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about

26th July 2011 I put this beat together and it’s a bit of a one-off
rarity as it contains no samples (ok, I didn’t pre-record the
drum hits). Most likely the product of faffing around on my
keyboard in the studio and coming up with that simple riff,
I actually called the beat “Work is Shit” when I made it,
because that’s what I was kinda saying/singing along to it at
the time. That said, I never actually wrote any more words
than those three until 2014/2015 when I thought of using it for
the album. I played the beat to one or two people since 2011
and no-one really took to it, nor did I for the longest time, but
something about its simplicity and upbeat nature, and also
being a sucker for a track with subject matter when I have a
concept to it, brought me back around to liking it.
I’ve spent most of the album writing memos about what I
should do to make this track more interesting, add this, try
this, I got Steve to have a go, and other musicians, and nothing
ever came of it, it just needs to be this bare bones. I really,
really hope that the chorus sticks in your head, I want people
singing it under their breath at their annoying jobs...even
better if it inspires anyone to jack their job in for something
else. I’ve been very lucky throughout my life to be able to move
from this to that, but one thing I could never tolerate was a bad
office environment, I’ve never felt more trapped.

lyrics

CHORUS x4
Work is so shit/
Get me out of this office/
This place is so full of dicks/
I don’t know why I don’t quit/
(I said that)
Work is so shit...

So I gibbed it off/
They laughed a bit, “he’s off to do his hippy hop”/
...Flippin nobs, this is exactly what I mean/
You’ve got some proper work done, I’ve got some proper dreams/
Don’t really want to scheme from behind a computer screen/
Could be out there in the real world successfully being me/
But money is the problem there with all of that/
So if you’re still stuck in there learn alt and tab/
Quick trick to help you avoid your soulless acts/
Carve your dreams from their tablets then call a cab/
Only thing some jobs are good for is financing your idea/
So let me tell you quite clear, don’t waste your cash on Ikea/
Or an extra five beers on a Friday night, dear/
Get your mind in gear, why you in here?/
First answer is you love it and you’d never leave your job/
I can’t argue with that, and you don’t need this song/
Second is you don’t know what you wanna do/
You don’t hate the job, it’s ok, but not for you/
Third is you hate your job and it’s not what you need/
And by now you should know my thoughts on that: you gotta leave//

CHORUS x2

Work is so shit.../
It’s quite alarming/
Companies are too big when they need an HR department/
And you’re no longer a person you’re an allocated resource/
They might depend on you but you’re expendable, of course/
More people hate their jobs in big offices but gotta live for the
promises that one day they might be bosseses/
“Congrats you’re now a bosseses, your first act as leader?/
Take instructions from above and pass it on beneath ya”/
That sounds familiar, but they’ll be willing ya to carry on ‘till they’re killing ya/
Take your work home and let it fill in the/
Gaps...between sleeping and eating/
And you can manage eating and working, I seen you this evening/
Microwaving summat and returning to your spreadsheet/
But only cos you’re scared of ending up a deadbeat/
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m not.../
Stress-related illnesses are not to be mocked/
But yet, people are still wanting the job/
Knowing full well it might kill them off/
What the hell is wrong with you dumb guys?/
Be done with that bullshite/
Didn’t anybody say you’ve got one life?!//

CHORUS x2

Work is so shit.../
And I feel for you/
The worst stress is in public servitude/
Teachers and doctors dreaming to offer/
Human beings an option but our government
is squeezing them often/
I guess these are the problems: if you’re unhappy you quit/
Then a public service is declared bad and unfit/
And it gets dissected, sold off and privatised/
And you might get a job - there - with a nicer rise/
Cos you just want to help people, and I’d advise/
You do the best for you, cos life’s a prize/
But to the...pieces of crap who didn’t see what we had/
And only did it all for some indecent reason like cash/
You are the worst type of scum, cos you see the vulnerable/
And expect them to sort themselves out, you’re full of bull/
One job where you should make the world better is politician/
If you don’t like what you do, why don’t you quit then?//
CHORUS x2
(Work is so shit)

credits

from RemarkableUnremarkable (better price on ExP​.​uk), released July 14, 2017
Written, produced, recorded and mixed by Ben “ExP” Goodwin
Mastered by Ben “DivKid” Wilson

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West Yorkshire based hip-hop musician from Flame Griller & Tough Crowd

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