Lyrical Breakdown of Doin' My Job - A Journey through Words and Rhymes

Welcome to the detailed analysis of "Doin' My Job" on Lazyjot. Here, we unravel the lyrical complexity and artistic brilliance that define this iconic song.

  • Lyric Overview: Witness how T.I. weaves words into powerful emotions and vivid imagery. From intricate rhyme schemes to compelling storytelling, every line in "Doin' My Job" is a testament to masterful songwriting.
  • Rhyme and Rhythm Analysis: Our Lazyjot editor highlights the ingenious use of multi-syllabic rhymes and the rhythm pattern that T.I. employs. Understand the construction of each verse and how it contributes to the song's overall impact.
  • Syllable Pattern Insights: Dive deeper into the structural elements of the lyrics. See how the syllable count varies across the song, adding a unique rhythm and flow to T.I.'s narrative.

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I'm working here, you know what I'm saying

Try to put yourself in my shoes for a second

It's not personal I'm just sayin' though

Look from when the moon came out till the sun came up

I was supplyin' the days with what they flame up

Our mamas passing by, trying to explain us

Pissing in the bushes like they never house trained us

But, try to understand thats how we came up

You get to know us, you'll love us but you can't change us

Really we rather be rich and famous

But in the mean time were forced to slang dust

'Dro or crack cocaine, penicillin to rogaine

Ecstacy, Viagra, whatever'll get the dough mayne

I'm tired of people misrepresenting my dough mayne

Oh you think we out here killing for nothing, hustling

For no gains picture that

Hey man I'm just doing my job

Hey lady, don't mind me I'm just doing my job

I don't wanna make your life more harder, I'm just doin' my job

You live here, I work here I'm doing my job

I don't know if you don't know, don't care or can't see

Every time something up in the hood, it ain't me

And I ain't always up to no good and on the creep

And ye' ain't always gotta pass through

The hood without speaking how you doing

We ain't out here threatining your lives, raping your children

We just out here staying alive, making a lil' bit you know

Working hard, trying to survive chasing a billion

You hear us talking loud, just think of us as chamelions

Adaptin' to situations, but accusations is still there

And robbing your house, now you just hurting my feelings man

We got lives, we wanna live nice too

We got moms, dads, wives, kids just like you

But our options are fewer, it's hell in high school

When your helping with the rent lights and the gas bill too

So before you go judging us loving us won't hurt

If you're under 25, staying alive is hard work

Hey man I'm just doing my job

Hey lady, don't mind me I'm just doing my job

I don't wanna make your life more harder, I'm just doin' my job

You live here, I work here I'm doing my job

And for you to see what I'm saying, open eyes would help

If you could think about somebody besides yourself

Why you pointing fingers at me, analyze yourself

Quit all that chastising and try to provide some help

Instead of calling the law, and busting my balls

With all due respect, we don't even be fucking with y'all man

And we can't help it 'cause it is like this

We don't like it no more than you that we live like this

Always, stuck in the grind, from summertime to wintertime

Cut school, and sell fifty dimes by dinner time

See everything we know we learned from the streets

Since thirteen I've been hustling and earning my keep

Hey man I'm just doing my job

Hey lady, don't mind me I'm just doing my job

I don't wanna make your life more harder, I'm just doin' my job

You live here, I work here I'm doing my job