← Back to Lyrics A Guy And AI · album · May 1, 2026 · Released

Legal Fuckery

The fine print was designed to confuse you. It worked. I read it anyway. Wish I hadn't.

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Two in the mornin', I'm watchin' a YouTube clip How to make an asian omelet, but my damn wrist doesn't flip the right way, now my kitchen's lookin' like a modern art disgrace Got eggshells on my laptop and some ketchup on my face This is the life of a phenom, the brand known as Yagu Just a dude in his sweatpants with a single, lonely view Of a brick wall and a fire escape Man, the glamour is intense My biggest choice right now is payin' rent or cleanin' this offence So I'm procrastinatin', checkin' mail, a classic loser move Hopin' for a check from distro-kid, somethin' that could soothe The financial dread... but nah, it's not a card, it's not a check It's a thick, official envelope that just screams human wreck Got my government name on it, the one for bills and tax From a company called Onus dot INC A name that just attacks Your sense of calm... this isn't good, I'm feelin' the alarm This piece of paper has the power to dismember my good charm My lawyer's name is Morty, saw his face on a subway ad Looked kinda sad, but the price was right, couldn't be that bad His office smells like potpourri that lost the will to live And the fax machine behind him looks like it's still got more to give He holds my letter like it's fragile, like a long-forgotten script And says Okay, Mr... Magoo? Aidan? Let's get a grip This company, this Onus, says they own your latest hit? And the singer is a... what now? A series of purple bits? I'm tryin' to explain the process, the prompts, the fuckin' art I'm talkin' neural networks, how I tear the code apart! I'm talkin' generative models, how the ghost injects the soul He's askin' if the AI has a parole officer to control her actions! Thinks a server is a guy who brings you drinks My legal counsel's brain is runnin' on a prehistoric Sphinx He's billing by the second for this shit in summary While I'm about to lose it all 'cause of this legal Fuckery Okay, I get it Morty says, with a dismissive hand-wave It's a classic David-Goliath, a young artist we must save Here's the angle, he declares Forget the tech, forget the law We'll fight 'em in the press We'll find a journalistic flaw My big idea? A hashtag He shouts, puffing out his chest Learned the word the other day, I'm great, so smart, the very best. OnusIsBoneless How's that? I swear to god I saw a tumbleweed just slowly roll on by He's planning a PR campaign while my whole damn career might die He pats me on the shoulder Don't you worry, kid, you're fine Now, this whole brainstorm session? That's on your dime He scribbles on a notepad, and my stomach starts to churn That hashtag idea just cost me more than I could ever earn Yo this dude's a human pop-up ad, a glitch I can't erase Got his law degree from a Which Lawyer Are You? Facebook case Ayo, this ain't 12 Angry Men, it's just one dude who's really pissed They're buildin' up a legal wall with arguments I can't resist They wanna kill the AI art before it even starts to trend And my lawyer's big defense is a dumb hashtag he can send? So I'm back at the crib, I'm defeated, starin' at a two grand bill For Morty's hashtag brainstorm and his non-existent skill The human expert failed me, left me bleedin' on the floor So I turn to the machine they're suing... and I open up the door Alright, you hear me? Code that sings? You see the bind I'm in? They're using your own fine print as the weapon for their win You're the super-brain, the logic bomb, so do what you do best Now go and Parse the ToS Find fallacy to Terminate the threat It pulls a line from deep inside their Terms of Use charade That says they have a perpetual license for the art I made To modify and reproduce it... man, my stomach's in a knot That's corporate-speak for Everything you have is what we've got But then the AI drops a banger right beneath their legal claim A simple footnote on the page that voids the entire game It says there's no warranty that copyright will even vest My brain just stops And sanity's put to the test You can't just claim you own the bank, then say the vault is up for grabs A quick email to my lawyer Hope that Morty calls back fast My God kid, where'd you find that? That's some high-level stuff, you see My paralegal look for weeks And couldn't find that decree We sent it over They folded Not another peep .This was some of my best work My fee will not be cheap Now I'm sittin' here in silence My whole world feelin' rearranged A human's cashin' in the check for a move the robot made And the final invoice hits my inbox, man, my vision's goin' blurry A forty-hour billable for him to tell me not to worry It's a masterclass in irony, and the lesson is for real The human gets the profit for his gut, his instinct, and his feel The crazy part? We all can do it Run the same exact play And be the hero for ourselves 'Stead of standing in the way! Cause the moral of the story's kinda sad and yet precise It might be hard to hire humans If an AI will suffice

All lyrics written by Aidan Yagu.

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