Cut emissions
Unsexy

The climate is changing baby
And that is not a sexy topic
Fossil fuel wrapping us
In emissions of carbon
Like the planet’s insulated
No joke, no special gimmick
Just set a target and hit it
Get your crib retrofitted
Buildings are 40% of emissions
And 90% of the ones that we live in
Today are gonna be with us
After 2050
So get them insulated
Talk to the council, talk to the landlord
Vote for the politicians who want to
Invest in it and plan for it
Wrap an apartment building in a jacket
Fit it with a heat pump
Pre-fabbin’ the package in a factory
EnergieSprong
Insulated
If you need funds, look to the subsidies
Private investors are buzzing
That people can pay for it monthly
Emission cuts, if your city is with it
Then back your city up
If the cuts are big enough
Like Ithaca, Ithaca, Ithaca
Ithaca, Ithaca, Itha…

Gotta insulate it
Retrofit it, retrofit it
Gotta insulate it
Let’s go get it, let’s go get it

Gotta insulate it
Cut emissions, cut emissions
Gotta insulate it
Unsexy, unsexy

Gotta insulate it
You energy wastin’ bastards
Your furnace is up your walls are thin
And the glaciers are all collapsin’
We know what’s makin’ it happen
And we know what’s needed to stop it
And we all just want to help
As long as it doesn’t affect our wallets
Insulated
‘Cause none of us feelin’ the impact
Read up on it academically
Middle class life intact
And really, this is a policy issue
And if you get sad then you all need a tissue
But in the meantime, I’m livin’ blissful
‘Cause my crib is insulated
It’s nice
In the wintertime outside is ice
Snow be makin’ the whole street
Look like a wedding cake
Outside is white
Inside, I’m just fine, I’m toasty
Temperature all that, I’m boasting
Comedy Central, Martha Stewart
I’m roasting, coasting
From Boulder to Pagosa Springs
Colorado to Kinshasa, Congo
All around the world
Let’s go!

Gotta insulate it
Retrofit it, retrofit it
Gotta insulate it
Let’s go get it, let’s go get it

Gotta insulate it
Cut emissions, cut emissions
Gotta insulate it
Unsexy, unsexy

Gotta insulate it
Yeah
What a weird topic to rap about
But hey, we’re here, just one atmosphere
There ain’t no backin’ out
So get your crib retrofitted
Yeah, give it a wrap around
And get that energy transfer
Up the standards of Passive House
And Retrofit NY
And every city from here to Dubai
Either get with the emission reductions
Or hey, we’re all gonna die
So listen, Insulate Britain
Blockin’ the M25, I’m proud of you
People are dying around you
In homes with low R-Value
That R is Thermal Resistance
Each of us makes internal decisions
Whether to look away and give in
Or fully resist that pull of indifference
And it feels distant, I get it
Insulated from its effects
But every passing minute
You’re insulated less

So you gotta insulate it
Retrofit it, retrofit it
Gotta insulate it
Let’s go get it, let’s go get it

Gotta insulate it
Cut emissions, cut emissions
Gotta insulate it
Unsexy, unsexy

Gotta insulate it
Get your crib retrofitted
Gotta insulate it
Let’s go get it, let’s go get it

Gotta insulate it
Cut emissions, cut emissions
Gotta insulate it
Unsexy, unsexy

Repetition, repetition
Get your crib retrofitted
Let’s go get it

Repetition, repetition
Unsexy, unsexy