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Mr. Lif
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[Mr. Lif]
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This is rock bottom why yall, I never expected it
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In order to be businesslike you must meet the prerequisite
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Leave your culture at home, smile, don't be too proud, too wild
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You may suffer, just don't cry out loud
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This notion of professionalism is like an exorcism
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Forced to give your life away while you're earnin' a livin'
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These thoughts had stopped me from rejoinin' the work force
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But now the situation I'm in, just seems to hurt more
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Maybe it won't be bad, maybe it'll be good
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I could use a little structure in my life, maybe I should
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Take my suit and tie out of the closet
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Try shinin' my shoes and brush the fuckin' dust off of my wallet
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Let's consider the prospects, make a couple phone calls
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Now so many interviews you know I got next week
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I'm strictly goin' from the bottom to the peak
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I'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet
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[Chorus: Aesop Rock]
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Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working"
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Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person"
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John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with
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That's oil and water trying to mix on the same surface
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[Mr. Lif]
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I got a job at a business place I chose not to name
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Ask me how did I achieve this so quick? Yes you may
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Back when I was compiled a stunning resume
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I didn't value way back then, but boy it helped today
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I'm pushin' every single thought of rebellin' away
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I'm workin' real hard, and my pockets are swellin', and hey
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Can you believe I met the girl of my dreams, I swear she's meant for me
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We've been together over 2 years, goin' on 3
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We married on our 4th anniversary
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Bought a house and turned a room into a nursery
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For the bouncin' baby that we're expecting in June
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I sat in that delivery room from noon, to noon
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24 hours of labour then the nurse asked me his title for the paper
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You know, so the government can chase ya'
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First name: John, Last name: Insignificant
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I'm smiling like a proud dad; I got the birth certificate
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Go to the house and here's my
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And I looked around and nothing's good enough for her or him
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So my 8 hour days became 9; 9 slid up to 10; a subtle slip up to 11 and then
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And after a 12 hour day, I too little energy to say 'I love you' to my baby
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Or play daddy to J, and I thought this was the way
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O be a husband and a father
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I guess I could've looked in her eyes, and seen I lost her
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But it wasn't my fault, I'm workin' hard, it couldn't be
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I've been successfully existing as a member of this family
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I was so convinced the household had to always be complete
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I didn't realize the only thing that's missing is me
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[Chorus]
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[Mr. Lif]
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There was never any talk of divorce
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I can't believe how focused I was in the face of such a huge potential loss
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Thought I signed a grievance with the boss
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In fact, I was mad at my wife, as if she's trying to knock me off course
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But I still visited the florist, to get her flowers
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(When the last time I did this?) Hmm, not since our wedding shower
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I got home and I was greeted by the fact we'd been deleted
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I was someone that my wife and child thought they no longer needed
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And before I could say, 'Where's John?'
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I looked down and he was clingin' to her arm
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I realized-ed that I'm wrong
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I blacked out and by the time I came to, they were gone
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But somehow I sat and shook my head, and then I carried on
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And I still completed 3 weeks of work, before my breakdown
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The ambulances came and I got medicine to take now
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And it's hard to get a job when you been treated and released
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So both my relationship and my career had deceased
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It took years to put myself together, piece by piece
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And thank God I found a woman that's propitiate with me
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And I'll never let this happen again, it's not to be
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I'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet
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[Aesop Rock]
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Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working"
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Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person"
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John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with
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The oil left the water and the water kept searchin'
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