| Success.. | |
| (Mr. Lif) | |
| This is rock bottom y'all, I never expected it | |
| In order to be businesslike you must meet the prerequisite | |
| Leave your culture at home, smile, don't be too proud, too wild | |
| You may suffer, just don't cry out loud | |
| This notion of proffesionalism is like an exorcism | |
| Forced to give your life away while you're earnin' a livin' | |
| These thoughts had stopped me from rejoinin' the work force | |
| but now the situation I'm in, just seems to hurt more | |
| Maybe it wont be bad, maybe it'll be good | |
| I could use a little structure in my life, maybe I should | |
| Take my suit and tie out of the closet | |
| Try shinin' my shoes and brush the fuckin' dust off of my wallet | |
| Let's consider the prospects, make a couple phone calls | |
| Now so many interviews you know I got next week | |
| I'm strictly goin'from the bottom to the peak | |
| I'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet | |
| Chorus | |
| (Aesop Rock) | |
| Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working" | |
| Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person" | |
| John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with | |
| That's oil and water trying to mix on the same surface | |
| (Mr. Lif) | |
| I got a job at a business place I chose not to name | |
| Ask me how did I achieve this so quick? Yes you may | |
| Back when I was <? ?> compiled a stunning resume | |
| I didn't value way back then, but boy it helped today | |
| I'm pushin' every single thought of rebellin' away | |
| I'm workin' real hard, and my pockets are swellin', and hey | |
| Can you believe I met the girl of my dreams, I swear she's meant for me | |
| We've been together over 2 years, goin' on 3 | |
| We married on our 4th anniversary | |
| Bought a house and turned a room into a nursery | |
| For the bouncin' baby that we're expecting in June | |
| I sat in that delivery room from noon, to noon | |
| 24 hours of labour then the nurse asked me his title for the paper | |
| You know, so the government can chase ya' | |
| First name: John, Last name: Insignificant | |
| I'm smiling like a proud dad; I got the birth certificate | |
| Go to the house and here's my <?> | |
| and I looked around and nothing's good enough for her or him | |
| So my 8 hour days became 9; 9 slid up to 10; a subtle slip up to 11 and then | |
| And after a 12 hour day, I too little energy to say 'I love you' to my baby | |
| Or play daddy to J, and I thought this was the way | |
| o be a husband and a father | |
| I guess I could've looked in her eyes, and seen I lost her | |
| But it wasn't my fault, I'm workin' hard, it couldn't be | |
| I've been successfully existing as a member of this family | |
| I was so convinced the household had to always be complete | |
| I didn't realize the only thing that's missing is me | |
| Chorus | |
| (Mr. Lif) | |
| There was never any talk of divorce | |
| I can't believe how focused I was in the face of such a huge potential loss | |
| Thought I signed a greivance with the boss | |
| In fact, I was mad at my wife, as if she's trying to knock me off course | |
| But I still visited the florist, to get her flowers | |
| (When the last time I did this?) Hmm.. not since our wedding shower | |
| I got home and I was greeted by the fact we'd been deleted | |
| I was someone that my wife and child thought they no longer needed | |
| And before I could say, 'Where's John?' | |
| I looked down and he was clingin' to her arm | |
| I realized-ed that I'm wrong | |
| I blacked out and by the time I came to, they were gone | |
| But somehow I sat and shook my head, and then I carried on | |
| And I still completed 3 weeks of work, before my breakdown | |
| The ambulances came and I got medicine to take now | |
| And it's hard to get a job when you been treated and released | |
| So both my relationship and my career had deceased | |
| It took years to put myself together, peice by peice | |
| And thank God I found a woman that's propitiate with me | |
| And I'll never let this happen again, it's not to be | |
| I'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet | |
| (Aesop Rock) | |
| Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working" | |
| Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person" | |
| John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with | |
| The oil left the water and the water kept searchin' |
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