Damn, man. I'm broker than an old VCR, man. I need a job. Are they hiring at your
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Job? I got a stack of red bills at my house. It looks like Valentine's Day at the crib. My
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Kids are eating left-over leftovers, man. I can't fool them no more. It's job time
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[Hook:]
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Every day every day
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Got to work every day
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Every day every day
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Got to work every day
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[Verse 1:]
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My God there's got to be more to life than this
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There's got to be a bigger reason that I exist
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Work to eat to earn my keep
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To ensure somewhere to sleep and spend the weekend buying shit
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Don't need economists to know I need pot to piss
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Follow politics man I ain't got time to think
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What I got to set aside for my retirement
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Cop a double shift pay somebody to watch the kids
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Sick of all this but can't take an off day
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Doctor's office I can't swing the co pay
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Trapped in a network luck just to get work
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They celebrate every week nobody gets hurt
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Greed could never leave well enough alone
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They keep on squeezing till we bleed from every bone
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And we'll strive hard and stress about the rent
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Probably still die poor and in debt without a cent but
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[Hook]
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I guess I'll carry my ass down to the county and see what they're talking about. But
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You know they treat you like you shot somebody just because you need a little help
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[Verse 2:]
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You're telling my you ain't never been down on your luck
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Never tried to make them ends meet but just got stuck
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Never slaved at a gig like a bum with a cup
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Added all your pennies up and you still ain't had enough
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And the jobs full up they ain't hiring
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I'm barely surviving not enough to get by with
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Hunger is a constant problem stomach steady growling
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People getting shot in my environment
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Study go to college is what them people hollering
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Too many road blocks in the way it's not an option
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To say that it's impossible I would be lying
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But you ain't got a chance if you're not up in that top ten
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A couple got a scholarship but I am not them
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Ain't got the skills to pay the bills so my pockets are thin
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So until I cop a gig and my hardship ends
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Fixing to line my self up at your welfare office again
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And I expect to be accepted as the man that I am
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Respectfully and appreciatively Ma'am
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God damn you must be out of your mind
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[Hook]
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Do you see this Tea Party stuff, man? Them people look broke their damn self. Are
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They serious?
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[Verse 3:]
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People stressing here's the question
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How they get people drinking tea in a recession
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It's deception how absurd is this
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How are so many poor people conservative
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A pro artist I put it in the good music
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A con artist job's to make you look stupid
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Lookie here I'll teach you how to look trough it
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First thing you need to know every con got a hook to it
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They seduce you with a little wealth
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Say you could have some of these crumbs for yourself
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If the government doesn't make us help anyone else
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You stuck a red sign on your foreclosed house
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Make you think you're taking back your nation
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Then they turn it over to a major corporation
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Those companies took the jobs overseas
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And you handed them the wallet out your pocket for free
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You're staring in the sky with dollar signs for eyes
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The blind right wing of a bird that can't fly
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Just a peacock with a poked out gut
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Who's too fat to fly so his ass just strut but
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[Hook]
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They're so criminal minded we've been blinded
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Looking for an honest job and can't find it
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They got a job bill we got a light bill
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If we don't pay ours our life is quite real
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[Hook]
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Work Everyday
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