"Hamster Wheel" lyrics

"Hamster Wheel"

I see ya. Yeah. I see ya
See, I'm looking right at you, I eye-contact you
You see me, and I'mma be me. Uh
First, I'm saying, "Hi," then I'm waving, "Bye-bye."
We get in, we get in
Girl, you're so fly, you're so fly

Yo, these swallows is horny as Charlie Parker
Be cutting 'em 'cause I'm studying these birds like ornithology
Follow 'em when they're tweeting, holler instead of speaking
Give it a name, she played the wicked games every weekend
Broke up with a dude for almost ending her life
Came over for the closure, ended up spending the night
Got cozy in this apartment, wine bottles started popping
Put scratches up on his back, they're questioning where he got them
Forgot it was her, she Freddy, her fingers was like machetes
The fucking was so steady, she shredded him like confetti
Confronted him 'bout every single chick, she's like "Enough already."
I need to be with someone else, this stuff is so petty
She was reacting to things he did in the past
This nigga was no saint, he couldn't say no to ass
Her behavior so rash, she gave up all her power
He put her out on the street, nowhere to live, nowhere to shower
How she gonna make it through the night?
How she's so accepting of her station in life?

She always carrying a baby with her
Her spitting image just like looking at her baby pictures
Her fate is sealed 'cause she dependent on a man for real
How she running these streets but always standing still?
She need to get up off the hamster wheel
She need to get up off the hamster wheel
How she running the streets but still standing still?
She need to get up off the hamster wheel
She need to get up off the hamster wheel

Battery in the back, popping up with the copper-top
Popular with the ass of the Hottentot
Niggas whooping and hollering at Andromeda when she passing the barber shop
Only job that's an option McDonald's or telemarketer
Hard for her making ends come together, this ain't the Beatles
She needing some anesthesia like she going under needles
She doing so much cutting, it's a wonder she bleeding
The money was so seductive, no wonder she ain't leaving
First time she felt like a woman was when a dude screamed
"Nice ass!" out the car window driving past
Nobody showed her how to live so all she do is dream
They call her Rocky 'cause her make-up is like a mask
scars permanently lodged on her frontal lobe
Behind bars for credit card schemes she pulled a month ago
First she getting high, now we waving bye-bye
She's waiting out her station just the same
As she's waiting at the station late at night for a train that never came


Writer(s): Michael Jackson, Talib Kweli
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