Mendocino’s Burning

Lyrics

[Intro] Mendocino's burning and they blamed it on the blockchain Counting confirmations, watching Cali going up in flames [Chorus] (Mendocino's burning, Mendocino's burning) Mendocino's burning and they blamed it on the blockchain (Counting confirmations, counting confirmations) Counting confirmations, watching Cali going up in flames [Verse 1, MC Lars] I played San Francisco show with I Fight Dragons After the concert Shawn Fanning was having A party on his rooftop, I was invited You could see Marin and Oakland I was hella excited I thanked Sean for an industry that he blessed Because Napster was our generation's Gutenberg press They say Fanning flipped the domino that toppled the tower Peer-to-peer file sharing had a lot of power In the way hе decentralized music distribution Satoshi lookеd at finance had a similar solution But where will we be in 2023? Counting confirmations, rising seas are all I see Can we fix our mistakes if we switch to proof of stake? And if I mint an NFT, will global warming escalate? As I'm sitting in my scraper watching California fires Is this Ledger that I'm holding sending carbon levels higher? [Chorus] (Mendocino's burning, Mendocino's burning) Mendocino's burning and they blamed it on the blockchain (Counting confirmations, counting confirmations) Counting confirmations, watching Cali going up in flames [Verse 2, MC Frontalot] You know our math is brilliant, 'cause you can't understand it Got you thinking that our Ponzi scheme will benefit the planet As our value gets remanded to the custody of orbit Every speculator took a look and they adored it You can floor it. What's one person's gas burning, anyway? Drop inside a bucket. Soar before we plummet The landing? See, we stuck it. Bounce like a springboard Up could go forever, don't you think? And you could bring more Friends with you next time, or if you run out Try some internet strangers, fill them with doubt How all the criticisms they've been hearing are the first clue That someone's keeping secret how all that stuff is reverse-true! In fact, we're good for the climate, we're just helping We'll probably cure poverty on accident or something And it doesn't matter if our interests seem opaque Set it all on fire. Anything less is a mistake [Chorus] (Mendocino's burning, Mendocino's burning) Mendocino's burning and they blamed it on the blockchain (Counting confirmations, counting confirmations) Counting confirmations, watching Cali going up in flames [Verse 3, MC Lars] Adam Smith said that man is an animal that bargains A "Captain of Industry" who saw a global market Look, but maybe crypto could incentive green energy Excess wind and solar could be utilized potentially [Frontalot] Yes, right! Electricity no-one's using, we'll use that We'll leverage the potential energy of swelled heads in loose hats We'll tell feds they can move fast Or get left behind with their fiat when we move past [Lars] And wait, hold up, do you hear that sound? A deflationary asset might cut consumption down [Frontalot] Deflation's fantastic, it's like free interest on our hoard And the best part is you can't participate if you're poor [Lars] But the corporate elite likes how everything is now Mainstream media is dying try to block the blockchain somehow [Frontalot] Sure, there's no shortage of villains in our current dystopia But fire season's open, and you're coping, so here's hoping, y'all [Chorus] (Mendocino's burning, Mendocino's burning) Mendocino's burning and they blamed it on the blockchain (Counting confirmations, counting confirmations) Counting confirmations, watching Cali going up in flames [Outro, Beefy] The rise of Greta definitely not accident What mother nature needed, a champion of environment If she was my daughter, there's no way I could be prouder Went to battle against power and then won every encounter And she's representing for the future we need Where we doing things for others instead of do it for greed All it takes to make a difference is be willing to join That's the point And... I'm sorry, this is supposed to be about Bitcoin?