Everything Is Alright

It's hard acting like everything ain’t going terribly Showing off my strengths when I need someone to carry me Looking for a kickstart, the crowd fund a charity The more get poorer as we widen the disparity My friend took a second job waiting on his stock to vest Cause full time in tech ain't enough to pay the cost of rent Stress comes with consequence, asked if he’s exhausted yet The bubble’s gonna burst and it’s weighing on his consciousness Heavy on his mind from the people he's been walking past Every day to work, then at night when he comes walking back They wonder why the market's on the verge about to burn and crash Cause unemployed's the standard for majority of working class I'm struggling for words just to proper fill these pages Meanwhile my friend's grinding every night for wages Monday through to Sunday, burning hours every night Still he manages a smile fronting everything's alright It's hard acting like everything is alright It's hard acting like everything is alright It's hard acting like everything is alright It's hard acting like everything is alright The newspaper writes “things will never be the same” The radio describes “it'll end with bang bang” The television cites “life is like a dice game” And it’s hard acting like everything is alright Another day of strain, feeling drained is now the trend Scraping by’s the way of life, worried for my friend Stiffed him on his raise, plus they hiked his rent again All this got him feeling trapped, wondering when this sentence ends Started out with bright eyes, ready for the ride Eventually becoming numb, feeling dead inside It’s hard acting like everything is alive With a city full of homelessness struggling to survive The Bay is in decay once you step outside your door Building up these skyscrapers, can’t afford the floor Sprint in different paths, think they need a semaphore Watch it get more lavish while it’s rotting at the core This future of uncertainty makes people live in fear But galas and events getting bigger every year Meanwhile my friend’s trying to push his code to prod It’s the second time this week he’s late to his other job It's hard acting like everything is alright It's hard acting like everything is alright It's hard acting like everything is alright It's hard acting like everything is alright The newspaper writes “things will never be the same” The radio describes “it'll end with bang bang” The television cites “life is like a dice game” And it’s hard acting like everything is alright Welcome to this gauntlet of thorns along its axis In some regard the human race, but even more disastrous Sharp-spined sweet-centered dream is just a cactus Growing jobs and lower taxes, ever-promised practice The top 1% leaving all but one below Prices rushing up, but income is getting slow My friend about to drown, can’t swim against the flow Barely treading water, second job let him go Realized the struggle keeping pace with all the higher rent Leadership starts to wonder where all the desire went Drawing on the savings that’s intended for retirement Selling off his future just maintaining his environment Catch us living fast while the sun is setting slow Tomorrow shadow’s grow just to keep the status quo Word to E-40, gotta Tell Me When To Go The boom becomes a bust How or when, you never know It's hard acting like everything is alright It's hard acting like everything is alright It's hard acting like everything is alright It's hard acting like everything is alright The newspaper writes “things will never be the same” The radio describes “it'll end with bang bang” The television cites “life is like a dice game” And it’s hard acting like everything is alright --- Everything Is Alright - Dual Core