Productivity is Up Identity is Down

[Verse 1]

I used to love the hard part
Late nights, broken code
Wrestling with the problem
Just to see if I could hold
Every bug was personal
Every win was mine
Now it’s done before I feel it
Was I ever in the line?

[Pre-Chorus]

I streamlined the process
Cut the friction out
Left myself redundant
But it works so well right now

[Chorus]

Productivity is up
Identity is down
Shipped it overnight
Don’t know who I am now
Productivity is up
Identity is down
Green arrows everywhere
No mirror in this town

[Verse 2]

I trained it on my instincts
Every trick I knew
Gave it all my judgment
Now it doesn’t ask me to
Says it’s “just a tool,” man
Says I’m still in control
But it finishes my sentences
Before I feel them whole

[Pre-Chorus]

I approved the output
Checked the final sound
Pressed a button labeled
“Keep the human around”

[Chorus]

Productivity is up
Identity is down
Ten years in a prompt
Now I’m watching from the crowd
Productivity is up
Identity is down
Perfect every time
But I miss the messing around

[Post-Chorus]

Up! (metrics)
Down! (meaning)
Up! (numbers)
Down! (me)
Up! (progress)
Down! (feeling)
System says: efficiency achieved

[Verse 3]

They say don’t take it personal
It’s just the way things go
But the craft that shaped my spine
Is a feature I outgrow
I was proud of being slower
Proud of being wrong
Now the answer’s instant
So what was I for all along?

[Bridge]

I didn’t write the song
I just approved the sound
Productivity is up
Identity is down
If this is the future
I guess I’m still allowed
To dance inside the system
While it figures me out

[Chorus]

Productivity is up
Identity is down
Every problem solved
But I’m still hanging around
Productivity is up
Identity is down
Look how fast we got here
Can somebody slow it down?

[Outro]

System optimized
Human in the loop
Standing by for meaning
In case it’s still in use