"Penny Pinching" lyrics

How many times I got to go to work?
Always stuck on high alert, penny-pinching is absurd (no, no, no)
This company is full of shady soul
Locking in to play your role, they don't care about you know (no, no, no)

I used to think I had some value in this world
But now it's obvious I'm just another name (no)
I just can't play by all the rules, they lay out for you
And I'm not going to be a victim in this game

I'm about to be fired, my boss is a liar
I hate all these people, wish I could retire, man
I hate this building and the people in it
Got so used to losing, wish I could be winning

Man, I don't feel hurt, and I'm hurting and I feel so certain
It's permanent, and I feel so worthless and lost with no purpose
My car get declined when I'm making a purchase
After all these hours of working, these people they treat me like trash
Just 'cause they making a little more cash

But they making enough at the tax
Taking like half, I know I'll get the last laugh
People pretend, just I'm sick of pretending and holding my breath
And when I get distressed and can't get out of bed, man I drown in depression

They act like they better treat me like I'm NASA
Tomorrow I may do something I regret
And just stand on the desk of my boss and start kicking his head in
But I'll lose my passion and know that I mentioned that I'll be arrested

But maybe I'll test it, 'cause anything better than how I've been dealing
And I've been so pissed with the life that I'm living, man
I'm barely home with my wife and my children
But I'm gonna make it, I know it, I feel it

How many times I got to go to work?
Always stuck on high alert, penny-pinching is absurd (no, no, no)
This company is full of shady soul
Locking in to play your role, they don't care about you know (no, no, no)

I used to think I had some value in this world
But now it's obvious, I'm just another name (no)
I just can't play by all the rules, they lay out for you
And I'm not gon' be a victim in this game

I'm taking home a check, but it don't give me many dollars
Especially when you consider I did 40 hours
The bottom of the pyramid, superiors above me
They don't show me love, they only show they like to judge me

You ain't got the right man for the job, though
So stressed, I'ma get me a bottle
I don't really wanna work all my life
Or I ain't never gonna get my mind right

'Cause I've been working hard all of my life doing this music thing
Why would I invest my time if that time ain't improving me?
Ain't getting two weeks notice
'Cause I don't really got time for that

I'ma throw away my resume
I don't really got a need for finding that (finding that)
I'm gonna be good, I'm gonna get paid
Making this music, I'm gonna get through it, it's obvious that it's fate

How many times I got to go to work?
Always stuck on high alert, penny-pinching is absurd (no, no, no)
This company is full of shady soul
Locking in to play your role, they don't care about you know (no, no, no)

I used to think I had some value in this world
But now it's obvious, I'm just another name (no)
I just can't play by all the rules, they lay out for you
And I'm not gon' be a victim in this game