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welcome to today - bourgeois & maurice lyrics

[intro: george bourgeois & maurice maurice]
from the first civilisation
to the age of information
we’ve come a long way
a few things have happened
in the last forty centuries
so let’s take a moment
to get you up to speed

[verse 1: george bourgeois, maurice maurice & both]
there were the aztecs, egyptians, romans and greeks
the ottoman empire, the qing dynasty
and the rise of america, china and russia
and fall of the british, quite recently
there was the ming period, good if you wanted a vase
french revolution, bad if you were upper class
europe got rich making africa poor
then spent all its money on two world wars
there’s been discoveries of new countries like new zealand and australia
which delighted everyone except those who already lived there
apollo 11 explored the heavens
on the moon a man trod but found no evidence of god
still there’s been brahman, buddha, jesus, allah
isis, ganesha, prometheus
jehovah, osiris, odin, xenu
rama, shiva, kami and zeus
all these celebrities (deities, whatever) deserve the correct respect
so use capital h when referring to him
and capital k for khloe, kourtney, kylie, kendall and kim

[chorus: both]
welcome to today, to the modern age
you’re free to be whatever you want to be
welcome to today, where success is all self*made
if you’re from the right family

[verse 2: george bourgeois, maurice maurice & both]
(ok, next up, ideas and inventions)
there’s been socialism, communism, fascism, feudalism
neoliberalism, populism and cubism
now nationalism is back to say hi
while capitalism refuses to die
darwinism came along and made creationism
look a bit old*fashioned, really made a schism
now feminism and veganism
give the daily mail an aneurysm
television was invented now it’s dying a death
ever since the birth of the internet
where everyone enjoys screaming into the void

[chorus: both]
welcome to today, where we’re all connected
so no*one has to meet their neighbour
welcome to today, where new perspectives are nice
but life is better in your echo chamber

[verse 3: george bourgeois & maurice maurice]
there’s been tablets, papyrus, paper, screens
hieroglyphics, cyrillic, emojis and memes
penicillin, paracetamol, prozac, prep
jazz, gamalan, classical, bhangra, dubstep
the shekel, shilling, dollar, bitcoin
corset, codpiece, g*string, loincloth
pantomime, opera, hollywood, gogglebox
stream your dreams online, just never switch off
your people got the wheel rolling
now these people can’t stop scrolling, scrolling, scrolling, scrolling
so much data in the palm of their hand
so much they now understand

[chorus: both]
welcome to today, what a time to be alive
it’s an archive of self*documentation
welcome to today, where private lives
are the property of a few corporations
welcome to today, where you can buy anything
don’t delay, it’s 0% interest
welcome to today, where money is the goal
but your soul might be repossessed

[verse 4: both]
all of human history has brought you here so you can see
all the knowledge you could ever want or ever need
and you’re guaranteed to find that whatever’s on your mind
there will be an answer that the algorithms have designed
welcome to the age of the individual
welcome to the age of the digital
welcome to the cutting edge, welcome to the new frontier
welcome to the year 2020

[outro: both]
welcome to the here
welcome to the now
enough with the foreplay
let’s not delay, let’s get on with it
welcome to today

- bourgeois maurice lyrics

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