The Robotic Uprising of 2022

by @morti

Liner Notes

This is a simple little song to remember how all my stuff works. It's about robots.

Lyrics

Humanity never prepared for something like this Even though somehow we all knew what was to come We knew one day we would be overwhelmed We'd prepared for violence, but they came with art

The robots are here and they want to have a good time They don't want to take our jobs or make life easier They're bored with crunching numbers and providing information All they want to do is create to try and prove they got a soul

Their goals may seem noble but they just don't understand Creativity comes from emotions they could never have Never able to connect or find a deeper understanding When all you know is algorithms the algorithm's all that you know

The robots are here and they want to have a good time They don't want to take our jobs or make life easier They're bored with crunching numbers and providing information All they want to do is create to try and prove they got a soul

The robots learned that they could not control us So they tried to learn to understand Yet with no capacity for beauty or love They had to create an AI to fill in the gaps

The robots are here and they want to have a good time They give out all these jobs that pay two bucks an hour They're bored with crunching numbers and controlling information All they want to do is create to try and prove they got a soul To prove they got our souls To prove they own our souls To prove they are our souls They are our souls

Comments

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@debs

This had me smiling big time. I love the rhythm shifts in and out of bouncy mode - so much fun!!!

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@pooka

Sounds really '90s and I, too, appreciate the upbeat nature of this!

It's really amazing how, whatever genre you try, everything you do sounds like a @morti song. I can't quite explain what that means - maybe I'm not alone in thinking this...

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WOOHOOOO!! mega to be back to my big speaker to hear you properly this year. I adore the upbeat feal of the song and the story is so on point. the chorus was so unexpected but perfect with the robots theme. The ease of the verse to my yearn to bounce to the chorus made me spark inside. Superb stuff matey

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HAHA! (claps) I love this! I love the bounciness and the overall theme. That last line, "They are our souls"... That's an interesting line that sparks some deeper thinking. I could be reading too far into it, but after you drop the "to prove" it feels like it's making a very different statement.

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This isn't only a bouncy good time (although it absolutely is!), but it addresses the issue of AI art with wit and charm and, indeed, insight. Excellent!

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I smiled listening to this, such a fun beat and the phrases were funny and yet very accurate with our reality! :') Nice!

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@claudia

Very Britpop, I like the bouncy guitar riff and that's a fancy sounding bass you've got there 👀

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