[Verse 1] Legal could have taken back compliance any day But they looked at the mountain and they walked away Every employee, every choice, every single call How do you manage something that affects them all? [Pre-Chorus] Small departments, big expenses Can't be everywhere at once [Chorus] Scale, Speed, Integration, Preference Four reasons why they stayed away Scale, Speed, Integration, Preference HR keeps compliance every day Too big, too fast, too intertwined Legal minds had different plans in mind [Verse 2] When a manager wants to fire someone today You can't wait two weeks for legal's delay Real-time decisions need immediate review Compliance moves at the speed business moves too [Pre-Chorus] Risk assessment in the moment Can't wait for legal's timeline [Chorus] Scale, Speed, Integration, Preference Four reasons why they stayed away Scale, Speed, Integration, Preference HR keeps compliance every day Too big, too fast, too intertwined Legal minds had different plans in mind [Bridge] Hiring, onboarding, reviews, termination Compliance lives in every operation Separating systems doubles the cost Infrastructure duplicated, efficiency lost [Verse 3] Lawyers went to school for bigger things Advisory roles and litigation rings Not FMLA tracking or training sessions They prefer courtrooms to HR lessons [Final Chorus] Scale, Speed, Integration, Preference Four reasons why they stayed away Scale, Speed, Integration, Preference HR keeps compliance every day Now we're stuck between two worlds Compliance owned but expertise unfurled [Outro] HR runs it daily, legal steps in when it breaks This division of labor, whatever it takes But the structural problem remains so clear Responsibility without expertise we hold dear
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