I have to fake it when I deal with the system

My bills are on time but my pay always late

I work for myself I won't work for no one else

If I worked in a ditch I'd be rich

I would not make it

If I couldn't fake it

It ain't no treason

Just to look for freedom

I want some money of my own

I gotta bring my work home

In a bus on the street

On the beat in the heat

I gotta fake with the law

I gotta look like a pawn

So I cook up a nook and look great

As a straight

I would not make it

If I couldn't fake it

It ain't no treason

Just to look for freedom

I wanna be rich

I don't wanna work in a ditch

I wanna be rich

I don't wanna work in a ditch