Escape (I Need a Break)

Escape

Gotta get away

I need a break

Gotta get away

I left my house this morning on my way to work

Some lady on the train spilled coffee on my shirt

And people started laughing like the whole thing was funny

I woulda went home except I need the money

'Cause times is hard, my boss is crazy

The guy that works with me, he's so damn lazy

Sits around all day, drinks coffee and tea

He expects all the work to be done by me

And sometimes I wonder what they hired me for

To operate computers or run to the store

And when I ask for a raise, they tell me be patient

I've been working three years without a damn vacation

Things could be better but they're gettin' worse

Until I got this job, I never used to curse

Well, I've had it up to here with people treating me wrong

Somebody tell the DJ to play my song!

Escape

Gotta get away

I need a break

Gotta get away

I buy a lottery ticket every chance I get

And if I hit I got someplace my boss can kiss

My friends are backstabbing so I hang out alone

Think it's crazy on my job, it's no better at home

My girl's half-mad, she drives me wild

All she ever cares about is rippin' the styles

She wants diamonds, furs, and now she wants kids

But what she needs is somewhere else to live

My psychiatrist tells me to give her more time

But one more second might blow my mind

The pressure's building up on me more and more

It's gotten so I'm doing things I've never done before

I need a break, y'all, I can't take this place

I feel locked up and I wanna escape

And I wanna escape, and I wanna escape

Escape, escape, escape, escape, escape!

(Escape)

(Escape)

So you wanna leave your job, but you need the funds

Take a sick day off and find another one

And if your girl or your man ain't treatin' you right

Just the same buncha headaches night after night

Don't go crazy trying to please somebody else

You don't owe them a thing but you owe it yourself

So do what you gotta in order to escape

Take it from me, it's never too late

'Cause I'm breaking these chains, I may never come back

Gonna go out and give myself a rap attack

And if I like it a lot, I'm going to make it a double

And if you stand in my way, you're looking for trouble

There's only one way for me to have peace

And that's for me to go out and rock the beat, ha

So turn up the highs, boost up the bass

Come on everybody let's rock the place!

Gotta get away

Escape

Gotta get away

I need a break

Gotta get away

Escape

Gotta get away

I need a break

Gotta get away