Doin' My Job

[Intro]

Ay, I'm working here, you know what I'm saying?

Try to put yourself in my shoes for a second

It's not personal, I'm just sayin' though

[Verse 1]

Ay look

From when the moon came out 'till the sun came up

I was supplyin' the jays with what they flame up

Our mamas passing by, trying to explain us

Pissing in the bushes like they never house trained us

But try to understand, that's how we came up

You get to know us, you'll love us but you can't change us (naw)

Really, we rather be rich and famous

But in the meantime, we forced to slang dust

'Dro or crack cocaine, Penicillin to Rogaine

Ecstacy, Viagra, whatever'll get the dough, mayne

I'm tired of people misrepresenting my domain

Oh, you think we out here killing for nothing, hustlin' for no gain? (picture that)

[Chorus (sample playing in the background)]

Hey, man, I'm just doin' my job

Hey, lady, don't mind me, I'm just doin' my job

I don't wanna make your life no harder, I'm just doin' my job

You live here, I work here, I'm doin' my job

[Verse 2]

I don't know if you don't know, don't care, or can't see

Every time something up in the hood, it ain't me

And I ain't always up to no good and on the creep

So you ain't always gotta pass through the hood without speaking (how you doin'?)

We ain't out here threatening your lives, raping your children

We just out here staying alive, making a million (you know)

Working hard, trying to survive, chasing a million

You hear us talking loud, just think of us as chameleons

Adapting to situations, but accusations of stealing

And burglarizing your house, I mean you just hurting my feelings

We got lives, we wanna live nice too

We got moms, dads, wives, kids, just like you

But our options are few, it's hell in high school

When you're helping with the rent, lights, and the gas bill too

So before you go judging us, loving us won't hurt

When you're under 25, staying alive's hard work

[Chorus (sample playing in the background)]

Hey, man, I'm just doin' my job

Hey, lady, don't mind me, I'm just doin' my job

I don't wanna make your life no harder, I'm just doin' my job

You live here, I work here, I'm doin' my job

[Verse 3]

And for you to see what I'm saying, open eyes will help

If you could think about somebody besides yourself

While you pointing fingers at me, analyze yourself

Quit all that chastising and try to provide some help

Instead of calling the law and busting my balls

With all due respect, we don't even be fucking with y'all (maan)

And we can't help it 'cause it is like this

We don't like it no more than you that we live like this

Always stuck in the grind, summertime to wintertime

Cutting school to sell fifty dimes by dinner time

See, everything we know, we learned from the streets

Since thirteen, I've been hustling and earning my keep

[Chorus (sample playing in the background)]

Hey, man, I'm just doin' my job

Hey, lady, don't mind me, I'm just doin' my job

I don't wanna make your life no harder, I'm just doin' my job

You live here, I work here, I'm doin' my job