What's A Motherfucker Gotta Do To Make It In This World?

I've been walkin' down these streets, shoes are worn down thin

Got two empty pockets, but those bills keep rollin' in

Pushin' in and out of doors, sayin' what I got to say

Oh these assholes want the world, but they sure don't wanna pay

Every day I've got to ride the line

Between my dignity and pride

Should I break my back for some man's bliss?

If so then won't you tell me this

What's a motherfucker got to do to make it in this world?

Why's a penny on your dollar all you think that I deserve?

You wan't me bendin' (bendin')

Till broken (broken)

And you want no words spoken

Well I'll tell you what you smug asshole

You won't tear me down and won't take my soul

(oooh)

Wealthy pricks love to say that hard work made their life

But a silver spoon that's always full ain't strugglin' to survive

They've never gone hungry, ain't livin' pay to pay

Never seen a check come in that's all gone on the same day

Every day it's either toe the line

Or wonder where I'll sleep at night

And if I break out of this poverty

They'll act like their bullshit helped me

What's a motherfucker got to do to make it in this world?

Why's a boot upon my neck just fine but fair's a dirty word?

If one job (just one)

Don't pay (don't pay)

Get two fuckin' more they'll say

Well I'll tell you what you smug asshole

You won't tear me down and won't take my soul

(oooh)

I'm a motherfucker who is gonna make it in this world

And no matter what you do to me, I'll get what I deserve

Don't like what (like what)

I say (I say)

You can fuck off all the way

Cause I'll tell you what you smug asshole

You won't break me down, you won't take my soul

Oooh you'll never break me

Never break me down

Oooh

You'll never take it