Ramen King

Lyrics

[Intro]
Yeah.
Used to be a different kind of money 'round here.
Yeah, a different kind of king.

[Verse 1]
A man's word was a Kool. A Newport.
A single smoke bought you peace for an hour.
Then the state got healthy, took the fire away.
So we moved on to fish. Mack packs in the foil pouch.
But then the trays got light. Real light.
Come 2016, the budget got thin and the stew got thin with it.
Funny what a man will do for calories.
Funny what becomes gold when you're hungry.

[Chorus]
'Cause now the man with the stack is the Ramen King.
Got that Maruchan piled up under his spring.
Don't talk to me 'bout dollars, don't talk to me 'bout bling.
A man's worth fifty-nine cents and what that chicken powder bring.
Yeah. The Ramen King.
Heard me? The new gold standard.

[Verse 2]
You need your laundry done proper? That's two soups.
Need a guy to watch your back in the yard? Better make it a case.
They call 'em 'hooks.' A brick of fried noodles and dust.
Cook it in the shower stall with hot tap water, call it a feast.
A honey bun'll buy you a story.
A mack pack, a memory.
But a beef-flavor ramen? That's your future, right there in the palm of your hand.

[Chorus]
Yeah, the man with the stack is the Ramen King.
Got that Maruchan piled up under his spring.
Don't talk to me 'bout dollars, don't talk to me 'bout bling.
A man's worth fifty-nine cents and what that chicken powder bring.
The Ramen King.
Don't you forget the crown.

[Bridge]
Some college kid, Gibson-Light, wrote a whole paper on it.
Put it in a book, like we didn't already know.
Like we needed a study to feel the hunger.
They build a cage, then they make the food disappear.
So you build a whole new world out of salt and MSG.
It ain't about the taste. Never was.
It's about the trade.

[Outro]
Yeah. The Ramen King.
Sitting on his throne.
Counting his money.