Meeting That Should've Been an Email

This track comes from Aaron's playful side — the one who finds humor in chaos and turns everyday absurdity into art. It tackles The rage anthem for every professional who has sat through pointless meetings. Corporate culture's worst habit through the eyes of a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt who knows waste when he sees it.. The lyrics get specific — "Forty-five minutes in, Karen's sharing her screen" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The alternative production matches the energy of the confession. It hits frustrated and sardonic, in that order. Every personal track in the catalogue comes from a real moment, a real feeling, a real person. This one is no exception.

[verse 1] Forty-five minutes in, Karen's sharing her screen But the file won't load and the Wi-Fi's mean Ten people waiting, that's five hours burned For information a PDF could've confirmed I'm a Black Belt, I can see the waste from space This entire meeting is a non-value-add disgrace But sure, let's go around the room and give updates While my soul leaves my body through the conference room gates [chorus] This meeting should've been an email This meeting should've been a Slack This meeting should've been a sticky note Stuck to the wall and never coming back You're wasting time, you're wasting mine You're burning daylight like it's free This meeting should've been an email And that email should've never been sent to me [verse 2] Let's circle back, let's take this offline, let's align Let's leverage synergies along the pipeline I built a platform in five weeks with zero meetings booked Maybe that's the secret everybody overlooked Do More With Less includes your calendar, friend Every standing meeting is a grave you're digging in I've been in the Navy where the briefings had a point Now I'm in a Zoom room losing every joint [chorus] This meeting should've been an email This meeting should've been a Slack This meeting should've been a sticky note Stuck to the wall and never coming back [bridge] And I know, I know, collaboration matters But so does my sanity and so does what I'm after If you need me, send a message with the facts I'll respond in minutes, not in forty-five minutes of yak Lean means eliminate the waste, the muda, the excess And this recurring calendar invite is my biggest source of stress [verse 3] So here's my unfiltered take, I'll say it plain and loud Cancel half your meetings, watch your output go through clouds The Navy didn't need a standup every single day And neither does your startup, now get out of my way [outro] This meeting is adjourned No, there will not be a follow-up No, I do not need the recording Unsubscribe