M.A.T. - Who Do I Work For? lyrics

[Intro: TreDay] Uh Let me take y'all back to 1999 Ha [Verse 1: TreDay] When I was fifteen just started flipping them burgers All I wanted was a car and to get be a quarter Scoop a girl up tell her meet me right at the corner Thought we knew what we was doing We just do what we wanna Now the Cookie Company was the next step to it all Robert, Coco went Thought we was running the mall New owners came, didn't like the way that we balled Gave the peace sign, told him he can handle it all Went from college to the vet To the Sub Express To a mom and pop shop that I love to d**h But I was never moving up Maybe some myself It's always hard when you seeing that there's something else But deep down always knew I had a pa**ion for rapping When my son came real life started to happen I'm a man of many talents but the one that I know Is the farthest one away Running all out of hope But I'm working [Hook] [TreDay] Who do I work for? [Matthew] I don't make much [TreDay] Who do I work for? [Matthew] They don't give a what [TreDay] Who do I work for? Who do I work for? [Matthew] Uh [TreDay] I wanna quit cause [Verse 2: Matthew] I go to work, to make enough money To pay these bills, my days ain't sunny Cause I'm sitting in a cubical waiting on my funeral But when it's night time, I be working on this music yo And right now my Plan A is Plan B I don't got a Plan C cause I plan to be The man next year, so y'all what wait As I put my heart and soul on these tape And there's a reason why McDonalds doesn't pay much You shouldn't wanna stay there when you grow up That's a job, go get a career And it's never too late for you to face your fears Cause some of the world's greatest talent is unknown Probably cause they stopped, didn't keep going on But homie stay strong and I'ma get this Hold up, another customer just walked through the door Got me feeling like Tinashe, who do I work for? [Hook] [Verse 3: TreDay] Had a purpose with the changes Now I'm feeling the fire Time to switch it up being a delivery driver Big corporations lay you off whenever they want It's a part of the game I might be better alone Never got me a chain, I rather cop me a home Never wanted the fame, but this music I own Now it's on, yeah this last job started off cool Still making music cause we got something to prove Made a promise to myself when it all got heated I would treat people same way I wanted to be treated Long story short wrong people came in position Might as well have the wicked witch paying commission All the sudden everybody start to feel the division Man I see it coming I don't need no premonition And so you already know how it came to an ending Got the same question that I asked myself in the beginning Man who am I work for? [Hook] [Verse 4: Matthew] I went to my boss, said I needed a raise He told me this is how it is, all I'm willing to pay Is a hundred more, which I knew was bull Cause I made him thousands but I kept my cool Then my coworker left, he found a better job I said good for him, though it put me in a tight spot Doing his job and mine at the same for the same pay And to top it off as he went on his way The boss had him give me a bad review And that's when I knew, he's not my friend Because he tucked his tail between his legs and ran Instead of standing up to him and being a man I'm in tip top shape, working on this hip hop tape Started my own business called The Print Shop And it's doing great So tell me why should I work so hard for somebody else? When I know what I'm worth and I can work for myself [Hook]