[Intro]
Ayy, for real, though, I love my job
We work, we work the night shift
We work, we work the night shift
We work, we work the night shift
I'm up from like 6 in the morning to like
We work, we work the night shift
3 in the morning
We work, we work the night shift
Y'all n***as wanna take a lot of pictures and shit
We work, we work the night shift

[Verse 1]
Engaged to the stage at an early age
And it was years before I started getting paid
For the love of the culture, the culture of love
I was killing that stage, I was building my buzz
I wasn't making shit that they would feel in the club
'Cause I wouldn't talk about all the killing and drugs
Yeah, I grew up with the crips and the bloods
And while they was busy screamin' out, "Bitch, I'm a thug"
I was really thuggin', I was sleepin' on floors and shit
I was sellin' dope just so I could record my shit
Turning dirty money into studio time
My family told me I was crazy, I was losing my mind, but I
Stuck to the script, I was glued to the grind
If I didn't know shit, bitch, I knew what could rhyme
Serve the sucka MC's standin' on the street corner
Kill a cold instrumental and I make the beat warmer
A former introvert until I put the pen to work
Until my verses started turning heads like a tennis skirt
Until the minimum was ten a show or ten a verse
Now I fly on planes worldwide just to get to work
[Chorus]
We work, we work the night shift
Clock in for my shift soon as the lights hit
Guaranteed to keep the mics lit
One-two check and spit that hype shit
Atmosphere, they work the night shift
Rapsody, she work the night shift
Graveyard shift, break of dawn
Guaranteed to keep a party rockin' all night long

[Verse 2]
Expensive whiskey, chase it with a local beer
A toast to y'all jokes, y'all just smoke and mirrors
We don't rap over our vocals here
Y'all n***as can't do karaoke for y'all whole career
It appears to be popular
The pantomime poetry just to fill your pockets up
Probably why they ain't invite me to them Summer Jams
I don't take it personal, fam, I understand
That's hydro next to oregano
One hit of this shit and they already know
That Mayweather versus McGregor shit
This a whole different sport, y'all n***as better quit
Sayin' what you do is emcee and rap
Just because the words rhyme and the beat slap
And it ain't generational, believe that
'Cause n***as spit from Jaden Smith to G Rap
Every era has a Ja Rule or Little Boat
There's the shit you listen to and the shit you quote
I don't divide the lanes, I just stay in mine
And you can hear it when I hit the stage and say a rhyme
[Chorus]
We work, we work the night shift
Clock in for my shift soon as the lights hit
Guaranteed to keep the mics lit
One-two check and spit that hype shit
Tech N9ne, he work the night shift
Run The Jewels, they work the night shift
Graveyard shift, break of dawn
Guaranteed to keep a party rockin' all night long