Verse 1
Okay, Boomer!
I might need you to sit back and chill
The future is supercomputers
that automate driverless automobiles
What could be real if truth is a product of how many bots
have clicked on a link?
They say they want all of smoke,
but trust me they don’t
‘Cause this isn’t deep

Chorus 1
You’re basic You’re basic You’re basic
You’re Karen, You’re Katie You’re Annie, You’re Amy
You’re Barbara, Jennifer, Becky, and Stacey
A copy, a clone of bad information
Dated and old and uneducated
An antique, a relic of past generations
A follower following followers, nah

You’re basic You’re basic You’re basic
You’re Karen, You’re Katie You’re Annie, You’re Amy
You’re Barbara, Jennifer, Becky, and Stacey
A copy, a clone, not even a selfie
A faker, an actor, you’re youtuber famous
A lame and a poser so shallow and vacant
A follower following followers, nah

Verse 2
Are we empty and hollow inside?
We can run but there’s nowhere to hide
Tell ourselves that we’re living our best life
but really we don’t feel alive
What we do for a share or a like
Uggs or an Uber in simply swipe
Think we can google the answers despite,
hacking computers for data to mine,
algorithms, search engine design
More information than ever before,
less prepared to detect all the lies
While it’s true that these Boomers
are clueless and scared of the future
that left them behind,
we’re no better,
if based on the world they created,
we’re wasted and basic and blind

Chorus 2 You’re basic You’re basic You’re basic
You’re Karen, You’re Katie You’re Annie, You’re Amy
You’re Barbara, Jennifer, Becky, and Stacey
A copy, a clone, not even a selfie
A faker, an actor, you’re youtuber famous
A lame and a poser so shallow and vacant
A follower following followers, nah

You’re basic You’re basic You’re basic
You’re Karen, You’re Katie You’re Annie, You’re Amy
You’re Barbara, Jennifer, Becky, and Stacey
A copy, a clone of bad information
Dated and old and uneducated
An antique, a relic of past generations
A follower following followers, nah

Verse 3
Generations are stuck in a rut
The young blame it all on the old
Old blame it back on the young
but it’s too basic to blame anyone,
harder to face it and learn from mistakes
that have made it the basis of what we become
Are Democrats liberal cucks?
Are Republicans racist and dumb?
When neither are willing to do what it takes
to confront what is darker in us?
Say pull yourself up by your bootstraps
We’re distracted by youtube and phone apps
but you’re stuck in an era that’s long past
and fake news keeps feeding alt facts
so afraid you believe in the false flags

Chorus 3
You’re basic You’re basic You’re basic
You’re Karen, You’re Katie You’re Annie, You’re Amy
You’re Barbara, Jennifer, Becky, and Stacey
A copy, a clone of bad information
Dated and old and uneducated
An antique, a relic of past generations
A follower following followers, nah

You’re basic You’re basic You’re basic
You’re Karen, You’re Katie You’re Annie, You’re Amy
You’re Barbara, Jennifer, Becky, and Stacey
A copy, a clone, not even a selfie
A faker, an actor, you’re youtuber famous
A lame and a poser so shallow and vacant
A follower following followers, nah