I Only Seemed Lazy Because Lyrics

When the H.R. folks say that i irrationally resent

But then the merit raise was two percent

Then let's review the course of the gradual descent

That got all of us where we are now

At the start they said well then, we'll skip you one grade

But hem you in by constraints that we already made

You'd be better adjusted if you only had stayed

Where conformity's all we allow

As I traversed past grade school to the stuff above

The real shock came when, push came to shove

There came things I didn't particularly love

Like rejection from the occasional cow

I escaped from that scene seeking resolution

But the worst place to do it was an institution

Playing redistributive games

I pushed my way through it

Though my hope was diminished

If no other result, well I proved I could finish

But they were bitter returns all the same

Getting out in the world from the ivory tower

I found that things out there were not much less sour

The retail grind at five eighty five an hour

Doesn't cause you to climb to much fame

I needed the time, to heal, to mend

But the length that it took seemed to really depend

On chewing through this or that online crutch

And that seemed to drag on for far too much

Advancement comes slow when your job doesn't match

The inclinations which are your true path

When suppression has become the order of the day

A lot of time gets burned away

And then came a shift in the mood of the nation

Making it tougher to alter your station

Where even if striven with all your might

They'd just have said, can't promote the budget's too tight

If you were lucky they'd come at you with euphemisms

If not they'd tell you the stark reality

That you just don't fit intersectionality

I only seemed lazy because in this domain

The only way to stay remotely sane

Was to ignore that they ignored me

While dreaming of where I really should be

Pointing out that my worth's in arrears

Perennially falls on deaf ears

If they get an abrupt shock one morning

Well, they've only had forty-five years of warning

Playing games with people's lives

Is bound to end in a nasty surprise

I only seemed lazy because I missed the basic rule

Not to wait for someone else's say

And so I no longer play the fool

As I breach the walls of the cage

And take control of my own way

And so folks then herein lies the rub

Just like don't wait for a corpo to cook your grub

Don't wait for prefab lesson plans

Take destiny back into your hands