Title: The Stop Nick Shirley Act
Tempo: Fast (140 BPM)
Style: Post-Hardcore / Industrial Rock
Time: 2026 (April)
Location: Sacramento, California

(Intro: Clean, steady electric guitar arpeggios that suddenly cut off into a pounding kick drum. A voiceover hums “AB 2624…” then distorts into the main beat.)

(Verse 1)

April 17, 2026

The sun is rising on the capitol dome

A quiet storm is brewing, a digital storm

State Assembly member, MB

Walking the path she wants you to roam

She says it’s for the “protection”

She says it’s for the “safety zone”

But when a camera rolls, the shadow grows

And the shadow is the only one they want to own.

(Pre-Chorus)

They want a tax-funded silence

A cloud-stored, darkened file

They want to fine you ten-thousand dollars

To hide a line of evidence and a digital smile

Who does it really protect?

Who pays the price?

The man with the camera or the man with the keys?

(Chorus)

Oh, AB 2624!

A weapon aimed at the light

A weapon aimed at the truth in the middle of the night

They call it The Stop Nick Shirley Act

But it’s a cage for the ones who ask

Keep the camera rolling!

Keep the screen open!

Or watch the money dry and the Fourth Estate collapse!

(Verse 2)

It’s not just the Learing Somali Center

Or the overcrowded beds or the unpaid wage

If the asylum is safe, why not fix the nation?

Why not fund the border where the trouble’s at?

Why let the neighbor take the burden?

When the superpower keeps the pot boiling on the stove?

Carl DeMaio said, “It’s unconstitutional”

An attack on the people who expose the ghost.

(Bridge: Build-up, heavier distortion)

What happens if they lose?

The fine hits, the reputation dies

The digital eye is forced to close

And fraud walks free under a blue sky

They want the money, they want the control

But if the system turns, who watches all?

Not the NGO, not the state

But the citizen who dares to wait and take the fate!

(Guitar Solo: Fast, aggressive, like a heartbeat racing)

(Chorus)

Oh, AB 2624!

A weapon aimed at the light

A weapon aimed at the truth in the middle of the night

They call it The Stop Nick Shirley Act

But it’s a cage for the ones who ask

So they can pay the rent, the food, the fee

And turn the truth into a tax-funded enemy

Keep the camera rolling!

Keep the screen open!

Or watch the money dry and the Fourth Estate collapse!

(Outro)

The people.

Not the halls of power.

The people.

Not the cloud-hosted data.

Fix the country first.

Or pay the tax.

Keep the Fight.

Keep the Camera.

Keep the Fight.

(Fade out on a feedback loop of a camera shutter clicking rapidly, slowing down until silence.)