Work Songtext
von Kamau and the Wolf

Let me tell you somethin′
There is no nobility in poverty
I've been a rich man and I have been a poor man
And I′ll choose rich every fucking time

Tryna make it out here is harder than I expected
As soon as I wake up, I'm feelin' stressed
Every single second is a second that I missed
Better, better myself so put me to the test
See I′m busy racin′ tryna keep up with the version of me
Who always made the most of his time, he was perfect to see
The only problem is I'm working an episode to his seat
So the closer I get to him the further he gets from me


Damn, so fuck a day off, ain′t nobody got no time for that
Until my days are all days off so I don't need to rap
Until my money pilin′ up, hit the ceilin'
See I′m about to make a killin', no villain, just got a feelin'
And I′m tired of watchin′ fools come and go
Who've been working harder though and so been seeing more success
So I′m getting on my grind, maximizin' all my time
I got money on my mind and I intend to be the best

Things are changin′, I can smell it in the air
Soon enough I walk around without a care
I'm tryna work harder than anyone around me
I see competition everywhere
I see competition everywhere
I see competition everywhere
I′m tryna work harder than anyone around me
I see competition everywhere

So my conscience said, "Artist? Sure"
"I know you got a lot of problems, is this the cure?"
"Though don't you know the risk you take?"
"Plenty of men have been forgotten you could share their fate"
"Immortality, this is what's at stake"
"And quite frankly I doubt you′ve got what it takes"
"I can see it in your eyes, I know you want to be great"
"But you left it kind of late and you fell for the bait"


"Bright lights got you dizzy, dummy"
"But shit ain′t what it seems, ain't a damn thing funny"
"Money, isn′t quite the gift you think it is"
"And fame ain't the life that you′d like to live"
"But forget that shit, you got a dream? You work"
"Fuck a payday, fuck a vacay, you work"
"Still, there isn't a guarantee are you ready for that?"
"Yes, yes, take heed put us all on the map" then

Things are changin′, I can smell it in the air
Soon enough I walk around without a care
I'm tryna work harder than anyone around me
I see competition everywhere
I see competition everywhere
I see competition everywhere
I'm tryna work harder than anyone around me
I see competition everywhere

Things are changin′, I can smell it in the air
Soon enough I walk around without a care
I′m tryna work harder than anyone around me
I see competition everywhere
I see competition everywhere
I see competition everywhere
I'm tryna work harder than anyone around me
I see competition everywhere