[Intro – dark beat, mocking tone]
Yeah… another bill in my inbox,
Another promise that turns out a hoax.
They call it higher learning…
But it’s lower than broke.
[Hook – heavy, anthemic]
Degree mill, dollar for dollar,
Take your soul, leave you holler.
Useless paper, burn and fade,
I paid the price, but I got played.
[Verse 1]
Signed up hungry, thought I’d eat from knowledge,
Turns out the meal was just corporate garbage.
Every class? A cash register ding,
I ain’t learning a thing, just the cost of a king.
Call it a campus, I call it a scam,
They don’t know my name, just my bank account, damn.
“Invest in your future,” they preach and they yell,
But the future they sell is just student debt hell.
[Hook – heavy, layered vocals]
Degree mill, dollar for dollar,
Take your soul, leave you holler.
Useless paper, burn and fade,
I paid the price, but I got played.
[Verse 2]
Advisors ghost me when I needed aid,
But the billing department? They never afraid.
Quick on the draw when it’s time to collect,
But when I needed support? Man, what’d I get?
They say “education’s the key to the door,”
But the lock’s been rigged, and they want more.
No mentorship, no hands to lend,
Just emails, deadlines, a fee at the end.
[Bridge – sarcastic spoken tone]
Congratulations! You’re the proud owner of…
Debt, stress, regret, and a framed piece of nothing.
Hang it up on the wall —
It’s worth less than the frame it sits in.
[Hook – final, shouted with ad-libs]
Degree mill, dollar for dollar,
Take your soul, leave you holler.
Useless paper, burn and fade,
I paid the price, but I got played.
[Outro – beat fades, bitter laugh]
Keep the cap, keep the gown,
I’ll torch it all when nobody’s around.
Knowledge should be free, but you turned it to gold,
Degree mill empire — the biggest scam ever sold.
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