CHORUS (352 Boyz)
All work, no play smothered by the trials of life
Absurd, I say, somethin' bout this ain't right
Who can ever say if today's your last day
Do you play before you work or do you work before you play?
Verse 1
Baiden Daddy's day ain't going well I'm sorry I missed show-n-tell
But you're going to have to leave now hon, cuz I don't feel slow to yell
You know I wanna play which u—I know dis ain't okay which u
I can call Gramma girl—maybe she can stay which you
U gotta understand—I don't have time for this today
Canchu please just go out with your sister and play
you gotta stop whining too It'slike I'm always reminding you
When my album is finished then I'll spend time with you
When I get paid, I'll read nursery rhymes with you
Play hide-n-seek and pretend it's hard finding you
Right now I'm too busy, to spin 'yo legs till u dizzy
I got you that dog—why donchu find him—Where is he?
I can't play with you now ---Daddy's got a deadline
I'm a see u later when I tuck you in at bedtime
CHORUS (352 Boyz)
All work, no play smothered by the trials of life
Absurd, I say, somethin' bout this ain't right
Who can ever say if today's your last day
Do you play before you work or do you work before you play?
Verse 2
How'd these fruit loops get on the kitchen floor?
Who drew with marker all over your bedroom door?
Stop pullin yer sister's hair—I'll be right there
Call one o your friends maybe u can spend the night there
Canchu behave? Here's mac and cheese from the microwave --
Run outside play princess an' get saved
I ain't climbin branches or readin fairy tale romances
You practice karate stances, I'll work on finances
I know when your dance is but I live in the real world
When u grown up u gone know how this feel girl
Whachu cryin for –this is for you—an the family
Is my job canchu see? ain't you understandin me?
Go watch Dora on cable, maybe some day you'll be able
To understand my only job's putting food on the table
CHORUS (352 Boyz)
All work, no play smothered by the trials of life
Absurd, I say, somethin' bout this ain't right
Who can ever say if today's your last day
Do you play before you work or do you work before you play?
Verse 3
The picture you sent's beautiful, I think I feel tears flow
How u turn 35—girl --where'd all 'dem years go?
Why donchu bring yo kid to come play in the yard
I could do tricks with cards makin time ain't that hard
Why you yell at my grandkid ---he can't understand it
Why u think he's demanding? donchu take him for granted
(But) I've been leaving you messages pretty much nightly
U should call back more often? Visit or write me
It seems like when we talk all u ever do is fight me
Oh my god You're turning out just like me
U gotta drop this workaholic tough girl demeanor
Where'd the real u go? The girl who danced like a ballerina ?
The real world I taught u is really just an illusion
Of grown up confusion, prescription drug abusing—
So little's amusing it ain't worth the pension
All I got now's cash, fake friends, and my lower back tension
Baiden-- not to mention—my life's filled with regret
That your childhood was in front of a TV set
That I never watched when u'd show off, that I made u get blown off
Plz stop lookin for answers in Paxil and Zoloft
I don't mean to go off—but who u R now's made up
Yo kid ain't gonna care how much money u saved up
! Baiden I was wrong I think I knew that all along
Play your children and they friends' parents this song
Baiden? Baiden? Baiden—oh thank god you're right there
Daddy just woke up from the worst nightmare
CHORUS (352 Boyz)
All work, no play smothered by the trials of life
Absurd, I say, somethin' bout this ain't right
Who can ever say if today's your last day
Do you play before you work or do you work before you play?