Success (feat. Aesop Rock) - Mr. Lif.mp3

[00:04.53]Success..
[00:10.74](Mr. Lif)
[00:11.01]This is rock bottom y'all, I never expected it
[00:14.22]In order to be businesslike you must meet the prerequisite
[00:17.04]Leave your culture at home, smile, don't be too proud, too wild
[00:20.49]You may suffer, just don't cry out loud
[00:22.47]This notion of proffesionalism is like an exorcism
[00:25.47]Forced to give your life away while you're earnin' a livin'
[00:28.29]These thoughts had stopped me from rejoinin' the work force
[00:31.02]but now the situation I'm in, just seems to hurt more
[00:33.84]Maybe it wont be bad, maybe it'll be good
[00:36.63]I could use a little structure in my life, maybe I should
[00:39.51]Take my suit and tie out of the closet
[00:41.64]Try shinin' my shoes and brush the dust off of my wallet
[00:45.15]Let's consider the prospects, make a couple phone calls
[00:48.33]Now so many interviews you know I got next week
[00:51.09]I'm strictly goin'from the bottom to the peak
[00:53.25]I'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet
[00:55.98]Chorus
[00:56.16](Aesop Rock)
[00:56.52]Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working"
[00:59.49]Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person"
[01:02.43]John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with
[01:05.13]That's oil and water trying to mix on the same surface
[01:07.26](Mr. Lif)
[01:07.53]I got a job at a business place I chose not to name
[01:10.32]Ask me how did I achieve this so quick? Yes you may
[01:13.08]Back when I was compiled a stunning resume
[01:16.14]I didn't value way back then, but boy it helped today
[01:18.96]I'm pushin' every single thought of rebellin' away
[01:21.48]I'm workin' real hard, and my pockets are swellin', and hey
[01:24.21]Can you believe I met the girl of my dreams, I swear she's meant for me
[01:27.39]We've been together over 2 years, goin' on 3
[01:30.12]We married on our 4th anniversary
[01:32.76]Bought a house and turned a room into a nursery
[01:35.64]For the bouncin' baby that we're expecting in June
[01:38.40]I sat in that delivery room from noon, to noon
[01:41.91]24 hours of labour then the nurse asked me his title for the paper
[01:45.06]You know, so the government can chase ya'
[01:47.22]First name: John, Last name: Insignificant
[01:50.10]I'm smiling like a proud dad; I got the birth certificate
[01:52.98]Go to the house and here's my
[01:55.23]and I looked around and nothing's good enough for her or him
[01:58.17]So my 8 hour days became 9; 9 slid up to 10; a subtle slip up to 11 and then
[02:03.75]And after a 12 hour day, I too little energy to say 'I love you' to my baby
[02:08.19]Or play daddy to J, and I thought this was the way
[02:10.95]o be a husband and a father
[02:12.57]I guess I could've looked in her eyes, and seen I lost her
[02:15.36]But it wasn't my fault, I'm workin' hard, it couldn't be
[02:17.97]I've been successfully existing as a member of this family
[02:20.94]I was so convinced the household had to always be complete
[02:23.61]I didn't realize the only thing that's missing is me
[02:31.86]Chorus
[02:37.53](Mr. Lif)
[02:37.89]There was never any talk of divorce
[02:39.93]I can't believe how focused I was in the face of such a huge potential loss
[02:43.53]Thought I signed a greivance with the boss
[02:45.54]In fact, I was mad at my wife, as if she's trying to knock me off course
[02:49.17]But I still visited the florist, to get her flowers
[02:52.17](When the last time I did this?) Hmm.. not since our wedding shower
[02:54.87]I got home and I was greeted by the fact we'd been deleted
[02:57.69]I was someone that my wife and child thought they no longer needed
[03:00.48]And before I could say, 'Where's John?'
[03:02.64]I looked down and he was clingin' to her arm
[03:04.65]I realized-ed that I'm wrong
[03:06.09]I blacked out and by the time I came to, they were gone
[03:08.85]But somehow I sat and shook my head, and then I carried on
[03:11.76]And I still completed 3 weeks of work, before my breakdown
[03:14.73]The ambulances came and I got medicine to take now
[03:17.52]And it's hard to get a job when you been treated and released
[03:20.13]So both my relationship and my career had deceased
[03:22.98]It took years to put myself together, peice by peice
[03:25.68]And thank God I found a woman that's propitiate with me
[03:28.65]And I'll never let this happen again, it's not to be
[03:31.41]I'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet
[03:34.26](Aesop Rock)
[03:34.62]Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working"
[03:37.53]Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person"
[03:40.41]John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with
[03:42.99]The oil left the water and the water kept searchin'