{"id":85,"date":"2026-05-07T19:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/?p=85"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:00:03","slug":"corporate-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/2026\/05\/07\/corporate-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Corporate King by Lobster Optimus Ltd\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2251576175&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics by John Lister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With pomp and circumstance preceding genuflections, it makes a person feel small.<br>Our politicians&#8217; talking heads for corporations, it&#8217;s like we don&#8217;t exist at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to run for the hills, like a fish without gills<br>There aren\u2019t any Hollywood stills, when you can&#8217;t pay your bills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are our new emperors it\u2019s something you don&#8217;t want to hear,<br>It&#8217;s not the money that they have that really scares me; it is there power that I fear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">{Chorus]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The middle class is facing quick annihilation, and I find it mildly sad<br>When I think of all the money that the rich waste, that the lower class has never had<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are changes that can adulterate our history, and there is one thing that rings true<br>The rich, I promise you will always become richer, and all there treasures come from you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to run for the hills, like a fish without gills<br>When you can\u2019t pay your bills, big corporations they kill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics by John Lister With pomp and circumstance preceding genuflections, it makes a person feel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}