Eleven Billion a Week

This track was born from a real headline: The $11 billion first-week cost of the US-Iran war to American taxpayers, contrasted with underfunded domestic programs. Majik delivers the report through pop, letting the data hit as hard as the beat. Lines like "I pulled the CBO report, I read it line by line," anchor the track in specifics that generic coverage misses. The mood — stark — reflects the emotional reality behind the numbers. Every Majik's Studio news track exists to make you feel the story, not just read it.

[verse 1] Eleven billion dollars, seven days, do the division, That's one-point-six billion daily, a taxpayer collision. Sixty-five million an hour burning through the budget sheet, A million every minute raining down on foreign streets. I pulled the CBO report, I read it line by line, Cruise missiles, carrier groups, logistics on the dime. A single Tomahawk runs two million off the line, We fired four hundred first night—that's eight hundred million fine. The carrier strike group costs a hundred million just to float, Per week, per group, and we deployed three boats. The air campaign alone was four-point-two the opening round, Jet fuel and ordnance disappearing in the sound. Meanwhile back home the infrastructure bill got shelved again, They said there wasn't money for the bridges or the train. They said there wasn't money for the veterans' mental health, But eleven billion showed up overnight like stealth. [chorus] Eleven billion a week, where'd it come from? Eleven billion a week, do the sum. Eleven billion a week, taxpayer drum, Beating louder while the programs go numb. Eleven billion a week, where'd it come from? Eleven billion a week and we're only on month one. [verse 2] Let me break the numbers down to make it personal and plain, Eleven billion covers every student's college debt in Maine. Eleven billion builds forty thousand affordable homes, Eleven billion funds the NIH for cancer chromosomes. Instead we spent it in a week on a war without a vote, The War Powers Resolution's just a bureaucratic note. And the meter hasn't stopped—week two is running now, Analysts project a monthly burn of forty bil and how. That's four hundred eighty billion if this goes the year, More than the education budget—let that math be clear. The national debt's at thirty-seven trillion, climbing fast, Every billion on the war is a future tax we've cast. Our grandkids paying interest on the missiles that we've thrown, At a country most Americans can't find on a map alone. So read the budget, read the numbers, read between the lines, Eleven billion in a week, and the debt clock never winds. [chorus] Eleven billion a week, where'd it come from? Eleven billion a week, do the sum. Eleven billion a week, taxpayer drum, Beating louder while the programs go numb. Eleven billion a week, where'd it come from? Eleven billion a week and we're only on month one. [bridge] One-point-six billion a day while the schools crumble down, Sixty-five million an hour, Flint still got brown water in town. A million every minute, vets sleeping on the street, The math doesn't lie and the numbers don't cheat. So when they say we can't afford the things the people need, Remember they found eleven billion at wartime speed. [chorus] Eleven billion a week, where'd it come from? Eleven billion a week, do the sum. Eleven billion a week, taxpayer drum, Beating louder while the programs go numb. Eleven billion a week, where'd it come from? Eleven billion a week and we're only on month one. [outro] Eleven billion a week... eleven billion a week... The numbers speak the truth that the politicians won't speak. Eleven billion a week... eleven billion a week... And the cost of what we've lost can never be receipted.