Success

Success..

[Mr. Lif]

This is rock bottom y'all, I never expected it

In order to be businesslike you must meet the prerequisite

Leave your culture at home, smile, don't be too proud, too wild

You may suffer, just don't cry out loud

This notion of proffesionalism is like an exorcism

Forced to give your life away while you're earnin' a livin'

These thoughts had stopped me from rejoinin' the work force

but now the situation I'm in, just seems to hurt more

Maybe it wont be bad, maybe it'll be good

I could use a little structure in my life, maybe I should

Take my suit and tie out of the closet

Try shinin' my shoes and brush the fuckin' dust off of my wallet

Let's consider the prospects, make a couple phone calls

Now so many interviews you know I got next week

I'm strictly goin'from the bottom to the peak

I'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet

Chorus

[Aesop Rock]

Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working"

Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person"

John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with

That's oil and water trying to mix on the same surface

[Mr. Lif]

I got a job at a business place I chose not to name

Ask me how did I achieve this so quick? Yes you may

Back when I was <? ?> compiled a stunning resume

I didn't value way back then, but boy it helped today

I'm pushin' every single thought of rebellin' away

I'm workin' real hard, and my pockets are swellin', and hey

Can you believe I met the girl of my dreams, I swear she's meant for me

We've been together over 2 years, goin' on 3

We married on our 4th anniversary

Bought a house and turned a room into a nursery

For the bouncin' baby that we're expecting in June

I sat in that delivery room from noon, to noon

24 hours of labour then the nurse asked me his title for the paper

You know, so the government can chase ya'

First name: John, Last name: Insignificant

I'm smiling like a proud dad; I got the birth certificate

Go to the house and here's my <?>

and I looked around and nothing's good enough for her or him

So my 8 hour days became 9; 9 slid up to 10; a subtle slip up to 11 and then

And after a 12 hour day, I too little energy to say 'I love you' to my baby

Or play daddy to J, and I thought this was the way

o be a husband and a father

I guess I could've looked in her eyes, and seen I lost her

But it wasn't my fault, I'm workin' hard, it couldn't be

I've been successfully existing as a member of this family

I was so convinced the household had to always be complete

I didn't realize the only thing that's missing is me

Chorus

[Mr. Lif]

There was never any talk of divorce

I can't believe how focused I was in the face of such a huge potential loss

Thought I signed a greivance with the boss

In fact, I was mad at my wife, as if she's trying to knock me off course

But I still visited the florist, to get her flowers

(When the last time I did this?) Hmm.. not since our wedding shower

I got home and I was greeted by the fact we'd been deleted

I was someone that my wife and child thought they no longer needed

And before I could say, 'Where's John?'

I looked down and he was clingin' to her arm

I realized-ed that I'm wrong

I blacked out and by the time I came to, they were gone

But somehow I sat and shook my head, and then I carried on

And I still completed 3 weeks of work, before my breakdown

The ambulances came and I got medicine to take now

And it's hard to get a job when you been treated and released

So both my relationship and my career had deceased

It took years to put myself together, peice by peice

And thank God I found a woman that's propitiate with me

And I'll never let this happen again, it's not to be

I'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet

[Aesop Rock]

Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working"

Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person"

John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with

The oil left the water and the water kept searchin'