Reputation Score (China)

Lyrics

[Intro]
User 7-3-4. Your rating is... under review.

[Verse 1]
State Council had a plan, June fourteenth, two-thousand-fourteen.
To forge a glorious public opinion.
Keep it clean.
So don't you jaywalk on that corner, don't you post that little meme.
They got a screen in the town square, darling.
Living the dream.
One wrong move, no high-speed train for you.
Your face on a billboard, nothing you can do.
"Broken in one place, restricted everywhere."
They put it in writing. They don't even care.

[Chorus]
What's your number? What's your score?
Five stars at my front door.
Reputation score.
Gimme more, gimme more.
Drop a point and they lock the door.
Don't be poor. Keep the score.

[Verse 2]
And you're laughing from your loft in San Francisco.
Checking your Uber rating on the down-low.
Did you make enough small talk? Did you tip him on the app?
One star from a stranger, and you're caught inside the trap.
From Junction Street to your Yelp review,
The algorithm's got its cold dead eyes on you.
It's the FICO black box, it's the likes on your last post.
It's the ghost of Herbert Simon, he's your host.

[Chorus]
What's your number? What's your score?
Five stars at my front door.
Reputation score.
Gimme more, gimme more.
Drop a point and they lock the door.
Don't be poor. Keep the score.

[Bridge]
Points for donating blood.
Points for a good match on the dating app.
A wealth of information, a poverty of attention.
Did I mention?
You're the product and the currency.
You're the cop and the company.
Policing yourself for free.
Perfectly.
Glorious! So glorious!

[Outro]
Keep the score. Keep the score.
Minus five.
Plus ten.
Minus fifty.
User 7-3-4. Your account has been... suspended.