[Chorus: Optymus & Zero]
So I wake up, I gotta do that nine to five
Gotta stay on my music grind until the day I die
'Cause no matter what
I'll never make it out alive
No one ever makes it out alive
So I wake up, another day has gone by
Gotta do what I gotta do just to survive
'Cause no matter what
I'll never make it out alive
No one ever makes it out alive

[Verse 1: H8trid]
I feel like a loser, can't even afford to pay my rent
They say "Appreciate what you got" but I find I'm just content
I can't pretend I'm happy whеn I planned on having so much more
By now I expеcted to own a home or maybe be on tour
Don't need metaphor to compare, I'm feeling poor
Another forty hour week to pay a bill I can't afford
Now, that's what the music's for, to paint a place I can escape
I don't expect to make it big but at least it gives me some faith
I swore upon my Grammies grave I'm thankful for the fans I've made
I'm thankful to anybody that's helped me out along the way
From Prop Squad to S2R to the god damn Promos Crew
To anyone that hit me up thanking me for just what I do
But sometimes I feel that I might need to give this up
I know I'm passed my prime and I wonder when it's enough
'Cause the costs pile up and it starts to take its toll
But what's the point of life if you don't aim for a goal
[Chorus: Optymus & Zero]
So I wake up, I gotta do that nine to five
Gotta stay on my music grind until the day I die
'Cause no matter what
I'll never make it out alive
No one ever makes it out alive
So I wake up, another day has gone by
Gotta do what I gotta do just to survive
'Cause no matter what
I'll never make it out alive
No one ever makes it out alive

[Verse 2: Optymus]
When I wake up I stay up another day on my grind
Gotta find what is necessary to bury the time
That I spent 'cause I'm spending up all this money I'm making
And yes, the bills they keep taking
I'm out of breath but I'm racing
I gotta find another way
I had a dream, but nothing's ever what it seems
When your dream's all dissolved and they vanish
It's like that nighttime panic 'cause you work until the sunrise
Never knowing what your woman's doing 'til the sun shines
But that's the life that I live, what do I have that I'd give
I gave everything I had to fit in
And yes, it left me with nothing
Now wish I could've been something
I got Elisa, I'm not missing music much
But I'm lucky I got a family
I guess I've been building my escape plan
Every man needs to get away and I'm awake fam
I always thought I'd be an artist 'til the end
But the artist that I was is not who I am, yeah
[Chorus: Optymus & Zero]
So I wake up, I gotta do that nine to five
Gotta stay on my music grind until the day I die
'Cause no matter what
I'll never make it out alive
No one ever makes it out alive
So I wake up, another day has gone by
Gotta do what I gotta do just to survive
'Cause no matter what
I'll never make it out alive
No one ever makes it out alive