Producer：Kanye West Writers：Sandra Greene/Kanye West/GLC/Consequence/Gwen Gordy Fuqua/Marvin Gaye Sample：Distant Lover(1973)—Marvin Gaye I've been working this grave-shift And I ain't made sh!t (Yeah, yeah) I wish I could (Me too) Buy me a spaceship and fly (Swear I do) Past the sky, oh GLC feel you, baby—I feel you, man I've been working this grave-shift And I ain't made sh!t I wish I could Buy me a spaceship and fly Past the sky (Man, man, man...) Oh, oh, oh If my manager insults me again I will be assaulting him After I fxck the manager up Then, I'm gonna shorten the register up Let's go back, back to the Gap Look at my check—wasn't no scratch So if I stole, wasn't my fault Yeah, I stole—never got caught They take me to the back and pat me Asking me about some khakis But let some Black people walk in I bet you they show off their token blackie Oh, now they love Kanye "Let's put him all in the front of the store" “ So I'm on break Next to the "No Smoking" sign with a blunt in the mall Taking my hits, writing my hits Writing my rhymes, playing my mind This fxcking job can't help him So I quit; y'all welcome Y'all don't know my struggle Y'all can't match my hustle You can't catch my hustle You can't fathom my love, dude Lock yourself in a room Doing five beats a day for three summers That's A Different World like Cree Summer's I deserve to do these numbers "The kid that made that deserves that Maybach!" So many records in my basement I'm just waitin' on my spaceship, blaow! I've been working this grave-shift And I ain't made sh!t I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly Past the sky, oh I've been working this grave-shift And I ain't made sh!t I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly Past the sky Tryna tell you, man, way past the sky Oh, oh (Let's go, ugh) And I didn't even try to work a job Represent the mob at the same time (Woo) Thirsty on the grind, Chi state of mind Lost my mama, lost my mind (Aww) Life, my love, that's not mine "Why you ain't signed?" Wasn't my time Leave me alone, work for y'all Half of it's yours, half of it's mine Only wanna ball, never wanna fall (Ugh) Gotta get mine, gotta take mine (Ugh) Got a Tec-9, reach my prime (Ugh) Gotta make these haters respect mine (Yeah) In the mall 'til 12 when my schedule had said 9 Putting them pants on shelves Waiting patiently; I ask myself Where I wanna go, where I wanna be Life is much more than running in the streets Holler at 'Ye, hit me with the beat Put me on my feet, sounds so sweet Yes, I'm the same ol' G Same goatee, stayin' low-key, nope Holler at God: "Man, why'd you have to take my folks?" Hope to see Freddie G., Yusef G, love my G Rolly G, police watch me Smoke my weed and count my Gs Got a lot of people counting on me (That's right) And I'm just tryin' to find my peace (That's right) Should've finished school like my niece Then I finally wouldn't use my piece, blaow! I've been working this grave-shift Aww, man, this pressure And I ain't made sh!t I wish I could Buy me a spaceship and fly Past the sky, oh I've been working this grave-shift And I ain't made sh!t I wish I could Buy me a spaceship and fly Past the sky Oh, oh, oh I 'member having to take the dollar cab Coming home real late at night Standing on my feet all damn day Tryna make this thing right And havin' one of my coworkers say "Yo, you look just like This kid I seen in an old Busta Rhymes video the other night" Well, easy come, easy go, how that saying goes No more broad service, cars, and them TV shows That all had got snatched from me A&Rs and they faculties All turn their back on me and didn't wanna hear a rap from me So naturally Actually Had to face things factually Had to be a catastrophe, empty fridge is staring back at me 'Cause nothing's there, nothing's fair I don't wanna ever go back there So I won't be taking no days off 'til my spaceship takes off, bow! I've been working this grave-shift And I ain't made sh!t I wish I could Buy me a spaceship and fly Past the sky, oh I've been working this grave-shift And I ain't made sh!t I wish I could Buy me a spaceship and fly Past the sky Oh, oh, oh I wanna fly I wanna fly I said I want my chariot to pick me up And take a brother for a ride (Heaven knows, heaven knows)
[00:00.001]Producer：Kanye West [00:00.099]Writers：Sandra Greene/Kanye West/GLC/Consequence/Gwen Gordy Fuqua/Marvin Gaye [00:00.119]Sample：Distant Lover(1973)—Marvin Gaye [00:00.262]I've been working this grave-shift [00:03.018]And I ain't made sh!t (Yeah, yeah) [00:05.107]I wish I could (Me too) [00:07.067]Buy me a spaceship and fly (Swear I do) [00:11.612]Past the sky, oh [00:13.649]GLC feel you, baby—I feel you, man [00:16.549]I've been working this grave-shift [00:19.187]And I ain't made sh!t [00:21.277]I wish I could [00:23.262]Buy me a spaceship and fly [00:28.017]Past the sky (Man, man, man...) [00:31.256]Oh, oh, oh [00:33.137]If my manager insults me again [00:35.148]I will be assaulting him [00:37.107]After I fxck the manager up [00:39.145]Then, I'm gonna shorten the register up [00:41.156]Let's go back, back to the Gap [00:43.220]Look at my check—wasn't no scratch [00:45.231]So if I stole, wasn't my fault [00:47.191]Yeah, I stole—never got caught [00:49.254]They take me to the back and pat me [00:51.292]Asking me about some khakis [00:53.460]But let some Black people walk in [00:55.262]I bet you they show off their token blackie [00:57.509]Oh, now they love Kanye [00:59.285]"Let's put him all in the front of the store" “ [01:01.401]So I'm on break [01:02.420]Next to the "No Smoking" sign with a blunt in the mall [01:05.424]Taking my hits, writing my hits [01:07.383]Writing my rhymes, playing my mind [01:09.369]This fxcking job can't help him [01:11.458]So I quit; y'all welcome [01:13.574]Y'all don't know my struggle [01:15.899]Y'all can't match my hustle [01:17.623]You can't catch my hustle [01:19.896]You can't fathom my love, dude [01:21.933]Lock yourself in a room [01:23.266]Doing five beats a day for three summers [01:25.564]That's A Different World like Cree Summer's [01:27.550]I deserve to do these numbers [01:29.561]"The kid that made that deserves that Maybach!" [01:33.114]So many records in my basement [01:34.969]I'm just waitin' on my spaceship, blaow! [01:37.032]I've been working this grave-shift [01:40.010]And I ain't made sh!t [01:41.969]I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly [01:48.735]Past the sky, oh [01:53.228]I've been working this grave-shift [01:56.102]And I ain't made sh!t [01:58.139]I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly [02:04.931]Past the sky [02:05.140]Tryna tell you, man, way past the sky [02:08.667]Oh, oh (Let's go, ugh) [02:09.920]And I didn't even try to work a job [02:12.010]Represent the mob at the same time (Woo) [02:14.022]Thirsty on the grind, Chi state of mind [02:16.033]Lost my mama, lost my mind (Aww) [02:18.044]Life, my love, that's not mine [02:20.108]"Why you ain't signed?" [02:21.075]Wasn't my time [02:22.120]Leave me alone, work for y'all [02:24.262]Half of it's yours, half of it's mine [02:26.142]Only wanna ball, never wanna fall (Ugh) [02:28.206]Gotta get mine, gotta take mine (Ugh) [02:30.191]Got a Tec-9, reach my prime (Ugh) [02:32.203]Gotta make these haters respect mine (Yeah) [02:34.502]In the mall 'til 12 when my schedule had said 9 [02:38.760]Putting them pants on shelves [02:40.327]Waiting patiently; I ask myself [02:42.312]Where I wanna go, where I wanna be [02:44.298]Life is much more than running in the streets [02:46.283]Holler at 'Ye, hit me with the beat [02:48.320]Put me on my feet, sounds so sweet [02:50.854]Yes, I'm the same ol' G [02:52.474]Same goatee, stayin' low-key, nope [02:55.243]Holler at God: "Man, why'd you have to take my folks?" [02:58.508]Hope to see Freddie G., Yusef G, love my G [03:02.557]Rolly G, police watch me [03:04.542]Smoke my weed and count my Gs [03:06.528]Got a lot of people counting on me (That's right) [03:08.618]And I'm just tryin' to find my peace (That's right) [03:10.629]Should've finished school like my niece [03:12.588]Then I finally wouldn't use my piece, blaow! [03:14.077]I've been working this grave-shift [03:15.671]Aww, man, this pressure [03:17.003]And I ain't made sh!t [03:19.014]I wish I could [03:21.026]Buy me a spaceship and fly [03:25.780]Past the sky, oh [03:30.116]I've been working this grave-shift [03:33.042]And I ain't made sh!t [03:35.132]I wish I could [03:37.222]Buy me a spaceship and fly [03:41.924]Past the sky [03:45.502]Oh, oh, oh [03:47.488]I 'member having to take the dollar cab [03:49.029]Coming home real late at night [03:50.936]Standing on my feet all damn day [03:53.365]Tryna make this thing right [03:55.142]And havin' one of my coworkers say [03:57.780]"Yo, you look just like [03:59.086]This kid I seen in an old Busta Rhymes video the other night" [04:03.187]Well, easy come, easy go, how that saying goes [04:07.236]No more broad service, cars, and them TV shows [04:11.181]That all had got snatched from me [04:13.218]A&Rs and they faculties [04:15.204]All turn their back on me and didn't wanna hear a rap from me [04:19.305]So naturally [04:20.219]Actually [04:21.238]Had to face things factually [04:23.328]Had to be a catastrophe, empty fridge is staring back at me [04:27.351]'Cause nothing's there, nothing's fair [04:29.388]I don't wanna ever go back there [04:31.400]So I won't be taking no days off 'til my spaceship takes off, bow! [04:34.848]I've been working this grave-shift [04:37.800]And I ain't made sh!t [04:39.811]I wish I could [04:41.875]Buy me a spaceship and fly [04:46.577]Past the sky, oh [04:50.965]I've been working this grave-shift [04:53.891]And I ain't made sh!t [04:55.955]I wish I could [04:57.966]Buy me a spaceship and fly [05:02.747]Past the sky [05:05.516]Oh, oh, oh [05:07.893]I wanna fly [05:09.538]I wanna fly [05:11.498]I said I want my chariot to pick me up [05:13.718]And take a brother for a ride [05:16.905](Heaven knows, heaven knows)
