I'm tired of working
Even when I smile, I'm hurting
Is this what life's about?
I don't wanna die in search of
Finding out what really keeps the fire burning
My mother told me that
Granny worked her whole life (paying off the mortgage)
Granny worked them cold nights (stealing for her daughters)
With no man, and feed a slow grind
And a sleeping for the thought of her kids' kids (who else?)
Kids' kids
And this is what I witnessed as an infant
For instance, the hardest working artist in England
Is him they one day classed as a juvenile delinquent (poor man)
Son of Karen, grandson of Ruth
Imagine if my mother hadn't met Lennox and had a yout
In fact, don't imagine that it's with established who
It's who
And now you know hard work's in my bloodline
But sometimes I ask my mum why she works two jobs
And works through lunchtime
And most the money's gone when the taxman comes by
Well
If this is what we're living for
Then I don't wanna live at all
How can money make me miserable?
I'm tired of working
Even when I smile, I'm hurting
Is this what life's about?
I don't wanna die in search of
Finding out what really keeps the fire burning
Can't afford a car that's called a Lambo
Listening to Carter IV wishing I had mad dough (still I'm saying)
God bless the people with a nine-to-five
Who still end up jobless, they're the people who define as life
It shouldn't be stars, it should be commoners we idolise
But saying that, a lot of stars were commoners like (InI)
Ballers like (Ferdinand)
Boxers like (Iron Mike)
Singers like Adele
And every one of these feminist spitters
Have to pay homage to (Dynamite)
But the question is when you get what
You want, would you be satisfied?
Probably not, I bet you want the next thing that they advertise
Looking in the mirror to analyse the average guy
How can I be happy if I'm never content?
Well
If this is what we're living for
Then I don't wanna live at all
How can money make me miserable?
I'm tired of working (I'm tired of working)
Even when I smile, I'm hurting
Is this what life's about?
I don't wanna die in search of (I don't wanna die in search of)
Finding out what really keeps the fire burning
(The fire burning, the fire burning)
Long days (the fire burning)
Even longer nights (the fire burning)
(The fire burning, fire burning)
We have different things that keep us going
But one thing's for sure
Stopping ain't an option
I call that drive
Finding out what really keeps the fire burning
Finding out what really keeps the fire burning
