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The way it is

Scraping by on the 
minimum wage, 
my life on a stage, 
counting down the days 
until I next get paid, 

watch the money come in, 
watch it roll out again 
straight away, 
got to believe that
everything will be ok 

or I'll go crazy: 
whether I’m working
my arse off in a factory 
or serving beers and coffees 
to people younger than me 
who spend money 
like it grows on trees, 

it's all a joke; 
haven't bought a decent TV 
in years, 
spend what little I have 
when it appears 
on booze and smokes 
to help me cope
as the desperation grows, 
round and round the jobs 
I go, 
where I stop nobody knows. 

Thinking: 
I'm better than this; 
even when I’m
pissing away my potential 
like it doesn't exist, 
my mind is a 
clenched fist, 
punching the wall after 
crawling out of my pit 
because I've got to go out 
and earn it - 
the right to live, 

a chance to survive 
and keep my dreams alive 
for another week - 
because I'm 
up the fucking creek 
with the bills again 
so I smash my brains, 
flush them down the drain, 
just get fuckin' wrecked,
come out with stupid comments like: 
at least they can't tax 
drugs and sex.

Wish I didn't have to think 
and watch myself 
as I sink 
deeper into doubt and debt, 
got nothing to look forward to 
except 
going to bed 
at the end of a shift, 

praying before I go to sleep 
that something will come along 
and lift me out of the shit 
and make all the struggling 
worth it, 
while at the same time
I have to try and accept 
that this is 
just the way it is.

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from Ashley Reaks & Joe Hakim - Cultural Thrift, released September 26, 2015

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