Roll With The Flow

[Intro] Here's a little something about a girl like me I demand to understand the economy I got a lot of questions been sittin' on my mind So let's sit down, take your time to review line by line [Chorus] How can you roll with the flow you can't foresee? How come you let go control and let it be? How can you roll with the flow you can't foresee? How come you let go control, [get it for free?] [Post-Chorus] Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh (Roll with the flow) Oh, oh, oh [Verse 1] Each one of us makes choices based on knowledge that's unique Circumstance of time and place Preferences and tastes so chic When and where and what we buy and sell from week to week Collectively, these choices make a big economy Economic growth, to me, a mystery GDP, GNP, it's really killin' me By what means do we measure wealth? A major indicator of economic health [Chorus] How can you roll with the flow you can't foresee? How come you let go control and let it be? How can you roll with the flow you can't foresee? How come you let go control, [get it for free?] [Post-Chorus] Alright, here it goes I'ma give it my best shot [Verse 2] See, wealth is what is valuable, and value is subjective What one values depends on one's perspective So it doesn't make sense to measure wealth objectively Measure quantitatively, study scientifically 'Cause one man's trash is another man's treasure One man's pain is another man's pleasure One man's work is another man's leisure All of this you must remember before you start to measure [Bridge] Oh, oh, oh Can someone please assist me? In becoming a good economist? [Verse 3] Our buddy Bastion has given me a key He says, "The bad economist looks only at the obvious" That which can be perceived immediately Looks only at the first effects Ignores all further consequences [Verse 4] Every choice has opportunity costs Choosing one thing comes with the cost of forgoing your next best alternative You can spend it one direction and say it's peachy keen But alas, you have forgotten that which is not seen Sure, if you break my window, the glass may get some dough But where would that cash have gone had that window not been broken? Stand up to the shoeman, now I can't buy those shoes That's the cost of destruction, and someone's gotta lose [Verse 5] We could produce guns for a disaster war Or we could use funds for what they're best used for Who knows what "best" is? No one mind knows best for sure Where does this leave us? Left up to each one of y'all [Bridge] Oh, can someone please assist? I wanna be, I wanna be A good economist, economist, economist [Verse 6] Keynes, he won't stop callin', he keeps blowin' up my phone He wants to teach me something, and he won't leave me alone I tell him, "There's no use in tryin'" 'Cause Friedrich Hayek, he's my guy [Pre-Chorus] And if you wanna get with a girl like me You gotta let go control of the economy If you wanna get with a girl like me You gotta let go control of the economy [Chorus] How can you roll with the flow you can't foresee? (If you wanna get with a girl like me) How come you let go control and let it be? (You gotta let go control of the economy) How can you roll with the flow you can't foresee? (If you wanna get with a girl like me) How come you let go control, [get it for free?] (You gotta let go control of the economy)