Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kanye West
Kanye West
Vocals
GLC
GLC
Vocals
John Legend
John Legend
Vocals
Consequence
Consequence
Vocals
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Sampled Artist
Tony Williams
Tony Williams
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kanye West
Kanye West
Songwriter
Dexter Mills
Dexter Mills
Songwriter
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Songwriter
George Gordy
George Gordy
Songwriter
Sandra Elaine Greene
Sandra Elaine Greene
Songwriter
Anthony Williams
Anthony Williams
Songwriter
Gwen Gordy Fuqua
Gwen Gordy Fuqua
Songwriter
Leonard Harris III
Leonard Harris III
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kanye West
Kanye West
Producer
Tasuya Sato
Tasuya Sato
Recording Engineer
Rebaka Tunei
Rebaka Tunei
Recording Engineer
Manny Marroquin
Manny Marroquin
Mixing Engineer
Andrew Dawson
Andrew Dawson
Recording Engineer
Eddy Schreyer
Eddy Schreyer
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I've been workin' this graveshift and I ain't made shit
I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky
I've been workin' this graveshift and I ain't made shit
I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky
[Verse 2]
If my manager insults me again
I will be assaulting him
After I fuck the manager up
Then I'm gonna shorten the register up
Let's go back, back to the Gap
Look at my check, wasn't no scratch
So if I stole, wasn't my fault
Yeah I stole, never got caught
They take me to the back and pat me
Askin' me about some khakis
But let some black people walk in
I bet you they show off their token blackie
Oh now they love Kanye
Let's put him all in the front of the store
So I'm on break, next to the "No Smoking" sign
With a blunt in the mall
[Verse 3]
Takin' my hits, writing my hits
Writin' my rhymes, playin' my mind
This fuckin' job can't help him
So I quit, y'all welcome
Y'all don't know my struggle
Y'all can't match my hustle, you can't catch my hustle
You can't fathom my love, dude, lock yourself in a room
Doing five beats a day for three summers
That's "A Different World" like Cree Summer's
I deserve to do these numbers
The kid that made that deserves that Maybach
So many records in my basement
I'm just waiting on my spaceship
[Verse 4]
I've been workin' this graveshift and I ain't made shit
I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky
I've been workin' this graveshift and I ain't made shit
I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky
[Verse 5]
And I didn't even try to work a job
Represent the mob, at the same time
Thirsty on the grind, Chi state of mind
Lost my momma, lost my mind
Life my love, that's not mine
"Why you ain't signed?" Wasn't my time
Leave me alone, work for y'all
Half of it's yours, half of it's mine
Only one to ball, never one to fall
Got to get mine, got to take mine
Got a Tec-9, reach my prime
Got to make these haters respect mine
In the mall until 12:00 when my schedule had said 9:00
Putting them pants on shelves, waiting patiently I ask myself
Where I want to go, where I want to be?
Life is much more than running in the streets
Holla at 'Ye, hit me with the beat
Put me on my feet, sound so sweet
Yes I'm the same ol' G, same goatee, staying low key, nope
Holler at God, "Man why'd you have to take my folks?"
Hope to see Freddie G, Yusef G, love my G
Rolly G, police watch me smoke my weed, count my G's
Got a lot of people counting on me
And I'm just trying to find my peace
Should've finished school like my niece
Then I finally wouldn't use my piece (Blaow)
[Verse 6]
I've been workin' this graveshift and I ain't made shit
(Aww, man, this pressure)
I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky
I've been workin' this graveshift and I ain't made shit
I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky
[Verse 7]
I remember having to take the dollar cab
Coming home real late at night
Standing on my feet all damn day
Trying to make this thing right
And having one of my co-workers say "Yo, you look just like
This kid I seen in an old Busta Rhymes video the other night"
Well easy come, easy go, how that saying goes
No more broad service, cars, and them TV shows
All had that snatched from me
A&Rs and they faculties all turn their back on me
And didn't want to hear a rap from me
So naturally actually had to face things factually
Had to be a catastrophe with the fridges staring back at me
'Cause nothing's there, nothing's fair
I don't want to ever go back there
So I won't be taking no days off 'til my spaceship takes off
[Verse 8]
I've been workin' this graveshift and I ain't made shit
I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky
I've been workin' this graveshift and I ain't made shit
I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly past the sky
[Verse 9]
I want to fly, I want to fly
I said I want my chariot to pick me up
And take me, brother, for a ride
Heaven knows
Written by: Antony Williams, Dexter Mills, George Gordy, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Kanye West, L. Harris, Leonard "GLC" Harris, Marvin Gaye, Sandra Elaine Greene,
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