Buffer Wars

Lyrics

Intro
dark synths swelling
Yeah
Click in
Pick your poison (ayy)
Who’s on the screen tonight?

Chorus
Stream war
Who the fuck want more? (who?)
Tabs up, logos on the floor (down)
One play, we gon’ settle that score (brrt)
Numbers, budgets
Blood in the boardroom door
Stream war
Big bags, big talk (talk)
Catalogs heavy when we walk (walk)
Who’s king of the couch, of the clock?
Everybody load up
Let the platforms talk (skrrt)

Verse 1 – Netflix (booming, confident)
Red “N” flash in the dark, I’m first
Name in your mouth when the Wi-Fi works
Built my throne on the back of the binge
Whole damn world in a black-and-red fringe
I broke cable
Left that fossil in dirt
You quote my shows
You wear my shirts
I made serial killers into memes
Turn drug-lord sagas to your weekend dreams
I’m the reason you say “one more”
Then it’s 5 a.m., you hate your alarm
You hit play, I bend your day
I turned background noise into long-form harm
I fed you docu-shock, crime in the suburbs
Gave every language a line, new buzzwords
You talk “content”?
I turned that word to a curse
Try to step to the king
Get your budget reversed (bitch)

Chorus
Stream war
Who the fuck want more?
Tabs up, logos on the floor
One play, we gon’ settle that score
Numbers, budgets
Blood in the boardroom door
Stream war
Big bags, big talk
Catalogs heavy when we walk
Who’s king of the couch, of the clock?
Everybody load up
Let the platforms talk (let ‘em talk)

Verse 2 – Hulu (sharp, nasal, sarcastic)
Green glow, I’m the side-piece savage
You log in “just for that one show” habit
I’m that “comes with the deal” little add-on freak
But I still steal hours every goddamn week
I brag:
“Next-day drop of your guilty shit”
Trash TV, live feeds, I still hit
You say, “I’ma cancel”
You’re lying again
New season pops up
You slide back in
I’m messy, I’m mixed, got a weird-ass stack
Sitcom laughs and a crime scene track
Cartoons cussin’, news feeds buzzin’
Ads every break just to keep you fussin’ (fuck)
I’m the chaos tab you forgot to close
Auto-play roll and your deadline goes
I’m not the king
But I’m all in your house
Talk slick ‘bout me?
Keep my name out your mouth

[Verse 3 – Disney+ (bright, royal, slightly smug)]
Blue glow, castle in the code, I’m legacy
Bought half of your childhood, that’s my weaponry
I own your past, your kid, your merch
That little mouse turned the market to church
Cute lil’ logo, but don’t get it twisted
I move like a shark through a sea of misfits
Super suits, star flights, laser beams
Whole shared universe of your pipe dreams
I snap, whole fandoms freeze in place
I drop one show
And I own your face
I don’t chase trends, I just buy the trend
Your favorite hero? Mine in the end
Family safe, but the pockets ain’t sweet
You got five kids begging, they all want seats
You might cuss me out
But you still log in
I built an empire off your inner child’s sin (ha)

Chorus
Stream war
Who the fuck want more?
Tabs up, logos on the floor
One play, we gon’ settle that score
Numbers, budgets
Blood in the boardroom door
Stream war
Big bags, big talk
Catalogs heavy when we walk
Who’s king of the couch, of the clock?
Everybody load up
Let the platforms talk

[Verse 4 – Prime Video (laid-back, smug, corporate)]
Brown box logo, smile with a