you hear the hate in their voices even with a smile on their face if you re not strong in your choices they ll put you back in your place now i ve invested my timeline spoken to a lot of people i ve come to the conclusion that no one rides for free lowdown broke up hungry poor man listless beat up dirty sorry hard luck senseless forlorn no count blues you hear the hate in their voices all while they spit in your face if you re not strong in your choices all that you ve built they erase i used to think we wore masks but now i look around and see who are these other people looking back at me lowdown broke up hungry poor man listless beat up dirty sorry hard luck senseless forlorn no count blues paycheck blues laid off blues shameful blues no count blues you wanna see me shaking it a little now they know what i m talkin i think it s time to get up so we can get down let s get to it and i ain t stayin here no more you know what i m talkin about no more lowdown broke up hungry poor man listless beat up dirty sorry hard luck senseless forlorn no count blues