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I Wonder If There's Actually A Job Better Than This?

So I called Maria while Usher called for Chinese. I told her that I got signed and that I'm already working on stuff. I wasn't allowed to tell her what it was though. We talked until the food got here and then we hung up.

"Alright, so... you're songs." Mike says after Iget my lo mein and orange chicken.

"What about them?"

"How many of them do you think you can actually use on an album." I think for a second.

"Ummm, I don't know really." I take a bite of my food.

"What about that thing we were messing around with last week?" Justin asks.

"That was just a freestyle... mainly. It was just for fun." I try to brush it off.

"I still wanna hear it though." Mike says. I smile to Justin.

"Alright." I tell him.

"Lemme start you off." Justin says.

"Ok."

"Alright. O-o-o oh ok, what do we haaave here? JB TripleThreat in the house... This is a problem."

Then I sing and rap and Justin joins in to and then I finish it off.

"It's good." I smile.

"Thanks."

"Anything else?" Mike asks.

I tap finger on my lip.

"Actually yeah. This song I wrote called Bus Stop."

"Let's hear it then." Usher says.

I put my chopsticks down, take a sip of water, clear my throat and then sing.

"Hey! How you gonna run when you can't walk?

Just keep holdin' on, swag swag

Hey ! Gotta hitch another ride to the bus stop

'Cause I think I just lost my way

I'll keep knocking down doors till I make it, and I don't have a dime

Well, one step at a time, one step at a time, one step at a time, yeah-ah."

Then Mike starts this beat on the table like "boom boom clap, boom boom-boom clap". I turn to him grinning and nodding.

"Two thousand five I'm in line for my dream job

Still haven't got it

And it hasn't got me so far.

Two thousand nine singing songs in my basement

No money, more problems I'll never make it.

Daydreamin' 'bout life at the top when in real life I'm waitin' at a bus stop

Pissed of student

I was always true and

I flunked out of french but in life I'm fluent

{bridge}

Somebody told me lies each road that I'd take

But I've been puttin' up thumbs cause this life's still ok

When I get where I'm goin' hope to God I'm not late.

Till then'll look myself in the mirror and say,

{Chorus}

Hey! How you gonna run when you can't walk?

Just keep holdin' on, swag swag