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Chorus: When you're on your grind/But making minimum wage/It gets kinda hard/For you to act your age/So when the bills stack up/You know you better stay woke/Because if you don’t/You're gonna end up broke

Verse 1: Forty-five hundred deep/For the fourth year in a row/I see y'all trying to peep/You can sense that I'm ready to blow/But when you've got no dough/You can start to get lost/I knew about the benefits of a degree/Nobody ever mentioned the cost/Yo my wallet's so empty/It might as well be decoration/But hey, I've lost weight!/And all it took was a little starvation/I wear the same clothes every day/I know it ain't my best look/But if I get anymore hungry/I'm gonna eat this textbook

Verse 2: Thirty hours a week/Eleven dollars an hour/Remember when things used to be cheap?/Yeah, I really don't either/Paying rent is hard/When your cheques are this bogus/I've got a ten dollar Tim's card/It was my Christmas bonus/My job tryna be lit/But it's really just tiring/I wish that I could quit/But ain't nobody else hiring/I try to stop dropping cash/But man I can't front/You said there's a new Marvel movie?/Guess I'll start saving next month

Verse 3: I love making music/But all these people seem to abuse it/I had to pay to create it/Shouldn’t you be paying to use it?/Man, I think I’m ‘bout to lose it/Next time I hear somebody complain/‘Bout how they favourite song is so expensive/It isn’t like you’re making it rain/Bro it’s 99 cents/You telling me you can't afford that?/Then I guess we ain't so different/But at least I bring the change when I rap/Y'all are thinking it's a game/But I'm out here to make a living/And I ain't after the fame/Just trying to be faithful with what I'm given

Outro: You need a job to get experience/But you need experience to get a job/And if you go to school/You might as well be getting robbed/So then you'll try to be famous/But a good shot is so rare/You'll be back to flipping burgers/Isn't life unfair?

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from I Want A HipHopopotamus For Christmas, released June 7, 2018

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iFollow Winnipeg, Manitoba

iFollow is an independent artist based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He brings to the table a unique and refreshing blend of hip hop, folk, spoken word, and acoustic stylings that weave their way from light-hearted and gentle to powerful and poignant. Being a fan of a whole gamut of musical genres himself, variety is the name of the game and iFollow hopes to deliver something for everyone. ... more

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