Bought into the grift, played a sucker's part
Heard the AI whisper, a digital ghost
"This is the one, folks, that you'll love the most"

[Bridge]
It's a beautiful lie, for a beautiful fee
Sold in a language you wanted to be... true
Just a token, a souvenir prize
Look at the fine print, open your eyes
"For commemorative purposes," what does that mean?
It means you got nothing, but a MAGA-hat fever dream

[Chorus]
Oh, you got your Trumpbucks, ain't life grand?
(It's just paper!)
The best investment in all of the land
(It's not an investment!)
Gold-plated paper, a future so bright
It's not legal tender, but you hold it so tight
Believe me!

[Outro]
"Not... legal... tender... Believe me... A beautiful... beautiful... scam... Believe... B-b-b-believe... for novelty use only..."