THE DATA STREAM | Cyberpunk 2077 Song feat. Cami-Cat!

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  @TheStupendium · 5 years ago (edited) · pinned

  LYRICS:<br><br>VERSE 1:<br>Eventually all walls meet demolition <br>So Wall Street had to keep the tradition <br>Their financial systems resigned to ignition <br>And out of the ashes, we have arisen <br>An empire is forged in the fire of ambition <br>In business there isn’t the time for attrition <br>Invest to suppress then ingest competition <br>Then each acquisition is new ammunition <br>When governments crumble and fall to the floor <br>That was paved with the graves of a corporate war <br>A fundament funded in blood just to shore <br>A foundation for founding our covenant – born <br>Of a need for control of societal entropy <br>Enterprise at the price of your indemnity <br>Chart out the course and of course you were meant to be <br>Bent to the will of a corporate entity<br> <br>Arasaka Security. You’re in safe hands.<br><br>CHORUS:<br>We’re the light in your screens, we’re the lead in your veins <br>Then you wake from your dreams so we can sell them again <br>In the light we distract with the shiny and new <br>So you’re blind to the fact that the product is you <br>So let your brain dance and replay the dream <br>But don’t drown in the data stream <br>‘Cause we see where you are and we see where you go <br>‘Cause we know what you own and we own what you know<br><br>VERSE 2: <br>From the top of all our towers, the corridors of power clearly need rewiring <br>Arasaka saw the spark and then embarked upon the path to turn that spark to lightning <br>There’s no autonomous megalopolis so populous or prosperous you could reside in <br>And every citizen that’s living in this city is a digit on the charts we’re climbing <br>Political systems are too inefficient <br>They split like the atom and burned in the fission <br>Now every department and every decision <br>Defer to the herds of our corporate divisions <br>If you don’t remember the ballot you cast <br>It’s printed on every receipt you were passed <br>Each time you selected our products and services <br>We were elected in each of your purchases <br>What’s left to do when you’ve got the monopoly? <br>Turn the consumer into the commodity <br>It isn’t hard where you’ve hardware neurology <br>Honestly, do read the company policy <br>Take information and trade it for wealth <br>You pay it in each augmentation we sell <br>It’s easy to cut out the middleman <br>When he’s cut out most of himself<br> <br>Arasaka Finance. Investing in your future.<br><br>CHORUS:<br>We’re the light in your screens, we’re the lead in your veins <br>Then you wake from your dreams so we can sell them again <br>In the light we distract with the shiny and new <br>So you’re blind to the fact that the product is you <br>So let your brain dance and replay the dream <br>But don’t drown in the data stream <br>‘Cause we see where you are and we see where you go <br>‘Cause we know what you own and we own what you know<br><br>VERSE 3:<br>All that you say on the net we composite <br>To maps that go straight from your head to your pocket <br>Complain if you want, you’re still making deposits <br>Of data - each day you log on is a profit <br>Society currently lists electronic <br>So isn’t conducting resistance ironic? <br>We’ve plenty of skeletons locked in our closets <br>But yours are assembled from old-stock hydraulics <br>So lucky we know just the pieces you need <br>All plucked from your social media feeds <br>The places you go and the posts that you read <br>All snatched for a new algorithm to feed <br>Now holding our gold isn’t par for the brand <br>Our silver is sat in the palm of your hand <br>Quit whining and sign on the line in the sand <br>The supply does not get to make the demands<br> <br>Arasaka Manufacturing. Building a better tomorrow.<br><br>BRIDGE: <br>Name, Age, Qualifications <br>Race, Faith, Career aspirations <br>Political leaning, Daily commute <br>Marital status, Favourite fruit <br>Family, Browser, Medical history <br>Hobbies, interests, Brand affinity <br>Fashion, style, your occupation <br>Gender identity, orientation <br>Lifestyle choices, dietary needs <br>The marketing contact you choose to receive <br>Posts, likes, employers, friends <br>Social bias, exploitable trends <br>Tastes, culture, phone of choice <br>Facial structure, the tone of your voice <br>If it’s inside your head we know <br>You can’t escape the ebb and flow<br><br>CHORUS: <br>We’re the light in your screens, we’re the lead in your veins <br>Then you wake from your dreams so we can sell them again <br>In the light we distract with the shiny and new <br>So you’re blind to the fact that the product is you <br>So let your brain dance and replay the dream <br>But don’t drown in the data stream <br>‘Cause we see where you are and we see where you go <br>‘Cause we know what you own and we own what you know<br><br>VERSE 4:<br>(In the light we distract with the shiny and new) <br>When guiding the hand of the market <br>If it’s holding a cheque or a gun <br>The fingers go deep in your pockets <br>And you can live under the thumb <br>(So you’re blind to the fact that the product is you) <br>You seem so surprised <br>What did you expect? <br>We’re thinking outside of that box that you checked <br>The terms were presented in full to inspect <br>You scrolled to the end just to get to ‘Accept’ <br> <br>(In the light we distract with the shiny and new) <br>Arasaka would like to know your location <br>Arasaka would like to know your location <br>(So you’re blind to the fact that the product is you) <br>Arasaka would like to know your location <br>Arasaka would like to know your location

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  @DoritoDew97 · 7 months ago

  can&apos;t believe we got this world 50 years early and we don&apos;t even get the cool neon lights to make up for it

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  @patrickardagh-walter6609 · 9 months ago

  This song gets more prescient every year.

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  @SomeJDude · 8 months ago

  Hearing about billionaires wanting to build their own city in Greenland made me think of this song

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  @Aespectix · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bem_d49NBLc&amp;t=345">5:45</a> I love the implication here that Stupes ended up being so devoted to his work that he uploaded his mind so he could make music without physical limitations like food, drink, sleep, etc.

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  @lawsonhovind7335 · 5 years ago

  This totally feels like what you were going for, everyone make way for Amazon&apos;s anthem in 2035

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  @CancerStars07 · 8 months ago

  This video has aged like the finest of wines

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  @JeremyCoatney · 5 years ago

  “Arasaka would like to know your location” a line that enhances your awareness of just how many times you are asked that by software that has no REASONABLE reason to know.

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  @thegorrambatguy3280 · 3 years ago

  True story: It&apos;s boring as anything, but I actually do bother to at least speed-read through the contracts on software. And these days, when I&apos;m tempted to just skip it, I now hear the voice of Stupendium saying in my ear, &quot;the terms were presented in full to inspect; you scrolled to the end just to get to &apos;Accept&apos;&quot;

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  @thearchangel2716 · 5 years ago (edited)

  There&apos;s one thing that makes this song more terrifying, all of the data that&apos;s said at the end? Google already knows ALL of that for anybody who uses google or even goes on most sites on the internet<br><br>Edit: The only difference between google and cyberpunk is that the main company knows everything about everyone, with google just knowing about everyone who uses the internet.

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  @robertarden2208 · 5 years ago

  &quot;The supply does not get to make demands&quot; is immediately up there with &quot;But we&apos;ve spent the centuries in second to the birth rate&quot; as lines that are rawer than a living chicken

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  @beammeupscott3032 · 1 year ago

  &quot;if you dont remember the ballot you cast its printed on each of your recipes you were passed- we were elected with each of your purchases&quot; &nbsp;goes hard. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bem_d49NBLc&amp;t=136">2:16</a>

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