Nine to Five
Breaking Chains: Nine to Five Struggle Unveiled
Lyrics
It's a crying awful shame when you're working everyday
Expresses dissatisfaction with the daily grind of work.
Just busting your own ass making close to nothing pay
Describes the hard work yielding minimal pay.
Then that old boss man walks in and spits in your eyes
Portrays resentment towards a boss who disrespects and mistreats employees.
You could grab the closest thing around and beat him within an inch of his life
Suggests a desire for revenge against the oppressive boss.
But I know that you won't
Recognizes the reluctance to act on violent impulses and choosing to endure the struggle.
You'll just keep on the grind, those nine to five blues they got you working until you die
Highlights the relentlessness of the nine-to-five job leading to a life of labor until death.
Well the rich man gets richer while the poor man breaks his back
Addresses the wealth gap and the disparity between the rich and the working class.
Working hard don't mean anything if your future's always black
Stresses that hard work doesn't guarantee a better future for the working class.
They say that money can't buy everything, but then I'm not sure who's to blame
Questions the notion that money can solve all problems.
No happiness sure doesn't come cheap and neither does staying sane
Reflects on the cost of happiness and maintaining mental well-being.
And I'd be a whole lot happier with them zeros to my name
Expresses a desire for financial security and the impact of money on happiness.
Oh, dollar sign, dollar sign, if not you then who's to blame
Symbolizes the influence of money (represented by dollar signs) on one's life and decisions.
Well money's always got a way to go straight up to the top
Observes how money tends to accumulate at the top, benefiting the wealthy.
And all the work you're doing is just filling another man's pot
Describes the feeling of working for someone else's gain.
So eventually you're gonna ask yourself what the hell am I doing here
Ponders the purpose of one's work and the realization of exploitation.
Just filling the lining of another man's pockets with my own blood and tears
Expresses the emotional and physical toll of working for someone else's profit.
And is it all worth it, will this money keep me sane
Questions the worthiness of the pursuit of wealth and its impact on mental health.
Lord, I feel like I am losing at the world's most wicked game
Expresses a sense of defeat in a challenging and unfair world.
Well the aches and pains just pile up while the money sets on the floor
Describes the physical toll of work and the meager rewards.
And with every beat of sweat you're just moving closer to your Lord
Highlights the inevitability of mortality in the pursuit of money.
Well it must be true what they say about that old nine to five
Agrees with the negative perception of the traditional nine-to-five job.
Not a single man's gotten rich from it, not a day in his life
Claims that no one has become rich solely from a nine-to-five job.
And even though he knows he won't, he'll just keep on the grind
Recognizes the endurance of the grind despite the lack of significant rewards.
He knows nine to five blues, they got you working till you die
Reiterates the impact of the nine-to-five blues on a lifetime of work.
Well it's a working man's reward to dig his own grave
Suggests a bleak perspective on the traditional notion of a working man's reward.
Hell, if he can afford to die anyway
Comments on the affordability of death in the context of the working class.
Some call it living week to week, but I call that a scam
Criticizes the struggle of living paycheck to paycheck as a deceptive scheme.
Nine to five's a life since some just seem to get stuck in
Views the nine-to-five as a life trap for some individuals.
And Lord knows that I'm tired and I don't know where I've been
Expresses fatigue and confusion about life's challenges and hardships.
Broken down and beaten ragged on the trouble that I'm in
Conveys a sense of being worn down and troubled by life's difficulties.
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