The Waitress (Interlude)

Lyrics

[Verse] I act like I don't hear it, but I do It's my alarm ringin', all I'm thinkin' is "Hit snooze" But I can't afford to, 'cause the minute that I do Time is money and it's not an extra shift that I can lose Yesterday I closed, went in in the afternoon And got another shift this mornin', so I'm goin' back in soon No energy, I just grit my teeth and power through Livin' isn't cheap, and in a week, the rent is probably due So I jump up in a panic 'cause of things I got to do Drop the babies off at daycare, get the kids up off to school This ain't the type of life I mean that I would choose But as a single mom, I'm just tryna do what I can do (What I can do) I'm sure there's others in conditions that are worse But bеfore I leave, man, I grab my apron and my shirt (Apron and my shirt) I'm 'bout to catch thе bus, just to make it into work At this cafe and diner where I waitress at and serve On my way in, yeah, I see a lot of things But you know, it's kind of hard to find a decent job that pays Even though the area that we in not is safe Just last week, a girl that works with me had gotten raped Uh, to make it worse, I heard the creep had got away Ayo, just hearin' that makes me uneasy, by the way (By the way) Huh, 'cause as a waitress, at least fifty times a day I get people hittin' on me, yo, but we cannot display How it makes us feel, 'cause, yo, they leave it out our pay And those tips is the one thing I got to lean on now to make Uh, so excuse me if you see a smile that's fake Just add it to the list of all the things I tolerate (That I tolerate) Like even now, this guy, I see him every morning This rude homeless dude who always thinks that I ignore him Just 'cause he don't leave a tip, nah, that ain't even it And I don't want to come across as mean, but yo, the thing is this: The way he smells, yeah, regardless of where he'd sits Other customers immediately grab their things and dip Half the time, they don't even finish eatin' And they don't say it, but I know the reason that they leavin' He be holdin' up the restroom for hours at a time When nobody else can use it, 'cause he locks it from beyond It's a lot of things, I know you could probably combine But if I'm honest, yo, the thing that most bothers me is I'm Not positive, but his face, a lot of it reminds Me of that composite sketch that they got up on the sign The one the cops had did, you know, the monster from the crime Who had raped my co-worker, the one cops still tryna find? (Tryna find) Yeah, I'm not confident, but I would just be lyin' If I said that wasn't somethin' that I don't think about at times And I know that pretty soon, that you'll be out my hair At least till tomorrow, but we can figure it out from there (Figure it out from there) [Outro] Haha...