[Intro]

Mm-mm, bum-bum-bum-bum, bum-bum-bum-bum

Yeah, okay, two, okay, you two, we're gonna, we're gonna talk this out alright? State you go first

[Verse 1]

Okay, hey, hey (What's up?), I'm just a state, okay?

I'm tryna handle my local budgeting

Without you encumbering

Okay, hey, what I'd like to say-say

I'm the big federal government (Yup)

Of this nation I'm runnin' in (Woo)

Okay, hey, we'll make no mistake-'stake

We all think you great-great

That ain't no debate-'bate

It's a balance of power

Between you and ours

That keep this country runnin' right

So to make you lead we might have to link up

[Chorus]

(Link up) Federal laws more than state needs

(Link up) Both of us on the same team

(Link up) Me into you and three

(Link up) Link up, yeah

(Link up) State and fed on the same team

(Link up) That’s what federalism means [?]

(Link up) Me and you, you and me

(Link up) Link up, yeah

[Verse 2]

I feel like I shouldn't have to listen to you (Yeah)

I feel like you shouldn't have to listen to me (Yeah)

But when yo' courts can't agree

You gotta come to mind 'cause they know what's supreme (Okay)

But as a state I can do my own thing

Or make needed change from local voting

'Cause back in 1788 we decided we wasn't gon' have no king

Woah, woah, woah, no king or queen?

But somebody's gotta run this thing

And give us a leader through fair election

And keep Utah from invadin' Texas

Look, and if I'm not there (Yup)

Who's gonna handle the foreign affairs?

As long as we have independence

They'll keep our people protected (Ooh-ooh)

Don't matter what state you rest in

Deep down we'll still all connect it

[Chorus]

(Link up) Federal laws more than state needs

(Link up) Both of us on the same team

(Link up) Me into you and three

(Link up) Link up, yeah

(Link up) State and fed on the same team

(Link up) That’s what federalism means [?]

(Link up) Me and you, you and me

(Link up) Link up, yeah