Bought & Sold

(Verse 1)
There’s a man in a suit on a late-night call
Selling pieces of us like it’s nothing at all
Shaking hands with a devil in a tailored tie
While the rest of us just try to get by

Main Street’s fading, signs coming down
Jobs got shipped to the other side of town
They said “trust us,” but we know the game
Different faces, but it’s all the same

(Pre-Chorus)
Yeah, they talk real smooth on the evening news
But you don’t see the strings they use

(Chorus)
It’s bought and sold, heart and soul
Truth don’t matter when you’re chasing gold
Corporate kings and government thrones
Writing laws from their million-dollar homes
We break our backs, they raise their stakes
Smile wide while the system breaks
Yeah, we’re just numbers they control
In a world that’s bought and sold

(Verse 2)
Lobby doors got a VIP sign
If you got enough cash, you can cut the line
They don’t hear us when we scream and shout
Too busy cashing checks to drown us out

Factories quiet, but the silence screams
Another family losing everything
While they toast to deals behind closed doors
Counting profits, starting wars

(Pre-Chorus)
They call it freedom, call it fair
But there ain’t no justice anywhere

(Chorus)
It’s bought and sold, heart and soul
Truth don’t matter when you’re chasing gold
Corporate kings and government thrones
Writing laws from their million-dollar homes
We break our backs, they raise their stakes
Smile wide while the system breaks
Yeah, we’re just numbers they control
In a world that’s bought and sold

(Bridge)
But there’s a rumble in the dirt tonight
People waking up, ready to fight
You can’t bury truth forever down
It grows back strong in a small-town crowd

(Final Chorus)
Yeah, it’s bought and sold—but not for long
We’ve been quiet way too long
From rusted trucks to neon lights
We’re done backing down from the fight
They can keep their greed and gold
We ain’t losing what we hold
Yeah, we’re more than what they stole
From a world that’s bought and sold

(Outro)
Yeah, you can hear it in the roads…
We ain’t staying bought and sold

Blake Shelton style soft