Pay Grade Lyrics

B-b-b-but Michelle, I just want a pay raise

I'd give it to myself but that's above my paygrade

I try to prove myself, that's why I always end up staying late

But the thing that sucks is that I stretched myself so thin for nothing

First I got to take you back to tenth grade year

First year I brushed up on my lyrics

Just got hired to my second job and it was way clear

Of Hershey, struggle here ain't near it

Got free food and got paid 8 an hour

Next few months started gaining power

Fond memories of all the old names that now are

Doing other shit, wish they'd stayed and now I'm

Looking back, first raise came late for me

Should've been a red flag but I'd hate to leave

So early, so I guess it's staying late for me

Little did I know that mirrored what my fate would be

But we haven't gotten there yet

They just barely gave me Jay be as a token of their respect

But there was much still had to be done, gassing me up, but that was a front

They had me strung like a marionette

B-b-b-but Michelle, I just want a pay raise

I'd give it to myself but that's above my paygrade

I try to prove myself, that's why I always end up staying late

But the thing that sucks is that I stretched myself so thin for nothing

I remember the

Workplace glory days summer 2020

Part time job but I was making money money

Back in the days I miss it I have to say

Fucking with the boys everything was extra funny funny

Got respect from Steve Beck, he knew how to keep it running

Things regressed when he left and we didn't see it coming

Everybody gunning for a spot got toxic to a point of no return and here I thought I was Gonna-gonna

Go from wiping shit clean, to a shift lead

Four dollars fifty cents up since sixteen

Got a rep on the up and up on a big streak

Things heating up in this bitch or is it just me

2019 problems, since solved now I'm living at the motherfucking top

Cooling at the spot, took for granted what I got, but it wasn't what I thought, I was Working for some opps

B-b-b-but Michelle, I just want a pay raise

I'd give it to myself but that's above my paygrade

I try to prove myself, that's why I always end up staying late

But the thing that sucks is that I stretched myself so thin for nothing

Two years later I'd be in the same place

Busting my ass just to save face

And everyone around me has changed

I stayed late, just for this song's namesake

The one-time saving grace, broke my leg now they can't even save me a space

Turns out they had a problem with me since I've been back but can't even say to my face

And they wondered why my dream was lost

I trained three fucking people to be my boss

After being told that at 18 I'd be at the top

All the extra hours wasted I'm seeing the cost

Go ahead say my attitude's shit, have some gratitude bitch

I was skipped in line my enthusiasm was stripped

I wasn't mad cuz I had to do dishes

I was mad because you thought you didn't have to do shit

I should've managed that shift