Joe Rockhead Hardball Lyrics

Hardball Lyrics

When I was a kid I learned a lesson from another brother

Older than myself
a lesson later that helped

It was a fundamental lesson in the rules of
life we're living

Giving me the power later on to help myself

Sometimes you gotta learn the hardest way there is to learn

Can't
teach a young man any faster said the master to the hopper

So I do the
best I can see this life and understand

This life I lead just like my
poppa said



I'm playing hardball 

And that's straight down
the middle 

And straight down the line

So if you're gonna play the
game of life son

You better play hardball



I'm up at the
crack of dawn. I put my uniform on. 

I'm catching the bus without a fuss
while I'm sportin' a yawn. 

I get to work late. I'm not feelin' too great


'Cause irritated and berated are my boss' best traits. 

He says for
me to wash the store, sweep and mop the floor. 

Do the dishes grant my
wishes or you work here no more. 

I get minimum wage, I feel I'm trapped
in a cage 

But I can't survive or stay alive without gettin' paid. 



My boss' name is hakheem. I'm not saying he's mean 

But if
you're leanin you're cleanin until your hands turn green. 

I knew a man
named Jake. The crap he couldn't take. 

He said, “the manager
will challenge ya. I'll be at his wake.� 

He brought a gun to
the store. The manager asked what for. 

He said, “I'm
tired� and fired and ran out the door 

But hakheem wasn't hurt
when he pulled off his shirt. 

He had a vest on his chest that made the
bullets not work. 



(lyrics form Beverly Hillbillies then repeat
1st verse)