[Intro Voice 1 Whisper rap over reversed samples] Land Labor Capital Whole country changing Now watch who handles it [Verse 1 Voice 1 Male rapper with atmospheric heavy flow] War over now the nation switch gears Farm to the factory the future is here Land, labor, capital build the machine Natural resources feed industrial dreams Oil underground iron deep in the hills Coal for the furnace new cities new mills Drake struck black gold in fifty nine Titusville flowing now the money on time Entrepreneurs needed capital raised Corporations formed and the stock got traded Shareholders bought in dividends came More money more growth more power more names Oil made light and the machinery glide Steel built bridges and the railroad lines Two men rose when the markets got large Rock had the barrels and Carnegie the bars [Chorus Voice 2 Male singer with layered harmonies] Big business Big business Black gold flow and the red steel glow Rockefeller moving side to side Carnegie building from the ground to sky Horizontal own the field Vertical own the chain Oil made it move Steel built the frame Big business Big business [Verse 2 Voice 3 Rockefeller with cold whisper flow] Twenty six young with a Cleveland refinery Four partners with me now the crude getting fiery Eighteen seventy put Standard on the name Ohio headquarters I was changing the game Horizontal motion bring the rivals beside me Same type business either join or get behind me Prices went low till competitors dropped Railroad rebates gave the shipment a swap Rivals paid high while my rates stayed low Pressure every customer control where they go Eighteen eighty two put the trust in place One board calling every move in the race Trade in that stock let the dividends climb Partial ownership now their business is mine One single producer with control of the whole That is monopoly I perfected the role [Rockefeller Whisper Break Voice 3] Refine it Combine it Line them beside me Lower the price Then control the supply [Chorus Voice 2 Male singer with layered harmonies] Big business Big business Black gold flow and the red steel glow Rockefeller moving side to side Carnegie building from the ground to sky Horizontal own the field Vertical own the chain Oil made it move Steel built the frame Big business Big business [Verse 3 Voice 4 Carnegie with fiery rapid flow] Son of an immigrant came from the floor Messenger moving then the telegraph board Pennsylvania Railroad I learned every route Saw the steel future and I figured it out Bessemer process made the metal move fast Affordable steel built the nation to last Pittsburgh smoke put the fire in the sky Tracks and bridges made the demand multiply Vertical motion I control every stage Mine to the mill every link in the chain Iron mines, coal mines locked on the source Ore ships, warehouses, railroads on course Cut every cost put the pressure on peers By eighteen ninety I was leading the sphere Nineteen hundred let the numbers reveal One third of the nation came from Carnegie Steel [Carnegie Whisper Break Voice 4] Mine it Move it Melt it Mold it Own every step Then ship it and sell it [Bridge Voice 1 Male rapper with beat switch] Capitalism crowned the corporate age Fortunes got taller while the workers got paid Captains to some robber barons to others Big business grew with no room for another Carnegie built libraries two thousand strong Rockefeller funded research carrying on They gave millions back but the question remained Did giving erase how they mastered the game Holding companies bought stock for control Mergers got easier monopolies grew Sherman Act came in eighteen ninety Trusts made illegal but the early law moved lightly Government pushed but the giants stood tall Little competition meant fewer choices for all Oil on the ground steel touching the sky American industry had multiplied [Final Chorus Voice 2 Male singer over massive beat drop] Big business Big business Black gold flow and the red steel glow Rockefeller moving side to side Carnegie building from the ground to sky Horizontal own the field Vertical own the chain Oil made it move Steel built the frame Big business Big business Black gold flow and the red steel glow Rockefeller moving side to side Carnegie building from the ground to sky Horizontal own the field Vertical own the chain Oil made it move Steel built the frame Big business Big business [Outro Voice 2 Male singer with whispered echoes] Side to side Ground to sky Black gold flow Red steel rise Oil made it move Steel built the frame Two industrial empires Changed the whole game
