Song Description
This song talks about the artist's frustruation with status quo as it relates to a 9 to 5 job, and having a desire to do his/her own thing.
Song Length |
3:40 |
Genre |
Spoken Word - General, R & B - Funk |
Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Sociable, Restless |
Subject |
Frustration, General |
Similar Artists |
Lauryn Hill |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Doin? My Thang
Sitting here thinking ?bout my life ---- reflecting.
Thanking God for His goodness,
But recognizing what I?ve been neglecting.
Many think that I?m completely satisfied --- or so it seems.
Not knowing that I won?t really be happy until I live my dreams.
Yeah??..I?m doing O.K?.from the world?s point of view.
Went to school like they say a good girl should do,
You know, got to get a degree or two.
Nice family, home, a good job to go to.
Living the American Dream??but not mine.
?Cause I have a dream of a different kind
That goes way beyond the conventional 9 to 5.
Leaving the traditional state of mind behind
And going into unchartered territory. Virgin lands.
As I walk with my hand in God?s hand.
Launching out into the deep
Knowing that it?s Him that I must seek
Regarding every step that I take.
Every move that I make.
Lest I make some fatal mistakes.
Many would consider it taking a risk,
But, I insist, it?s becoming harder for me to resist.
I must persist, because, if I don?t pursue God?s will for my life
It?s a destiny missed!
Aaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!! The pinned up frustration!!
Trying to conform to this system of degradation!
I got to go after my emancipation
?Cause God has given me this revelation!!
So call me ungrateful, selfish, crazy,
Or maybe even call be lazy!
But one thing I don?t desire
Is to just work on a job until I retire!
?Cause this thing is shut up in my bones like fire.
See, I?m ?bout like Jeremiah ? can?t hold it much longer
For I tire! I have got to go higher.
And if by chance I don?t make it before I die,
At least I?ll have the satisfation of knowing that I did try.