I Love Money
Big Hug capitalism satire: hate money but worship the dollar at 30: crypto, GameStop, MLM oils, billionaire mindset drip, finesse the ones you love to be richest one.
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Track four on Big Hug, and a title that’s bait for a switch: I hate money, it’s trying to control me, but when I’m turning 30, I know I’ll be worshiping a dollar bill. Luke solo, October 2021, same satirical lane as Don’t Worry and I Live in California. The chorus runs American pathology through a Tolkien joke, money, my precious ring of power, I’m billing by the hour: Gollum energy on hourly work, with born and bred American who loves that money as the honest line under the hate.
What dates it is the 2021 finance-bro regret. It’s not a gamble when you win is survivor bias as ideology, and barely making rent is the same affordability crisis as swim in the marijuana that no one can afford on track one. The hustle-culture bridge (Gucci, billionaire mindset, sell your friends, essential oils, multi-level marketing) narrows to a confession: finesse the ones I love, anything to be richest one. Then the GameStop line writes the January 2021 meme-stock saga into a song months before release. The oh no is both punchline and outcome.
Same Big Hug thesis: approachable weirdness, class anxiety without the dread, money worship as a cartoon shell around turning thirty.
Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp.
Lyrics
I hate money It's trying to control me But when I'm turning 30 I know, I'll be worshiping a dollar bill Money My precious ring of power I'm billing by the hour I know, I'm a born and bred American Who loves that money Shoulda put it all in crypto It's not a gamble when you win Maybe I could be a homeowner But I can barely pay my rent, oh no Gucci Bougie Billionaire mindset How you gonna get that drip Sell your friends Essential oils Multi-level marketing Flexing No cap My killer mindset Finesse the ones I love Anything to be richest one I hate money It's trying to control me But when I'm turning 30 I know, I'll be worshiping a dollar bill Money My precious ring of power I'm billing power I'm a born and bred American Who loves that money I shoulda gambled all my student loans And rode Tesla to the moon I coulda bet my life on Gamestop Instead of watching debt accrue oh no Gucci Bougie Billionaire mindset How you gonna get that drip Sell your friends Essential oils Multi-level marketing Flexing No cap My killer mindset Finesse the ones I love Anything to be richest one I hate money It's trying to control me But when I'm turning 30 I know, I'll be worshiping a dollar bill Money My precious ring of power I'm billing power I'm a born and bred American Who loves that money