Title: Even Though
Artist/s: L-FRESH The LION ft. Bjizil
Beat: Just Blaze - My First Love

Verse 1:
I don't wake up every day to be living like a slave
we work 9-5 coz we gotta get paid
even if it's minimum wage, dollars and change
yo we take the abuse, no time for fair trade
and it ain't fair unless you're fair or one in the same
but I'll take all the names, soon I'll be running the game
I ain't running your lane, I take the first exit out
hit the studio, grip the mic and let it all out
don't stress or doubt till your hair falls out
let's start standing out, take command, stand and shout
give back to self, your own contribution
it's the one in the mirror that must start the revolution
don't wait on them to stomp the ground like Timbs
it's love that makes the world spin like rims
not money, that's just their lame excuses
to have you trapped in their cycle, feeling useless

Chorus:
Even though I'm locked down on that 9 to 5 (working)
It's so hard (working)
At my job (working)
I won't let it stop me from reaching my dream (of being)
What I wanna be (living)
Living the dream (that's me)
Even though I'm locked down on that 9 to 5

Verse 2:
Victory's always gonna be within your reach
and there's enough food here for us all to feast
so let's eat, I can hear my fam calling me
so I'ma break down the bars till we're all out free
even when you've seen more wrecks than train yards
you gotta get back up on your feet and train hard
you don't need a spaceship to aim for the stars
they asked Jordan how he made shots, he said by missing
I learnt that nobody could stop me from rising to hit em
so he hit em, now living that winning position
knowing the only opposition that could get him was within him
defeat that voice, you gotta make that choice
tune an ear in to self and make that noise
I'm working every single day coz I got a dream to make it
so when I wake up I do all that it takes to create it
and there's nothing in this world that could ever fade it
you can only add my fire with all your hatred
I thrive off of that shit, yo it's the fuel
we don't need Shakespeare to be acting a fool

Chorus:
Even though I'm locked down on that 9 to 5 (working)
It's so hard (working)
At my job (working)
I won't let it stop me from reaching my dream (of being)
What I wanna be (living)
Living the dream (that's me)
Even though I'm locked down on that 9 to 5