The Carrot and the Stick


I hate customers, they’re such a joke
Not afraid to piss ’em off, I got people keep me from goin’ broke
It is what it is, that’s his creed
If that’s a problem, you can get screwed—guaranteed He ran off every good soul with a look or a word
Left the place so empty only family’s absurd
“We can’t support this customer’s design
I’ll be dead before I see a single dime” 
I asked him ’bout his son who’s takin’ over the throne
“Don’t you want a future for the boy to call his own?”
“That’s his fuckin’ problem, no doubt
He’s just gonna have to figure it out” He don’t care to leave no legacy
Says every man’s gotta carve his own destiny
He’ll take what’s his and hold out the carrot
Leave the kid with nothin’ but the stick to inherit He’s the egotistical one, greedy and proud
Look at all he’s done, scream it out loud
Zero remorse, cheats on the golf course
He who has the gold makes his own rules, of course I’m the smartest damn guy you ever did see
Better watch that physical cliff of the economy
Biggest jackass of the highest degree
And yet he’ll always be wealthier than me My way or the highway—even the customers stay
Don’t ask me why, they just keep comin’ back anyway
His best friends are the employees he makes them be
They only show up to his party ’cause the drinks are free He don’t suffer fools and he don’t lose sleep
Long as the money rolls in, the man’s livin’ deep Yeah, he’s the egotistical one, greedy and proud
Look at all he’s done, still screamin’ it loud
I’ll take what’s mine, hold out the carrot
Leave you with the stick—that’s the life you inherit He’s the boss, it’s his way or the highway
And somehow the world just keeps payin’ the guy
Biggest jackass of the highest degree…
But he’ll always be wealthier than me He’ll always be wealthier than me…
But I’ll be richer in the ways he’ll never see—
True faith, real family, and friends that stand by a man like me
Yeah, I’ll be richer… richer than he’ll ever be…