Baba Brinkman - Nuts and Bolts lyrics

Number crunching, staring at a spreadsheet Data entry, coffee break, that'll tempt me Diuretic, hit the bathroom, bladder empty Then it's back to my back-shattering seat All work, no play, got bent vertebrae From sittin' strapped in one place for thirty days Like a penguin – “quack” – not like a bird of prey We'll be right back, after this commercial break Entrepreneur's fate, gotta pay the bills Haven't smoked weed in years, life is way too real Another admin day, what a waste of sk**s But I can't sit still, I'm afraid to chill Pushin' this cart up hill, I'm Blade Running Can't stay in one place, it'll get away from me I might coast for ten minutes, maybe twenty But gravity brings me back, gotta make money These are the fruits of my labours produced In the slavin' away I do day by day These are the moves that I make and the rules That I play by, when I ply my trade The only videos I make are instructional Peace to Shad K, I'm mad functional That's the nature of industry, nuts and bolts Bullsh** committees and tax deductibles I'm like “f** your rules” whose rules anyway? You gotta be a masochist to get an MBA You gotta be in love with boredom, and pain Ain't no original ideas in a pencil case What a waste of talent, f** a bank balance I mean, it's great, but why chase it if it ain't a challenge? Find the space to engage your native pa**ions In every imaginable way – you gotta make it happen And when it ends in crushing disappointment Use that to advance by making different choices Or else by listening to different voices Failure is all but a**ured, you gotta pick your poison These are the fruits of my labours produced In the slavin' away I do day by day These are the moves that I make and the rules That I play by, when I ply my trade This isn't pessimistic, it's just descriptive There's lots of ways to let the debt collectors getchya And not so many paths to a successful business There's no certain formula to get the riches The visionary perspective isn't very effective When it comes to calculating the yearly interest On all the various debts you're carrying from initiatives That failed to achieve their revolutionary objectives This is serious business, you gotta dot your i's You gotta cross your t's and watch your bottom line Keep your money on your mind, and stay on your grind You gotta crawl sometimes before your star can rise Just try to fail constructively, trust me Some days you're gonna hate your company The vision doesn't take you to a place of luxury It just sustains you while you face the daily drudgery These are the fruits of my labours produced In the slavin' away I do day by day These are the moves that I make and the rules That I play by, when I ply my trade