Day Job
Corporate Chronicles: Navigating Ambitions and Pitfalls
Lyrics
Don't quit your day job
Warning against leaving your current employment
Corporate-cry baby
Criticizing a corporate-minded individual
A bit wiser and a whole lot older, feelin' bolder
Growing older and bolder, gaining experience
Suckin' up to the last stockholder with a
Flattering the last stockholder with a golden parachute
Golden parachute slung over your shoulder
Symbolic reference to financial security
Jacked-up-be-boy
Mocking an overly confident person
Another fool got stuck in the whirlpool
Someone trapped in a difficult situation
Lookin' for a fast break, not enough cake to go 'round
Searching for a quick success, lacking resources
Another brother goes down, and he's out of the gene pool
Reference to a person being eliminated from the gene pool
Media-pimp
Criticizing those who exploit the media
Day after day, night after night if the money is right
Persistent pursuit of money regardless of ethics
The campaign goes on to make right seem wrong
Campaign to distort moral values with technology and music
With computer animation and a hip-hop song
Manipulating perceptions in the land of opportunity
Land of opportunity, this is the
Pause, emphasizing the critique of the opportunistic culture
Stop
Command to not abandon your regular job
Don't quit your day job
Reiteration of the warning against quitting the day job
Cowboy-politician
Criticizing a politician aligned with corporate interests
Suckin' up to the aristocracy
Flattering the aristocracy without a commitment to democracy
Not even sure if you like democracy
Doubt about the politician's true belief in democracy
Tryin' to establish an American royalty, a personal dynasty
Attempting to establish a personal dynasty or royalty
Priests-of-the-airwaves
Media personalities acting like priests with influence
Let the buyer beware, it's a jungle out there
Cautioning about the challenges in the world
So buy my advice and don't think twice
Encouraging to buy advice for personal benefit
Then me and your money will go someplace sunny
Implies that following advice benefits both parties
Celebrity-stud-monkey
Criticizing celebrities who exploit their relationships
Kiss and tell, got a book to sell
Revealing personal details for financial gain
'Cause you don't excel or do anything well
Criticizing someone who lacks excellence
Since you slipped past thirty, better keep the sex dirty
Suggesting to maintain a provocative lifestyle for success
Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money
Expressing the pursuit of more wealth
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