Workin' Hard by TREE OF LYFE

In American culture, there is this toxic dynamic of power. Ever since America was established there has always been a ruling "elite" class and a poor working slave class. Men and women who happen to fall into that slave class, fell victim to stunted growth. Fear of their "masters" left them feeling less than a man or woman. The term boy and girl was commonly used to describe such an individual openly only 10 to 20 years ago. This "boy" and subsequent "girl" only had their sneak peak at freedom inside the walls of the Church, controlled by the very masters they served. Every generation has the opportunity to gain more knowledge in large part due to access ie: the internet. This access has empowered many to break generational curses and harmful traditions. We were programmed by the untrue statement "hard work always pays off," you'd have to be damn near a magician to convince a slave of such a thing.. This vibration is for all our elders past and present, and all those who struggle to live their full potential due to fear, and the toxic nature of their environment. Peace love and more lyfe to all.

- Tree of Lyfe

Workin' Hard... see episode 1 of Soul-hop Sunday on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmFwwrBQmKM

Tracklist

1.	Workin' Hard	2:38

Lyrics

[Tree of Lyfe Chorus]
Yea,
I been workin’ hard
I been workin’ hard
I been workin’ hard
Devil workin’ harder

[Tree of Lyfe Verse]
Uh
Socio media sucking my energy
I medicate with lil Mary & Hennessy
every day I engage with my enemy
It’s complicated like losing virginity
we moving targets
they aim like we Kennedy
uh
To break it down simp-ily
I do not even control my identity
Media imagery painted us miserably
My job been killin me
Stuck in society
No time to reach me
Or go greet the higher me
Huh
What the fuck is sobriety?
Yea
Kill the ego an pride in me
Lost my best friend by refusing
To lie to E
Every bitch that I met here
Done lied to me
Grew up a witness
and guess what I witnessed?
People who told me they loved me,
They didn’t.
How this the truth
when it’s lies All up in it
Think of Michael
Did it make a nigga psycho
Where does life go?
When your death is arrival
Cannot fix it
It was written in the bible
Tho I’m gifted
I was hit wit vitiligo
Lot a mischief
In the only world that I know
What do I know?
Get a grip & take the high road here

[Tree of Lyfe Chorus]
I been workin’ hard
I been workin’ hard
I been workin’ hard
Devil workin’ harder
Head stuck under water
Life been gettin’ darker
I been gettin’ smarter
Yea, yea
I been workin’ hard
I been workin’ hard
I been workin’ hard
Devil workin’ harder
Head stuck under water
Life been gettin’ darker
I been gettin’ smarter

[Tree of Lyfe Verse]
Uh,
Look at me
Look at me
Look at me
Outta my hood
Like where should I be?
It’s over
ain’t no understood in me
Life is a bitch
But she good to me
At work i’m a slave
But I shouldn’t be
My boss is a liar
A crook to me
My eyes have been opened
I couldn’t see
Every owner is enemy
industry altered my energy
taught me to rise up
While ya’ll niggas took a knee
I can’t go back to the crib
That ain’t the space where you live
Baby that’s crazy as shit
Down here in Hades
Mercedes is whip
need a vacation
My life been a trip
I’ll lose my mind
if I don’t get a grip
Shit, look
Life is too short
I report to me
Govern my mental psychology
I’m bout my mathmatics
Like actuaries
If this life is a gamble
I’m betting heavy
work for myself
& the blessings vary
I’m a visionary
If your vision scary
You next one buried
With some pretty flowers
In a cemetery

[Tree of Lyfe Chorus]
I been workin’ hard
I been workin’ hard
I been workin’ hard
Devil workin’ harder
Head stuck under water
Life been gettin’ darker
I been gettin’ smarter
Yea, yea
I been workin’ hard
I been workin’ hard
I been workin’ hard
Devil workin’ harder
Head stuck under water
Life been gettin’ darker
I been gettin’ smarter
Yea

Credits

released March 23, 2020
Produced by Sin

License

CC BY-NC 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.