Fast Food Shuffle

I'm up at the crack of dawn.

I put my uniform on.

I'm catching the bus without a fuss

While I'm sportin' a yawn.

I get to work late.

I'm not feelin' too great

'Cause irritated and berated

Are my boss' best traits.

He says for me to wash the store,

Sweep and mop the floor.

Do the dishes grant my wishes

Or you work here no more.

I get minimum wage,

I feel I'm trapped in a cage

But I can't survive or stay alive

Without gettin' paid.

I'm just a dude don't mean to cause no trouble.

I play my music at night and in the morning

I do the fast food shuffle.

My boss' name is hakheem.

I'm not saying he's mean

But if you're leanin you're cleanin

Until your hands turn green.

I knew a man named Jake.

The crap he couldn't take.

He said, "the manager will challenge ya.

I'll be at his wake."

He brought a gun to the store.

The manager asked what for.

He said, "I'm tired" and fired

And ran out the door

But hakheem wasn't hurt

When he pulled off his shirt.

He had a vest on his chest

That made the bullets not work.

I'm just a dude don't mean to cause no trouble.

I play my music at night and in the morning

I do the fast food shuffle.

Now when I was a kid

I learned a lesson from another brother

Older than myself. A lesson

Later that helped.

It was a fundamental lesson

In the rules of life we're living

Giving me the power later on

To help myself.

Sometimes you gotta learn

The hardest way there is to learn.

"can't teach a young man any faster,"

Said the master to the hopper.

So I do the best I can

And try hard not to understand

This life I lead just like my poppa.

'Cause I'm just a dude don't mean to cause no trouble.

I play my music at night and in the morning I do the fast food shuffle.