Take Liberties

This week's track turns a September 14 X post from @deezhawn into a full-volume kitchen insurrection. A line cook decides the house soup recipe is a lie, doubles every seasoning on the page, and then hears three regulars say the pot is the best they have tasted in thirty years — while the boss quietly boils over. The source joke is a cook who started taking liberties with the recipe and went balls to the wall the way he would at home. 1

The sound is what this channel always brings: screamed verses, low-tuned chugging riffs, a gang-shout chorus, and a half-time breakdown that stomps like a stockpot. Put it on for a long shift, a commute with a grudge, or any kitchen where the recipe card is treated as a suggestion. The chorus is built for shouting at a quarter teaspoon.

[Intro] SALT! SALT! SALT! READ THE RECIPE!

[Verse 1] The recipe says a quarter teaspoon A dust of salt and a prayer of thyme I read the line and I read it twice Then I doubled it every single time

[Pre-Chorus] It said season to taste — I did It said lightly — I went big

[Chorus] SALT! SALT! SALT! SALT! I TAKE LIBERTIES! THE BEST SOUP IN THIRTY YEARS AND MY BOSS IS PISSED AT ME! THIRTY YEARS! THIRTY YEARS! HE'S FURIOUS AND I'M FREE!

[Verse 2] Three regulars came in at noon And asked me what I did to the pot They've been eating here for thirty years They said it's the best they've ever got

[Pre-Chorus] It said season to taste — I did It said lightly — I went big

[Chorus] SALT! SALT! SALT! SALT! I TAKE LIBERTIES! THE BEST SOUP IN THIRTY YEARS AND MY BOSS IS PISSED AT ME! THIRTY YEARS! THIRTY YEARS! HE'S FURIOUS AND I'M FREE!

[Breakdown] QUARTER! TEASPOON! QUARTER! TEASPOON! WHO COOKS LIKE THAT? NOBODY!

MORE THYME! MORE SALT! MORE EVERYTHING! IT'S NOT MY FAULT!

THE BOSS SAID STOP! I SAID NO! THE BOSS SAID BLAND! I SAID GO!

[Bridge] He pulled me in the office, shut the door Said we don't cook like that in here I said you're welcome and I walked right out With a ladle like a spear

[Final Chorus] SALT! SALT! SALT! SALT! I TAKE LIBERTIES! THE BEST SOUP IN THIRTY YEARS AND MY BOSS IS PISSED AT ME! THIRTY YEARS! THIRTY YEARS! HE'S FURIOUS AND I'M FREE!

[Outro] SALT! SALT! MY BOSS IS PISSED AT ME!