[Hook]

I keep myself high

But I’m low

I’m smellin’ like pot and Old Spice

But my girl don’t mind when I smoke

We work nights just to pick up a check

We overqualified for positions we get

...and if you wanna come inside

We gon’ smile and guide you

But we’re not like you

We’re just the help

[Verse 1]

Here’s a magic trick –

Watch me turn this ten into

A tank of gas, a six-pack, and a pack of cigs

(they threw the matches in!)

And now that I’m waitin’ tables

I got cash again in my wallet so

I’m cashin’ in

Grabbin’ my tips, addin’ ‘em

Doin’ the math in my head

Like

“I’m about to half the rent

So I can run up my tab again to a thousand dollars”

Just like my pals in college

I’m surrounded by alcoholics and that shit’s bad for my wallet but...

[Hook]

I keep myself high

But I’m low

I’m smellin’ like pot and Old Spice

But my girl don’t mind when I smoke

We work nights just to pick up a check

We overqualified for positions we get

...and if you wanna come inside

We gon’ smile and guide you

But we’re not like you

We’re just the help

[Verse 2]

Stop for a minute –

Lemme take a second to just pause the pretension

Yeah

See, money talks, but ain’t no talkin’ to Benjamin

And honestly

That motherfucker’s not my president

Not representin’ myself in a correct way

Ain’t gettin’ correct paid

Try to come correct the system checks you

The next day

So I try to make that shit where you just

Press play...

And all of a sudden

You’re swept away to a better place

...but fuck it I can’t lie

Gotta keep that rent paid

So what do friends say in times of trials and tribulations?

We fake it until we make it and

We get paid

So to my people in the kitchen with the dish rags

To my people who be livin’ off they tips made

Well for the night

Why don’t you send a little this way?

Take a minute out of your busy day and

Just wave

[Outro]

I keep myself high

But I’m low

I’m smellin’ like pot and Old Spice

But my girl don’t mind