Τούτων δὲ πορευομένων ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγειν τοῖς ὄχλοις περὶ Ἰωάννου· τί ἐξήλθετε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι; κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον; ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθετε ἰδεῖν; ἄνθρωπον ἐν μαλακοῖς ἱματίοις ἠμφιεσμένον; ἰδοὺ οἱ τὰ μαλακὰ φοροῦντες ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τῶν βασιλέων εἰσίν (Κατά Ματθαίον, 11, 7-9)
Ayo, this song is dedicated to all the happy people
All the happy people who have real nice lives
And have no idea what it’s like to be broke as fuck
I feel like I’m walkin’ a tight rope without a circus net
Poppin’ Percocet, I’m a nervous wreck
I deserve respect but I work a sweat for this worthless check
I’m about to burst this Tec at somebody to reverse this debt
Minimum wage got my adrenaline caged
Full of venom and rage, especially when I’m engaged
And my daughter’s down to her last diaper, it’s got my ass hyper
I pray that God answers, maybe I’ll ask nicer…….
My life is full of empty promises and broken dreams
I’m hopin’ things look up, but there ain’t no job openings
I feel discouraged, hungry and malnourished
Livin’ in this house with no furnace, unfurnished
And I’m sick of workin’ dead-end jobs with lame pay
And I’m tired of being hired and fired the same day
But fuck it, if you know the rules to the game, play
‘Cause when we die we know we all goin’ the same way
Eminem: Rock Bottom (The Slim Shady, 1999)