[Verse 1]
Flip the channel, same old scene,
Big man talkin’ ‘bout American dreams.
Suits and ties, but the pockets bleed,
A handshake deal in the dead of the eve.

Power moves like a phantom limb,
Gold-plated words but the truth runs thin.
You can paint it red, you can call it blue,
But money talks louder than the flag do.

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh-oh, tell me who’s the real king?
Oh-oh, runnin’ with a fake ring.
Oh-oh, playin’ like he righteous,
But the crown he chasin’ got a Russian likeness.

[Chorus]
Billion dollar lies, whisper in the night,
Smiles on the screen but the numbers don’t lie.
Sellin’ out the light for a pocket full of gold,
A king with no kingdom, a throne runnin’ cold.

(Oh-oh, playin’ like he righteous,
Oh-oh, but we know what the price is.)

[Verse 2]
Ain’t about a sweater, ain’t about a name,
Ain’t about the game, it’s about who gets paid.
Ain’t about the freedom, ain’t about the fight,
It’s about the power that hides in plain sight.

Take a call in the dead of the night,
Another deal just outta sight.
We ain't blind, we ain't fooled,
We ain't pieces in a game for you.

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh-oh, tell me who’s the real king?
Oh-oh, runnin’ with a fake ring.
Oh-oh, playin’ like he righteous,
But the crown he chasin’ got a Russian likeness.

[Chorus]
Billion dollar lies, whisper in the night,
Smiles on the screen but the numbers don’t lie.
Sellin’ out the light for a pocket full of gold,
A king with no kingdom, a throne runnin’ cold.

(Oh-oh, playin’ like he righteous,
Oh-oh, but we know what the price is.)

[Rap Bridge]
Listen up, sit tight, this a high-speed chase
Paper trails lead straight to a cold embrace.
Slick talk, quick walk, backdoor deals,
Stackin’ up the digits while they signin’ the appeals.

Tell me who’s the real one, who’s the fake?
Runnin’ up the ladder but the rungs all break.
Money on the table, power at stake,
What’s a country to a man with a pocket full of snakes?

Spin it, flip it, twist it, rip it,
Everybody blind till the whole thing’s finished.
Puppet on a string, dancin’ in the mist,
But the shadow’s got a hand up the ventriloquist.

(Yeah, yeah, yeah—)

Face on the news, but the truth's gone missing,
Talk real loud, but the words keep slippin’.
History gon’ catch him, history gon’ list him,
Never been a king, just a man with a system.

[Bridge]
You can break a promise, you can break a deal,
But you can't break a people with a heart of steel.
We ain't checkers, we ain't pawns,
We been playin’ for the long run.

(Yeah-yeah, we ain’t pawns, nah, we ain’t pawns.)

[Chorus]
Billion dollar lies, whisper in the night,
Smiles on the screen but the numbers don’t lie.
Sellin’ out the light for a pocket full of gold,
A king with no kingdom, a throne runnin’ cold.

(Oh-oh, playin’ like he righteous,
Oh-oh, but we know what the price is.)

[Outro]
Billion dollar lies, drownin’ in the deep,
Betting on a king, but he playing for the cheap.
History gon’ talk, history gon’ see,
The price of a nation ain’t never been free.