Receiving a paycheck, not worth checking it
Working to the bone all coverage no benefits
Three jobs part time, all days, all grind
Hit me with a contract I'll ask where to sign
Economic downturn got me in a spot
Loading up on schemes, already had a plot
Calculated value from employers that my time see
Return on investment's better with a crime spree
Salary freeze means nothing to me
Already living by the skin of my teeth
And I bust my ass 8 days a week
Gotta buy the boss's kid a new ATV
While MY kids wonder what we gonna eat
And it cuts me. Right down to the meat
And it guts me. To have to see
These Twitter happy vampires feed on the weak
You already know. What this is and how it's gonna go
You already see. Just how it's laid out and how it's gonna be.
Already been struggling, prices all doubling, oh so troubling
You already know. You already know.
Fact of the matter, gotta stack them ends
While labor related stress stays stacking our friends
And you ain't worth the paper that they print your check on
Use you up then say to get the fuck on
Paid less than my worst show, and that was at a church though
Treated like a charity, but they call it furlow
Bills on the third no-tice when the first go
Wanna decorate, relegated to the earth tones
One day they'll bury me under the dirt
Name tag hanging from the front of my shirt
A life only lived as a rich man's cattle
Survival is an uphill battle
And so we use our bootstraps to pull ourselves up
"We have it so good" but not good enough
Sleep when we're dead, work through our prime
Throw your hands up for Generation 1099
You already know. What this is and how it's gonna go
You already see. Just how it's laid out and how it's gonna be.
Already been struggling, prices all doubling, oh so troubling
You already know. You already know.