Stick your nose in a book so you can save it for later
Work real hard for a number on a paper
No need to retain what you're here to learn

Just keep burning on the grind just to get another term

So get you a school and a bankroll check

Or get you a loan and start paying on the debt
To pay it off you're gonna bust your back
Just to get your name framed in a two dollar plaque


Where does living fit in your five year plan?
Will you be happy when you've made your final stand?

Tell me what's the reason for your nine to five?
Are you living while you're working or do you kill yourself just to survive?


You got to fit the mold but don't be cliche
Put the right keywords down on your resume
Send it out but you won't be alone

You won't be the only person waiting by the phone

Punch in, punch out but don't get punchy

Keep yourself in line as a paycheck junkie
You bend, you break and you bust your back
Just to keep someone else's money in the black


Save the date, mortgage rate, two and a half kids
401(k), day by day and a Mercedes Benz

Don't be defined my the things you own
Or you'll go down unknown like another clone