Mr. Lif - Success (feat. Aesop Rock) Lyrics
f/ Aesop RockSuccess..[Mr. Lif]This is rock bottom y'all, I never expected itIn order to be businesslike you must meet the prerequisiteLeave your culture at home, smile, don't be too proud, too wildYou may suffer, just don't cry out loudThis notion of proffesionalism is like an exorcismForced to give your life away while you're earnin' a livin'These thoughts had stopped me from rejoinin' the work forcebut now the situation I'm in, just seems to hurt moreMaybe it wont be bad, maybe it'll be goodI could use a little structure in my life, maybe I shouldTake my suit and tie out of the closetTry shinin' my shoes and brush the *****in' dust off of my walletLet's consider the prospects, make a couple phone callsNow so many interviews you know I got next weekI'm strictly goin'from the bottom to the peakI'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feetChorus[Aesop Rock]Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working"Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person"John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn withThat's oil and water trying to mix on the same surface[Mr. Lif]I got a job at a business place I chose not to nameAsk me how did I achieve this so quick? Yes you mayBack when I was <? ?> compiled a stunning resumeI didn't value way back then, but boy it helped todayI'm pushin' every single thought of rebellin' awayI'm workin' real hard, and my pockets are swellin', and heyCan you believe I met the girl of my dreams, I swear she's meant for meWe've been together over 2 years, goin' on 3We married on our 4th anniversaryBought a house and turned a room into a nurseryFor the bouncin' baby that we're expecting in JuneI sat in that delivery room from noon, to noon24 hours of labour then the nurse asked me his title for the paperYou know, so the government can chase ya'First name: John, Last name: InsignificantI'm smiling like a proud dad; I got the birth certificateGo to the house and here's my <?>and I looked around and nothing's good enough for her or himSo my 8 hour days became 9; 9 slid up to 10; a subtle slip up to 11 and thenAnd after a 12 hour day, I too little energy to say 'I love you' to my babyOr play daddy to J, and I thought this was the wayo be a husband and a fatherI guess I could've looked in her eyes, and seen I lost herBut it wasn't my fault, I'm workin' hard, it couldn't beI've been successfully existing as a member of this familyI was so convinced the household had to always be completeI didn't realize the only thing that's missing is meChorus[Mr. Lif]There was never any talk of divorceI can't believe how focused I was in the face of such a huge potential lossThought I signed a greivance with the bossIn fact, I was mad at my wife, as if she's trying to knock me off courseBut I still visited the florist, to get her flowers(When the last time I did this?) Hmm.. not since our wedding showerI got home and I was greeted by the fact we'd been deletedI was someone that my wife and child thought they no longer neededAnd before I could say, 'Where's John?'I looked down and he was clingin' to her armI realized-ed that I'm wrongI blacked out and by the time I came to, they were goneBut somehow I sat and shook my head, and then I carried onAnd I still completed 3 weeks of work, before my breakdownThe ambulances came and I got medicine to take nowAnd it's hard to get a job when you been treated and releasedSo both my relationship and my career had deceasedIt took years to put myself together, peice by peiceAnd thank God I found a woman that's propitiate with meAnd I'll never let this happen again, it's not to beI'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet[Aesop Rock]Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working"Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person"John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn withThe oil left the water and the water kept searchin'
