Steel boots
Grind on the concrete
Clock in
Blood on the balance sheet
Rust in my lungs
Pay in my teeth
We bolt your bridges
You own the lease
Forklifts hum
Like a prayer in the yard
We frame your sky
You frame your guard
Barcode badge
On a borrowed spine
Rich hands clean
Off a worker’s time
Security cam
Like a cold third eye
Red dot blinks
Every time we pass by
They count our steps
While we count our scars
They watch our backs
While they hide the bars
Eye in the sky
But we built the tower
You sit high
Off a stolen hour
You watch us grind
Till our hands turn powder
You watch, you watch
But we hold the power
Eye in the sky
We pour that stone
Lay that steel
You claim that throne
Eye in the sky
You eat, we sow
You watch, you watch
But we run this show (hey!)
Cold line cooks
Burn on the forearms
Nail gun pops
Like a false alarm
Night shift ghosts
In fluorescent rain
They sip champagne
From recycled pain
Clipboard king
Says “sign right here”
We sign our backs
For a buck and a beer
Your drone flies low
Over factory smoke
We break our bodies
You break the yoke
But cameras crack
When the crowd stands tall
That wide lens shakes
When the real ones call
You film our sweat
Like it’s base content
We script the future
You just document
Eye in the sky
But we built the tower
You sit high
Off a stolen hour
You watch us grind
Till our hands turn powder
You watch, you watch
But we hold the power
Eye in the sky
We pour that stone
Lay that steel
You claim that throne
Eye in the sky
You eat, we sow
You watch, you watch
But we run this show
You see our faces
Never our names
You count our bodies
Never our graves
You see the profit
Never the cost
You see the city
Never the lost
Eye in the sky
But we built the tower
You sit high
Off a stolen hour
You watch us grind
Till our hands turn powder
You watch, you watch
But we hold the power
Eye in the sky
We pour that stone
Lay that steel
You claim that throne
Eye in the sky
You eat, we sow
You watch, you watch
But we run this show
