| Yo, I hate my boss, dude think he know it all
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| And I know I know it all but I follow protocol
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| Hope to sit in the casket, got me sittin' traffic, it’s 7 am
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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| And I woke up late, didn’t even have a shower
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| Lunch break? |
| Give me a break, a damn half an hour
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| All this bullshit for 12 bucks an hour
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| Plug me to Chuck D, wanna Fight The Powers
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| Instead I light the sour before I go in the office
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| Being here 8 hours sure’ll get you nauseous
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| Lady across from me, tellin' me her problems
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| I’m look at her like yo, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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| How the fuck I’m gonna solve 'em? |
| you know our ethnicity
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| Car note, rent, don’t forget electricity
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| Internet, cable, and the phone all connected
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| Food, gas, tolls oh, now it’s gettin' hectic
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| Brand new clothes? |
| Now you’d rather see me naked
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| Yo check it, I got my check, now I’m feel disrespected
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| Why am I workin' here? |
| It ain’t workin' here
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| It ain’t worth it here, never gonna persevere
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| Ain’t no money for new shoes or purses here
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| Should’ve done my first career, huh, nursin', yeah
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| Now I’m sittin' here thinkin' 'bout the work I put in
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| This from the everyday workin' woman
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| I put on my pants, put on my shoes
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| I pray to God, paid all my dues
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| I’m tryin' to win, seems like I was born to lose
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| All I can say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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| I say let me through, but they don’t let me through
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| You wanna quit? |
| Goddamn I’m ready to
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| Lifestyle I’m livin', ain’t steady, boo
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| All I can say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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| Ayo, I’m lookin' for a job, ain’t nobody hirin'
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| Then I ask the boss, «When y’all doin' firin'?»
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| You know I’m admirin' nice job, family man
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| Car and lookin' in his walk as a tyrant
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| Shoulda been a fireman, learn to do wirin'
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| Then you get retirement, I blame my environment
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| I’m on a interview, for delivery
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| Locked up, felonies? |
| Now the dude quizzin' me
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| Workin' on my future, why you need to know my history?
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| All he did was Google me, no big mystery
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| He ain’t diggin' me, politely he was dissin' me
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| «No we’re not hirin', but thanks for the visit please»
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| He ain’t want me, my grandmother warned me
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| Them goddamn felonies will haunt me, taunt me
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| No second chance, back to the same block
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| Go home, my baby mom done changed locks
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| This a game, ma? |
| Okay the game’s over
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| Then she opened the door with the chain on
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| Said she been reachin' out for several days
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| I ain’t helpin' out, we need to go our separate ways
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| I was just amazed, wanna go another route?
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| Let me get my clothes, said she took them to my mother’s house
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| She was pissed off, yeah P O 'ed
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| And said, «Go 'head and wyle out, I’ll call your P O»
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| I put on my pants, put on my shoes
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| I pray to God, paid all my dues
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| I’m tryin' to win, seem like I was born to lose
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| All I can say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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| I say let me through, but they don’t let me through
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| You wanna quit? |
| Goddamn I’m ready to
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| Lifestyle I’m livin', ain’t steady, boo
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| All I can say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |