Workers Comp

[Chorus]
Wish I could go back into the old me
They would never give me what they owe me
The climb to the top is moving slowly
I'm feeling lowkey (like I shoulda got my degree)
(I shoulda got my degree)

[D.I.L.E.M.A.: Verse 1]
Worked 8 hours, got four left
My feet ain't got no soles left
They trying to take my weekend
Gotta bite my tongue, can't go left
Daydreaming what I could of did
What should of warned me as a little kid
Rolled the (?) should of been (?), now my life changing off a little bit
Shoulda never played, ball ahead hoop dreams
Those things kept me from the music scene
I'd have found myself quicker, if I had to wake up (and lose a drink?)
Occupied with a occupation
Teachers lied in their observation
Our students and journalists shoulda been apart of my congregation
Athlete or a businessman with the visual, I had no business plan
Fell short, but came to work-up rapping 'bout my business man
Refocus with a late start, bill's late cuz they hate art
Long shot in a field of men
But I take a chance 'cause it's in my heart

[Chorus]
Wish I could go back into the old me
They would never give me what they owe me
The climb to the top is moving slowly
I'm feeling lowkey (like I shoulda got my degree)
(I shoulda got my degree)

[D.I.L.E.M.A.: Verse 2]
Tried college twice, couldn't make it happen
Couldn't find a course that was made for rapping (nope)
'round that time I fell in love with acting
Dropped a bomb and picked up a passion
In a tangled field for an introvert
Is difficult at first it didn't work
But the feeling I get when I'm closed in
Can be going in to go and put in work
No degree so it's a hard life
I figured if I played my cards right
I won't be working that long to feel that I belong
Ain't gonna get my yard right
And be(?) was the plan to fill
Looking back I made me a plan for hell
You depend on one thing to free your soul and fall in a hole, that's the plan for jail
Now I'm stuck in here with poor (?), feeling godlike to this poor preacher
Breaking my back (just to pay for a stamp?) when I should be making that for a feature
Game time still in the bleacher, didn't scoop a (sale?) now I'm getting Ether
It's ironic that I wasn't on it cuz I come from a family of teachers

[Chorus]
Wish I could go back into the old me
They would never give me what they owe me
The climb to the top is moving slowly
I'm feeling lowkey (like I shoulda got my degree)
(I shoulda got my degree)

[LEM Verse 3]
I done worked 10 hours got two left
And it's 6 days, (even?) mandatory
Went to school for 12 years and did four more
My momma made that shit mandatory
Let me tell you this, college was a cool experience
But besides a few good times a whole lot of debt
The motherfuckers really just didn't give me shit
And I ain't lying, but doing a whole lot of trying through the strokes
I did a whole lot of crime and at times
I ain't even have a dime (shit)
I ain't even have a gram (god damn)

[Outro]
Bruh, look at.. just look at it this way dawg
We in the same race, the only difference is
I gotta let extra weight on me cuz (?)
I'm in debt out the gate
You ain't even gotta worry about that, you feel me?
Listen, look, people think college is all good, and it is to some people
But if you gotta pay them debts after you graduate?
If you in debt before you even start bruh?
Listen, and guess what else?
I ain't even working in what I got my degree in!
What the ... bruh!
Listen
I understand what you're saying but
I'm here to tell you that I got my degree
And it ain't did shit for me bro, but put me in debt
You.. ey-ey-ey, it is what it is dawg