[00:00:00] Work Everyday - Brother Ali [00:00:02] Damn man [00:00:05] I'm broker than an old VCR man [00:00:09] I need a job [00:00:10] Are they hiring at your job [00:00:12] I got a stack of red bills at my house [00:00:15] It looks like Valentine's Day at the crib [00:00:19] My kids are eating left-over leftovers man [00:00:21] I can't fool them no more [00:00:23] It's job time [00:00:23] Every day every day [00:00:24] Got to work every day [00:00:25] Every day every day [00:00:28] Got to work every day [00:00:30] My God there's got to be more to life than this [00:00:33] There's got to be a bigger reason that I exist [00:00:36] Work to eat to earn my keep [00:00:38] To ensure somewhere to sleep and spend the weekend buying sh*t [00:00:41] Don't need economists to know I need pot to piss [00:00:44] Follow politics man I ain't got time to think [00:00:46] What I got to set aside for my retirement [00:00:48] Cop a double shift pay somebody to watch the kids [00:00:51] Sick of all this but can't take an off day [00:00:54] Doctor's office I can't swing the co pay [00:00:56] Trapped in a network luck just to get work [00:00:59] They celebrate every week nobody gets hurt [00:01:01] Greed could never leave well enough alone [00:01:04] They keep on squeezing till we bleed from every bone [00:01:07] And we'll strive hard and stress about the rent [00:01:09] Probably still die poor and in debt without a cent but [00:01:12] I guess I'll carry my a** down to the county and see what they're talking about But [00:01:16] You know they treat you like you shot somebody just because you need a little help [00:01:20] You're telling my you ain't never been down on your luck [00:01:24] Never tried to make them ends meet but just got stuck [00:01:26] Never slaved at a gig like a bum with a cup [00:01:29] Added all your pennies up and you still ain't had enough [00:01:31] And the jobs full up they ain't hiring [00:01:34] I'm barely surviving not enough to get by with [00:01:37] Hunger is a constant problem stomach steady growling [00:01:40] People getting shot in my environment [00:01:42] Study go to college is what them people hollering [00:01:44] Too many road blocks in the way it's not an option [00:01:47] To say that it's impossible I would be lying [00:01:49] But you ain't got a chance if you're not up in that top ten [00:01:52] A couple got a scholarship but I am not them [00:01:54] Ain't got the skills to pay the bills so my pockets are thin [00:01:57] So until I cop a gig and my hardship ends [00:02:00] Fixing to line my self up at your welfare office again [00:02:03] And I expect to be accepted as the man that I am [00:02:05] Respectfully and appreciatively Ma'am [00:02:08] God damn you must be out of your mind [00:02:13] Every day every day [00:02:16] Got to work every day [00:02:18] Every day every day [00:02:21] Got to work every day [00:02:23] People stressing here's the question [00:02:26] How they get people drinking tea in a recession [00:02:29] It's deception how absurd is this [00:02:32] How are so many poor people conservative [00:02:34] A pro artist I put it in the good music [00:02:37] A con artist job's to make you look stupid [00:02:39] Lookie here I'll teach you how to look trough it [00:02:42] First thing you need to know every con got a hook to it [00:02:44] They seduce you with a little wealth [00:02:46] Say you could have some of these crumbs for yourself [00:02:49] If the government doesn't make us help anyone else [00:02:51] You stuck a red sign on your foreclosed house [00:02:54] Make you think you're taking back your nation [00:02:57] Then they turn it over to a major corporation [00:02:59] Those companies took the jobs overseas [00:03:02] And you handed them the wallet out your pocket for free [00:03:04] You're staring in the sky with dollar signs for eyes [00:03:07] The blind right wing of a bird that can't fly [00:03:10] Just a peacock with a poked out gut [00:03:12] Who's too fat to fly so his a** just strut but [00:03:15] Every day every day [00:03:17] Got to work every day [00:03:20] Every day every day