Gotta Make A Living
Navigating Life's Struggles: Gotta Make A Living Insights
Lyrics
Enough disappointment
Expressing dissatisfaction with continuous disappointment.
Give em' what they need more gainful employment
Suggesting the necessity of providing people with better job opportunities for a more stable income.
No more scrounging to pay rent
Tired of scraping for money to pay rent, seeking a more sustainable solution.
Between the cushions like the difference gonna make sense
Comparing searching for money in unusual places to find enough to make sense of the financial situation.
Don't you offer up jobs
Criticizing the lack of job offerings or employment opportunities.
Paying macho money to suppress all the mobs
Referring to paying high salaries to maintain power and control over discontented masses.
Keep em' hooked on the bomb
Keeping people dependent on destructive elements or situations.
Keep em' running round running round like a clown
Describing a cycle of aimless, frantic activity, possibly under the influence of external forces.
Stop making no sense
Highlighting confusion or irrationality in actions or statements.
Got all your faith stuck up idle in the government
Pointing out misplaced trust or reliance on ineffective government systems.
While people robbing to pay rent
Describing people resorting to theft to afford housing.
Breathing in cancer asleep on the pavement
Illustrating the dire situation of inhaling pollution or harmful substances while living on the streets.
I bet you see the warnings now
Implying the acknowledgment of evident warnings or signs.
News everyday passed around in the free crowd
Noting the prevalence of news circulating among the populace.
It's in the headlines and papers all screaming out loud but y'all blissfully all got your blinds down
Observing widespread awareness of issues, yet many choose to ignore them intentionally.
But you gotta make a living
Emphasizing the necessity of earning a livelihood.
No, I hear what you say
Acknowledging hearing someone's perspective or opinion.
And that all will be forgiven
Suggesting forgiveness for actions or choices made while pursuing personal goals.
When you're off on your way
Implying a departure or separation while pursuing individual paths.
Enough unemployment
Reiterating dissatisfaction with high rates of unemployment.
Talking with your mouth but you don't get the point yet
Noting a lack of understanding despite communicating verbally.
We all stare at the same vets
Observing that everyone is exposed to the same issues or challenges.
Homeless on the street living life in a toilet
Depicting the difficult life of homelessness and extreme poverty.
While you pay for your own fence
Highlighting the disparity between personal security and others' homelessness.
Locking up non-violents while their families are living in tents
Criticizing imprisoning non-violent individuals while their families suffer.
Smiling eyes are uneasy
Suggesting discomfort or suspicion behind seemingly friendly eyes.
Clowning everyday with the keys to be sleazy
Describing frivolous behavior or actions to take advantage of situations.
But you gotta make a living
Reiterating the importance of earning a livelihood.
No, I hear what you say
Acknowledging hearing someone's perspective or opinion.
And that all will be forgiven
Suggesting forgiveness for actions or choices made while pursuing personal goals.
When you’re off on your way
Implying a departure or separation while pursuing individual paths.
And that all will be forgiven
Reiterating the notion of forgiving actions taken while striving for personal survival.
Know I hear what you say
Acknowledging hearing someone's perspective or opinion.
That you gotta make a living
Emphasizing the necessity of earning a livelihood.
Anyway everyday
Stressing the daily nature of the need to make a living.
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