[Verse 1] Weeks of round-the-clock construction, concrete dust and crane Workers grinding overnight out in the pouring rain Trump looked at the finished helipad and said nah, not quite right Now they gotta rip it up and start it over tonight New York Magazine called it messy, Washington Post agrees Another White House renovation stalled by degrees Millions spent on rotors, asphalt, steel, and sweat The helipad's still crooked and it ain't finished yet [Chorus] August fifth, read the wires, count the cost White House helipad money — probably lost AI rules behind closed doors, framework locked away UFC lost thirty million on that spectacle day News don't sleep, the cycle churns and grinds August fifth, twenty-twenty-six — engrave it in your mind [Verse 2] Now shift the lens to algorithms, policy and threat White House called the AI companies — voluntary, and yet The frameworks they constructed got classified and sealed WIRED reported plainly — nothing gets revealed NBC confirmed the meetings, called the models offline first Then handed back the keys and said now quench your thirst New York Times says security review is underway But who exactly reads those rules nobody's gonna say [Chorus] August fifth, read the wires, count the cost White House helipad money — probably lost AI rules behind closed doors, framework locked away UFC lost thirty million on that spectacle day News don't sleep, the cycle churns and grinds August fifth, twenty-twenty-six — engrave it in your mind [Bridge] Guardian dropped the UFC receipts — thirty million gone Dana White brought the octagon to the White House lawn Punches thrown for politics, the losses hit the tape Dissent asked who owns history when the records reshape Every story's tangled, every headline's got a root Follow where the money flows and follow where the boot [Verse 3] So catalogue the patterns — construction, tech, and sport Power always renovating, building its own fort AI firms are nodding, signing voluntary lines Reading between the frameworks, reading all the signs The helipad's a symbol — policy half-done Announce the plan, restart the plan, repeat it till it's spun [Chorus] August fifth, read the wires, count the cost White House helipad money — probably lost AI rules behind closed doors, framework locked away UFC lost thirty million on that spectacle day News don't sleep, the cycle churns and grinds August fifth, twenty-twenty-six — engrave it in your mind [Outro] That's the news, that's the date, that's the record straight August fifth, twenty-twenty-six — file it, don't wait
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