My Job

Album: Crime Pays (2009)
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  • [Verse 1]
    Yo, I hate my boss
    Dude think he know it all
    And I know I know it all
    But I follow protocol
    Hope sit in the casket
    Got me sittin' in traffic (word)
    It's seven AM (yeah, yeah, yeah)
    And I woke up late, didn't even have a shower
    Lunch break? Give me a break, a damn half an hour
    All this bullshit for twelve bucks an hour (I'm ready to quit)
    Plug me to Chuck D, wanna Fight the Power
    Instead I light the sour before I go in the office
    Being here eight hours sure will get you nauseous
    Lady across from me, telling me her problems (what the fuck?)
    I'm look at her like yo (yeah, yeah, yeah)
    How the fuck I'm gonna solve 'em?
    You know our ethnicity
    Car note, rent, don't forget electricity (that's all due)
    Internet, cable, and the phone all connected
    Food, gas, tolls oh now it's getting hectic
    Brand new clothes? Naw you'd rather see me naked
    Yo check it, I got my check, now I'm feel disrespected (what the fuck)
    Why am I working here? It ain't working here
    It ain't worth it here, never gonna persevere
    Ain't no money for new shoes or purses here
    Should've done my first career (huh) nursing yeah
    Now I'm sitting here thinking 'bout the work I put in
    This verse from the everyday working woman

    [Chorus]
    I put on my pants, put on my shoes
    I pray to God, paid all my dues
    I'm trying to win, seems like I was born to lose
    All I can say (yeah, yeah, yeah)
    I say let me through, but they don't let me through
    You want to quit, God damn I'm ready to
    Lifestyle I'm living, ain't steady boo (Not at all)
    All I can say (yeah, yeah, yeah)

    [Verse 2]
    Ayo I'm lookin' for a job, ain't nobody hiring
    Then I ask the boss, "when y'all doin' firing?"
    You know I'm admiring nice job, family man
    Car and looking as walk in a tiring
    Shoulda been a fireman, learn to do wiring
    Then get retirement, I blame my environment (it's my hood)
    I went in for an interview, for delivery (for delivery)
    "Locked up, felonies?" now the dude's quizzing me
    You working on my future, why you need to know my history?
    All he did was Google me, no big mystery
    He ain't digging me, politely he was dissin' me
    "No we're not hiring, but thanks for the visit please"
    He ain't want me, my grandmother warned me
    Them God damn felonies will haunt me, taunt me
    (I told you 'bout them felonies)
    No second chance, back to the same block
    Go home, my baby moms done changed locks (fuck is she doing)
    This a game ma? Okay the games over (okay)
    Then she opened the door with the chain on (what's up)
    Said she been reaching out, for several days
    I ain't helping out, we need to go our separate ways (oh word?)
    I was just amazed, wanna go another route?
    Let me get my clothes, said she took them to my mother's house
    She was pissed off, yeah P.O.'ed
    And said "go head and wild out, I'll call your P.O."

    [Chorus] Publisher: THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC.
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