[Verse 1: Urthboy]
I remember what the man said, when it's time to take the next step
And you finish this degree in this industry, what you come to expect
Minimum made at the bottom of the deck, each year the rate will it's got a bigger cheque
Yeah the thought of that money it went to my head like 'I'd never have to worry about paying my rent, right?'
(Running into these flames) Kind of job that we could expect
If we took that corporate walk of respect, and the needs of the powerful that we'd protect, right?
(Running into these flames) We could end up driving Corvettes
Like big shot advertising execs, but I'm no rabbit up in them headlights
Swapped all of it to work for nothing, we take the nothing and make it something
Desktop, PC, speakers bumping, do I run from it or do I jump in?
Feel like I've been pulled back from the brink of life that I wouldn't want to have
You can keep your houses, I'll keep Blue Mountains, yaeh we'll keep putting it on the map
Let me make this clear, I see beyond the flash of the kings shilling
I don't need no one doing my bidding, I'm not top billing
But don't stop winning, I've got no choice 'cause
[Hook: Urthboy]
Everything is everything, none of this is in vain
So I keep my eyes wide open as I'm running into these flames
Running into these flames, running into these flames
I keep my eyes open wide open as I'm running into these flames
I know what you're gonna say
(Running into these flames) Do it for the starting wage
(Running into these flames) Do it for the family
(Running into these flames) Do it so that you can change
[Post-Hook: Urthboy]
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
[Verse 2: B Wise]
Finished high school, yeah, it was a little bit tough
Graduated university, parents be on top of me but it still ain't enough
I feel like Craig in Friday, so it's time to get a J-O-B
Minimum wage, working in a cage, feeling like a slave but it can't hold me
Now taking somebody's orders, that ain't ever been part of my style
I've been thinking for a while, all the things that I said I'll be when I used to be a child
Tell me how the f** did I end up here? Never in life has it been so clear
That I gotta make my own way, I can give a f** what you say
I'm feeling like God when he made the new day
So I had to get down on my indie
Took the long road cause no one was with me, left the job when others thought it was risky
Bank account low sh** was not crispy, don't believe me you can come frisk me
Say to fake it till you make it, but it's hard when you're a real one so please don't mistake it
He was like a 9 to 5 still on a mission, treating every show like 'who the competition?'
Working my way out of minimum wage when you know you're educated to start 70K
And I don't know what you don't understand
I will never trust the man, I'm the one in control and I make the plans
And so
[Hook: Urthboy]
Everything is everything, none of this is in vain
So I keep my eyes wide open as I'm running into these flames
Running into these flames, running into these flames
I keep my eyes open wide open as I'm running into these flames
I know what you're gonna say
(Running into these flames) Do it for the starting wage
(Running into these flames) Do it for the family
(Running into these flames) Do it so that you can change