[Verse 1] Alarm slap, 5:30, eyes heavy, cheap coffee Same shirt, same roads, red lights mock me Boss talk “family,” can’t spell my name right Name tag crooked, back sore from the late night Laugh in the break room, dead in the brain room Scrolling on my phone just to outrun the same gloom Time card, swipe-swipe, life on a rope Whole week gone for a tank and some soap [Chorus] I wanna do something with my life (yeah) Not just trade my time for a price This can’t be the script that I write I’m made for more than this grind, this grind I wanna do something with my life (hey) See my name on something I like I’m sick of just surviving the night I’m made for more than this grind, this grind [Verse 2] Minimum pay, max stress, white boy in a hairnet Manager yelling like debt, barking out threats “Smile for the guests,” while I count out cents Rent due, fridge bare, pride in past tense Clock hits nine, still stuck ‘til eight Dreams in the back like stock I can’t take Parents say “work hard, it’ll work out in the end” But I’m losing my soul and I’m on the fence [Chorus] I wanna do something with my life (uh) Not just trade my time for a price This can’t be the script that I write I’m made for more than this grind, this grind I wanna do something with my life (yeah) See my name on something I like I’m sick of just surviving the night I’m made for more than this grind, this grind. [Verse 3] More work less pay More stress more pain Then I hear the boss man calling my name Do this do that can you stay late tonight. ‘No pain no gain’ Everyday another game. I wanna amount to something but this 9-5 got me trapped Want to escape this hellish contract Negotiations go nowhere Hope turns into doubt light dimming, dreams trimming, paperwork?swimming, eyes blinking, hairs thinning. But all behind me once I’m winning. [Chorus] I wanna do something with my life (yeah) Not just trade my time for a price This can’t be the script that I write I’m made for more than this grind, this grind I wanna do something with my life (hey) See my name on something I like I’m sick of just surviving the night I’m made for more than this grind, this grind

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