[Intro]
I work my ass off to never get a step ahead

[Chorus]
I-I-I work my ass off to never get a step ahead
W-w-why put in all of this work when you can buy your way instead?
I can’t pass on over to the afterlife with that on my head
S-s-stop breathing while I still have my self respect--by a thread

[Verse]
(Yeah) Save those tears for someone else
All the things I wish I said but didn’t laid out on the shelf
Waste my time but I'll just play along
I've been giving it all away on every song

Days turn to weeks, then these weeks turn to months
I'll never tell you how it is, I'm too busy rollin' this blunt
I've been sitting here just like you always thought
I've been stuck so long, I think I got caught
Man, why you tryna watch us fall?
Why can’t you just wish all the homies would ball?
I think I need another reason for you to crawl
I thought I liked it, but I think I'm good on it all

All my life, all my life I spent it doing this
I'm outta time, outta time, yeah, you know what it is
All my life, all my life I let it take control
All this time in my mind, I spent it on my soul
All my life, all my life I smoke so I don't gotta diss you
I smoke so much everyday 'cause i fuckin' miss you
The first high is what I'm chasing, maybe that's the issue
Oh my god, oh my god, what else can I do?

I fake it all
I fake everything I felt all along
The only time I'm real is screaming in this song
Bitch I think you gotta move along

[Pre-Chorus]
I'll go back to having all the dreams I had before I started this
All the times I thought I would be on this shit
All I know's that by know its over with
Take this time to go and fuckin' take it in

[Chorus]
I work my ass off to never get a step ahead
Why put in all of this work when you can buy your way instead?
I can’t pass on over to the afterlife with that on my head
Stop breathing while I still have my self respect--by a thread