How the World Works - Bo Burnham - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Comedian and all-round entertainer takes his famous sockpuppet Socko on a journey about how the world works. This satirical explainer starts off innocently enough and child-friendly ("Hey, kids / Today, we're gonna learn about the world") before delivering a bitter truth pill about capitalism, genocide and the founding of America ("The simple narrative taught in every history class / Is demonstrably false and pedagogically classist / Don't you know? The world is built with blood! / And genocide! And exploitation! / The global network of capital essentially functions / To separate the worker from the means of production / And the FBI killed Martin Luther King.") "How the World Works" is featured on Bo Burnham's 2021 album Inside (The Songs) – recorded during quarantine – the soundtrack to his hit pandemic-era comedy show on Netflix, Inside and which also spawned the viral TikTok-dwelling hit “Bezos I."