Paid

(album: Lost In Time - 2010)

Every day it gets harder
Just the cost of living pulling me down
I try to stay above water
But these bills got me, 'bout to drown

I can't keep living this life
Robbed and beat up but still ...
I just been fighting this fight
But I don't know what's the point of it all

I'll keep a positive mind
But it's hard to flow
When your cash is low
I'm working days and nights
Still I can't get up out of this hole

Because I gets paid on the first, paid on the last
And struggle all through the middle
Every month I gets paid on the first, paid on the last
And struggle all through the middle

M O N E Y never seem to multiply for me
Ain't nothing moving 'cause I keep losing
M O N E Y never seem to multiply for me
Ain't nothing moving 'cause I keep losing

They make us know that they own us
Though I swear it's more than slavery
They give each other a bonus
While our children live in poverty
What a shame, what a shame

I keep on teaching my kids
You work hard, you'll go far in this life
But the reality is
I'm slaving on to the bone to survive

I'd like to take you away, girl
But I just can't see
How that's gonna be
Don't like to slave in this way, girl
Somebody ..., set her free

Because I gets paid on the first, paid on the last
And struggle all through the middle
Every month I gets paid on the first, paid on the last
(Working hard, working quite hard)

Because I gets paid on the first, paid on the last
And then I struggle through the middle
Every month I gets paid on the first, paid on the last
And struggle all through the middle

M O N E Y never seem to multiply for me
Not for me, not for me
M O N E Y never seem to multiply for me
Ain't nothing moving, I keep losing

I'll keep a positive mind
But it's hard to flow
When your cash is low
I'm working days overtime
Still I can't get up out of this hole

Because I gets paid on the first, paid on the last
And struggle all through the middle
Every month I gets paid on the first, paid on the last
On my back struggling

Because I gets paid on the first, paid on the last
I just struggle through the middle
Every month I gets paid on the first, paid on the last
On my back struggling, struggling

M O N E Y never seem to multiply for me
Not a damn thing moving, no
M O N E Y never seem to multiply for me
Baby, baby

M O N E Y never seem to multiply for me
Ain't nothing moving 'cause I keep losing
M O N E Y never seem to multiply for me
Money, money, M O N E Y