Jaxon Vibe - Starving Scholars Lyrics

[Intro]
Ivory towers made of paper walls
Daddy's tenure track, watch him crawl
Through the halls of pretense, yeah

[Verse 1]
Trust fund PhDs sippin' fair trade tea
While adjuncts live off food stamps, can't you see?
Mom's stressed out, grading papers late
Dad's kissing ass to get that tenure rate
Faculty meetings, verbal boxing rings
Citations like weapons, watch 'em sting
Published or perish, that's the game
While student debt keeps rising, who's to blame?

[Chorus]
Starving scholars in their golden cage
Reading Marx while earning minimum wage
F*ck your symposium, f*ck your peer review
All these smart minds, but what's the truth?
What's the goddamn truth?

[Verse 2]
Progressive talks in private offices
While cleaning staff can't afford their groceries
Watched my parents play the politics
Now I see through all this hypocrite shit
Department drama like a soap opera
Backstabbing colleagues over quota
Grant money flowing to the chosen few
While grad students living off Mountain Dew

[Bridge]
Remember when you said "fight the power"
But you became what you despised
Now you're just another brick in the ivory tower
Living academic lies

[Chorus]
Starving scholars in their golden cage
Reading Marx while earning minimum wage
F*ck your symposium, f*ck your peer review
All these smart minds, but what's the truth?
What's the goddamn truth?

[Outro]
Papers piling like prison walls
Watch the mighty scholars fall
In their golden cage, yeah