Social Disgrace — Jeffery Horton

Verse 1

Why is it every time I do anything
They point and say, "that's AI"
I lay it out with my own two hands
Still they look right through my life
I build it up, then they tear it down
Like I never bled for this
I can taste that bitter shrug
On every little thing I miss

Pre-Chorus

And I keep my head up
But it cuts so deep
When the work is mine
And they don't believe
I do the long nights
I do the hard lines
Still they act like I
Just stole my own time

Chorus

That's AI, that's AI
That's all they ever say
I do my work
And they look away
That's AI, that's AI
I wear that blame like rain
No credit, no shine
Just my name in pain

Verse 2

I hear the same old chorus
Before they even read
"Don't like AI, don't like anything
You make" is all I need
One small spark from my own mind
Turns into someone else's joke
While I'm standing in the doorway
With my hands around the smoke

Pre-Chorus

And I keep my head up
But it cuts so deep
When the work is mine
And they don't believe
I do the long nights
I do the hard lines
Still they act like I
Just stole my own time

Chorus

That's AI, that's AI
That's all they ever say
I do my work
And they look away
That's AI, that's AI
I wear that blame like rain
No credit, no shine
Just my name in pain

Bridge

Maybe they don't see the hours
Maybe they don't want to know
Every scar on every draft line
Every place I let it show
But I know what my hands made
I know what I paid
You can call it what you want to
I won't fade away

Final Chorus

That's AI, that's AI
That's all they ever say
I do my work
And they look away
That's AI, that's AI
I wear that blame like rain
No credit, no shine
But I know my name