From the recording Radical Chic

Words and music by Matthew Shadley Brauer (BMI). Copyright 2025, all rights reserved.
Master 01-17-26

Lyrics

In the marble halls, they sip their wine,
The beautiful people are so refined,
The glitterati in a world on fire,
Setting the trends to which we aspire

Radical chic in a world gone mad
The struggle is real for you, comrade
Radical chic you're wearing it well
But like a nip and tuck you can always tell

In designer clothing they preach to the crowd,
Saving the planet and feeling so proud,
From the limousines by the door outside
To the gated communities where they reside

Radical chic in a world gone mad
The struggle is real for you, comrade
Radical chic you're wearing it well
But like a nip and tuck you can always tell

Velvet ropes keep the masses away,
From the beautiful people with so much to say
They dazzle and shine to save the oppressed
Around performative actions they coalesce

Radical chic in a world gone mad
The struggle is real for you, comrade
Radical chic down you're wearing it well
But like a nip and tuck you can always tell
Radical chic in a world gone mad
In a world gone mad