[Verse 1]
Washington and Riyadh got a crack between them
Hormuz is the flashpoint, and it's splitting the system
Who controls the waterway where tankers pass through
That's the question breaking trust — Wall Street Journal's view
Mohammed bin Salman counting billions in his hand
Public Investment Fund doubled profit 'cross the sand
Seventeen point three billion, twenty-twenty-five
Saudi wealth machine is very much alive
[Chorus]
Gulf News, read the headlines, feel the tension in the air
Saudi, UAE drifting — two big players, one square
Oil still loading, ships get hit but cargo keeps on sailing
The new Middle East quartet — old alliances failing
Gulf News, July first — the region's rearranging
Every bloc is calculating, every border's changing
[Verse 2]
Saudi-UAE rift is what security scholars warning
A new order needed 'fore the fractures turn to mourning
Just Security's calling out — the Gulf needs a reset
Two powerful neighbors, and they haven't settled yet
Meanwhile China's watching with a long strategic gaze
Post-Iran conflict, Beijing's playing out its plays
The Diplomat reports it — Gulf is China's pivot zone
Every calculation made to not be left alone
[Chorus]
Gulf News, read the headlines, feel the tension in the air
Saudi, UAE drifting — two big players, one square
Oil still loading, ships get hit but cargo keeps on sailing
The new Middle East quartet — old alliances failing
Gulf News, July first — the region's rearranging
Every bloc is calculating, every border's changing
[Verse 3]
Turkey's leaning eastward, Qatar holding its own ground
Normalization deals still echoing their sound
Gaza ceasefire fragile, reconstruction dollars thin
Every outside power wants a foothold to begin
Energy corridors cutting through contested land
Pipelines drawn on paper, armies close at hand
The Abraham Accords are aging, cracks along the seam
Regional ambition bigger than the original dream
[Bridge]
At the UN Security Council, Saudi's voice rings clear
Alwasil speaking for the Arab Group — Syria's still here
Reuters clocking tanker routes through hostile water lanes
Producers pushing forward through the pressure and the strains
Four powers shifting — the new quartet taking shape
Foreign policy journals mapping every geopolitical escape
[Chorus]
Gulf News, read the headlines, feel the tension in the air
Saudi, UAE drifting — two big players, one square
Oil still loading, ships get hit but cargo keeps on sailing
The new Middle East quartet — old alliances failing
Gulf News, July first — the region's rearranging
Every bloc is calculating, every border's changing
[Outro]
Gulf News, July the first — bookmark this date
Hormuz, the Fund, the rift — too consequential to wait
Mariachi brass fading, but the stories don't sleep
The Middle East rewiring — and the changes run deep