“Wasteman” is the B-side to Jordan “Rat Boy” Cardy’s single “FAKE ID”. It’s one of a few pre-existing tracks that were not included on his 2017 debut album Scum.
The track was recorded in his bedroom at his parents' house. Cardy’s father can be heard in the song telling him to turn the music down.
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Well oh well the government gambles
The tower's in shambles
A bankrupt queen
Or so it would seem
A nation of no hope
Addicted to coke not to mention
A shit pension with no redemption
Can't buy the houses but they're still building more
Living in the modern day class war
The rich are getting richer
The poor are staying poor
The police and the witnesses they knock on our door
Never never never knock on our door
Never never never knock on our door
Never never never knock on our door
Never knock on my knock on my knock on my door
Living out of JD Bags
[Hook]
Wasteman, no future plans living out of cheap cans
(Turn that fucking shit down!)
Wasteman, no future plans living out of cheap cans
Gotta know I'm standing on the street
[Verse 2]
One black van and two bald men
What happens when you don't repay what they lend
Send a letter
Then it gets better
Stuff 'em in the back with the bills they stack
Stolen cars round the dirty bars
Kids off their face and they're higher than Mars
Boarded up shops in the town that's stopped
On the clock
And it ain't getting no better
[Hook]
Wasteman, no future plans living out of cheap cans
[Outro]
(Money, money, money, money)