Live From The Plantation-Mr Lif

[ti:Live From The Plantation] [ar:Mr Lif] [al:I Phantom] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Live From The Plantation - Mr Lif [00:03.60]Oh my f**king god man ahhh f**king serious [00:08.88] [00:10.52]Jesus christ man already [00:14.29] [00:15.77]Man time flies like a motherf**ker [00:17.23] [00:21.06]Rise and shine [00:22.12]Yet another day to toss away [00:23.88]What does my clock display [00:25.52]It says eight [00:26.44]Sh*t i'm late for work again so then [00:28.84]I dip with my pad and my pen [00:30.83]Step into the work place with my work face [00:33.25]Wince at my time card cuz i'm scarred [00:35.71]Mad cuz i sacrifice my day and gets me [00:38.25]A trifling hourly wage of six fifty nifty [00:41.38]Now i'm off to slave quarters [00:43.27]With a whole bunch of other people's sons and daughters [00:45.96]Working so they can be mothers and fathers [00:48.24]Laboring real hard hoping the boss offers [00:50.78]More petty cash to his bums and paupers [00:53.25]Kissing his a** cuz they hoping they prosper [00:55.89]Here's the math [00:57.04]You work a thirty a day away [00:58.33] [00:58.86]The government takes a thirty a check correct [01:01.34]You go home and drink cuz you don't get [01:03.51]An ounce of respect and your spirit is wrecked [01:05.75]Life is a gift to be enjoyed every second every minute [01:08.75]It's temporary not infinite [01:10.66]Yet i find myself looking at the clock [01:12.81]Hoping for the day to fly by so i ask myself why [01:15.74]I'm doing this remedial work for second graders [01:18.28]I'm an educator with mega-flavor so [01:20.81]Maybe i should just jump up and get ill [01:23.22]Maybe i should let these people know they're being killed [01:25.77]Maybe i should try my very best to chill and get paid [01:28.75]Cuz i gotta pay bills raa [01:30.37] [01:38.49]Excuse me brother can you please stop making that noise [01:40.74]So i can talk thank you now the boss says [01:45.60]He wants you to come up [01:46.74] [02:02.45]Dead boss somebody call red cross [02:04.71]I guess he got caught up in my mental holocaust [02:07.30]How much did it cost [02:08.47]Just a little piece of my mind for peace of mind [02:11.17]But he's bleeding [02:12.24]Oh no leave him he'll be fine [02:13.70]He'll heal on his own [02:14.80]If you just give him some time [02:16.30]Considering the fact that his face is misaligned [02:18.76]His legs are over there lying right next to his spine [02:21.58]Lunchtime huh oh jesus must have been daydreaming [02:27.29] [02:28.32]My boss walks by he's looking just like an asshole [02:30.87]Smiling because he jerks niggas for minimum cash flow [02:33.33]He's cool to my face but i swear i heard him laugh though [02:35.92]Tickled by the fact that i'm the modern day sambo [02:38.32]And just when i think that i'm about to go rambo [02:40.77]I call up my man and he says he understands yo [02:43.29]We all are being murdered by a similar process [02:45.71]Whether you work at the candy store [02:47.17]Or slave at the office [02:48.39]The purpose of our life is just to serve the economy [02:50.79]They misinform our minds to paint a picture of harmony [02:53.22]But if you listen then you know that'ss out of tune [02:55.82]Cuz the function of our life is just to work and consume [02:58.13]F**k reaching out to help the next there ain't any room [03:00.57]Just close your eyes and block your ears and march to your doom [03:03.16]But since i really ain't getting paid for my time [03:05.71]I pulled out my pen and started writing a rhyme [03:08.16]Can't you see that i'm busy jerk [03:09.55]Don't you dare approach me with busy work [03:11.45]Take another step and get hurt [03:13.14]By the man that embodies mad years of anger [03:15.68]A cool bro soon to be the boston strangler [03:17.73] [03:18.39]Everything inside of me is about to erupt [03:20.69]Cuz a righteous individual just likes to corrupt [03:23.23]I knew he'd lock me up if i started a brawl [03:25.62]So i deaden and i punch the clock the f**k off the wall [03:28.33]Yea that's right motherf**ker [03:29.67]You can't keep underpaying people and mistreating them all the time [03:33.02]That's gonna resort to crime [03:34.24]As a matter of fact you know what [03:35.79]Faks yo cut this motherf**ker man