[Verse 1]
Sun not up
I’m already rollin’
Coffee cold
But I keep goin'
You in your chair
Countin’ my miles
Call it “family
” but you steal my time
You pat my back
Ask about my “attitude”
Like I owe thanks for this empty food
Say I’m “lucky” just to have this grind
Lucky? Baby
You done lost your mind
[Chorus]
You say I should be grateful (grateful)
Grateful for what?
You take my sweat and my Sundays
Cash the checks
Then cut
I haul your world on my back
Through the dark and the dust
I see through all of you
Grateful my ass
It’s just us (oh yeah)
[Verse 2]
Ten-hour shift turns into fourteen
You call it “hustle
” I call it obscene
You send a text: “You’re such a blessing”
I read the numbers
Somebody’s lying
You clap when I break your records
But the raise gone missing
Guess it got “misplaced”
You toast your wins in your clean blue suit
I wipe your dirt off my steel-toe boots
[Chorus]
You say I should be grateful (grateful)
Grateful for what?
You take my sweat and my Sundays
Cash the checks
Then cut
I haul your world on my back
Through the dark and the dust
I see through all of you
Grateful my ass
It’s just us
[Bridge]
I know the cost of every mile (every mile)
Paid it in my spine
In my smile
You call it “family
” I call it “fraud”
I ain’t your daughter
I’m my own damn boss (hey!)
[Chorus]
You say I should be grateful (grateful)
Grateful for what?
You take my sweat and my Sundays
Cash the checks
Then cut
I haul your world on my back
Through the dark and the dust
I see through all of you
Grateful my ass
It’s just us
Yeah
I see through all of you
Grateful my ass
It’s just us