Hormuz

This track was born from a real headline: The geopolitical chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz and how one narrow waterway controls the economic fate of millions of ordinary Americans. Majik delivers the report through electronic, letting the data hit as hard as the beat. Lines like "Kuwait and UAE are running low on last resort." anchor the track in specifics that generic coverage misses. The mood — tense — reflects the emotional reality behind the numbers. Every Majik's Studio news track exists to make you feel the story, not just read it.

[verse 1] Twenty-one miles wide at the narrowest point of the strait, One-fifth of the world's oil passes through that gate. Twenty-one million barrels moving every single day, Until the missiles started flying and the tankers sailed away. Hormuz—the chokepoint everybody warned about for years, Now the insurance companies won't cover and the market's trading fears. Lloyd's of London pulled the coverage on commercial shipping lanes, Suez was the appetizer, Hormuz is the main. Oil spiked to one-twenty on the futures overnight, Traders on the floor in New York screaming in the fluorescent light. Saudi shipments rerouted south around the African cape, Adding thirty days to transit, there is no escape. Qatar's LNG tankers sitting idle in the port, Kuwait and UAE are running low on last resort. The world built an economy on one narrow waterway, And now we're watching what happens when that waterway won't play. [chorus] Hormuz, Hormuz, shut it down, One-fifth of the oil won't come around. Hormuz, Hormuz, global sound, Every market shaking, every price unbound. Hormuz, Hormuz, shut it down, The chokepoint choked and the world broke down. [verse 2] Japan gets eighty percent of its crude through that strait, South Korea, India, China—everybody's at the gate. The ripple doesn't stop at fuel, it hits the chemicals too, Petrochemicals make the plastics, make the fertilizer brew. So when Hormuz shuts down it isn't just about the gas, It's the packaging, the shipping, the containers, every class Of manufactured goods that touch petroleum somewhere, Which is basically everything from your shoes to your chair. The Pentagon deployed the Fifth Fleet, minesweepers on patrol, But Iran's got fast-attack boats and they're taking quite a toll. Insurance rates quadrupled on any vessel heading through, So the captains anchor offshore and there's nothing they can do. Energy analysts on cable news are running out of calm, Saying this could be the biggest supply shock since the oil embargo's palm. Nineteen seventy-three is calling, says it looks familiar here, Hormuz is the bottleneck and the bottle just got sheared. [chorus] Hormuz, Hormuz, shut it down, One-fifth of the oil won't come around. Hormuz, Hormuz, global sound, Every market shaking, every price unbound. Hormuz, Hormuz, shut it down, The chokepoint choked and the world broke down. [bridge] Twenty-one miles of water holding the world by the throat, Every barrel that don't pass through is a sinking boat. The strategic petroleum reserve is burning day by day, Sixty days of cushion but we're halfway through the way. And every nation scrambling for alternatives and plans, While the chokepoint sits there silent with the power in its hands. [chorus] Hormuz, Hormuz, shut it down, One-fifth of the oil won't come around. Hormuz, Hormuz, global sound, Every market shaking, every price unbound. Hormuz, Hormuz, shut it down, The chokepoint choked and the world broke down. [outro] Hormuz... Hormuz... Twenty-one miles wide, a trillion dollars deep. Hormuz... Hormuz... The strait that put the global economy to sleep.