Success Lyrics - I Phantom - Mr. Lif

Success 

This is rock bottom why yall, I never expected it 

In order to be businesslike you must meet the prerequisite 

Leave your culture at home, smile, don't be too proud, too wild 

You may suffer, just don't cry out loud 

This notion of professionalism is like an exorcism 

Forced to give your life away while you're earnin' a livin' 

These thoughts had stopped me from rejoinin' the work force 

But now the situation I'm in, just seems to hurt more 

Maybe it won't be bad, maybe it'll be good 

I could use a little structure in my life, maybe I should 

Take my suit and tie out of the closet 

Try shinin' my shoes and brush the fuckin' dust off of my wallet 

Let's consider the prospects, make a couple phone calls 

Now so many interviews you know I got next week 

I'm strictly goin' from the bottom to the peak 

I'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet 

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Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working" 

Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person" 

John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with 

That's oil and water trying to mix on the same surface 

I got a job at a business place I chose not to name 

Ask me how did I achieve this so quick? Yes you may 

Back when I was compiled a stunning resume 

I didn't value way back then, but boy it helped today 

I'm pushin' every single thought of rebellin' away 

I'm workin' real hard, and my pockets are swellin', and hey 

Can you believe I met the girl of my dreams, I swear she's meant for me 

We've been together over 2 years, goin' on 3 

We married on our 4th anniversary 

Bought a house and turned a room into a nursery 

For the bouncin' baby that we're expecting in June 

I sat in that delivery room from noon, to noon 

24 hours of labour then the nurse asked me his title for the paper 

You know, so the government can chase ya' 

First name: John, Last name: Insignificant 

I'm smiling like a proud dad; I got the birth certificate 

Go to the house and here's my 

And I looked around and nothing's good enough for her or him 

So my 8 hour days became 9; 9 slid up to 10; a subtle 

slip up to 11 and then 

And after a 12 hour day, I too little energy to say 

'I love you' to my baby 

Or play daddy to J, and I thought this was the way 

O be a husband and a father 

I guess I could've looked in her eyes, and seen I lost her 

But it wasn't my fault, I'm workin' hard, it couldn't be 

I've been successfully existing as a member of this family 

I was so convinced the household had to always be complete 

I didn't realize the only thing that's missing is me 

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There was never any talk of divorce 

I can't believe how focused I was in the face of such 

a huge potential loss 

Thought I signed a grievance with the boss 

In fact, I was mad at my wife, as if she's trying to knock me off course 

But I still visited the florist, to get her flowers 

(When the last time I did this?) Hmm, not since our wedding shower 

I got home and I was greeted by the fact we'd been deleted 

I was someone that my wife and child thought they no longer needed 

And before I could say, 'Where's John?' 

I looked down and he was clingin' to her arm 

I realized-ed that I'm wrong 

I blacked out and by the time I came to, they were gone 

But somehow I sat and shook my head, and then I carried on 

And I still completed 3 weeks of work, before my breakdown 

The ambulances came and I got medicine to take now 

And it's hard to get a job when you been treated and released 

So both my relationship and my career had deceased 

It took years to put myself together, piece by piece 

And thank God I found a woman that's propitiate with me 

And I'll never let this happen again, it's not to be 

I'm ready focused and determined to get back on my feet 

Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working" 

Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person" 

John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with 

The oil left the water and the water kept searchin'