Hitting the Wall

I woke up today, this morning

I'm bloody, I'm beaten

I find that I have been robbed

They took my shoes, my wallet

I'm still drunk, I say "fuck it"

I go to my job

Then my boss, he fires me for no good reason

No reason at all

He says, "If you come back, I will call a policeman"

I'm hitting the wall

So I call home, say "Dad! I'm robbed!

I'm fired, I need money, I need money bad!"

He says, "That's bullshit! You're lying! I know you!

Need money? Too fuckin' bad!"

He says, "Son, you gotta get out there and fight, man!

Compete and stand tall!"

I say "Dad, that's the trouble with your whole damn white man

I'm hitting the wall"

So I'm walking, there's kids behind me

They're laughing, they throw rocks at me

I start running, they chase me

They're coming, they're gaining

They're gonna get me

Now there's no answer to this I can think up

I'm taking a fall

So I duck into a bar, sit back and drink up

I'm hitting the wall

Then later three big guys

They poke me, they wake me

They say, "Boy, you'd better pay"

I pull out my pockets

They don't laugh, they punch me

They kick me, I'm out the hard way

I'm laying by a dumpster, drunk and beaten

With nothing at all

People point at me and say I'm sickening

I'm hitting the wall

Come on, come on, come on

I'm hitting the wall