The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
[Chorus]
Grindin' everyday
Comin' home late
Stressin' 'bout tomorrow
I'm just tryna get paid today
I'm just tryna get paid today
We just livin' life fast
Will the canvas really last?
We been putting this together
While we started from the trash
Can we get paid?
Can we get paid?
We just tryna get paid today
[Verse 1]
Need a little currency
Something that I'm wishin'
Day dreamin' cause I really hate the world I live in
Haters takin' shots, while this one is what I'm sippin'
Money crisis on the table, catalogue flippin'
Got my mind all trippin'
Am I good enough?
Teachers all trippin'
Think I need to grow up
But I need to blow up
Put my team inside a bus
Tour a couple cities
So you get to know us
But you'll never know the feelin'
I'm one out of a million
Say the sky ain't the limit
I can even pass my ceiling, yo
But I try to keep my spirits high
Money isn't everything
But everything just has a price
I'm just tryna live my life
Contemplating every move
Hopin' that I get it right
So sorry if I'm a little late
Stressin' on the daily
I'm just tryna get paid today
[Chorus]
Grindin' everyday
Comin' home late
Stressin' 'bout tomorrow
I'm just tryna get paid today
I'm just tryna get paid today
We just livin' life fast
Will the canvas really last?
We been putting this together
While we started from the trash
Can we get paid?
Can we get paid?
We just tryna get paid today
[Verse 2]
So many bars a criminal would've lost his mind
So many lines, drug addicts would stand in lines
Scared for tomorrow
Yet I always look at the time, yeah
But nothing's what it seems
Lat now workin' like machines
Tryna live a lavish life
Couple cans down my jeans
Something like out of a dream
Something no one's ever seen
We tryna achieve and found what happiness means
Workin' from a closet
Never cashin' a deposit
Movin' forward, never pausin'
'Till my name is what they're callin'
Flow as many languages
Some of you can understand
If you don't, under is where you stand
We out here everyday
Doing everything we can
Drawin' out the formula
Formulatin' up this plan
Makin' every single jam
Until the cheque is in our hands
[Chorus]
Grindin' everyday
Comin' home late
Stressin' 'bout tomorrow
I'm just tryna get paid today
I'm just tryna get paid today
We just livin' life fast
Will the canvas really last?
We been putting this together
While we started from the trash
Can we get paid?
Can we get paid?
We just tryna get paid today
Grindin' everyday
Comin' home late
Stressin' 'bout tomorrow
I'm just tryna get paid today
I'm just tryna get paid today
We just livin' life fast
Will the canvas really last?
We been putting this together
While we started from the trash
Can we get paid?
Can we get paid?
We just tryna get paid today
[Verse 1]
Need a little currency
Something that I'm wishin'
Day dreamin' cause I really hate the world I live in
Haters takin' shots, while this one is what I'm sippin'
Money crisis on the table, catalogue flippin'
Got my mind all trippin'
Am I good enough?
Teachers all trippin'
Think I need to grow up
But I need to blow up
Put my team inside a bus
Tour a couple cities
So you get to know us
But you'll never know the feelin'
I'm one out of a million
Say the sky ain't the limit
I can even pass my ceiling, yo
But I try to keep my spirits high
Money isn't everything
But everything just has a price
I'm just tryna live my life
Contemplating every move
Hopin' that I get it right
So sorry if I'm a little late
Stressin' on the daily
I'm just tryna get paid today
[Chorus]
Grindin' everyday
Comin' home late
Stressin' 'bout tomorrow
I'm just tryna get paid today
I'm just tryna get paid today
We just livin' life fast
Will the canvas really last?
We been putting this together
While we started from the trash
Can we get paid?
Can we get paid?
We just tryna get paid today
[Verse 2]
So many bars a criminal would've lost his mind
So many lines, drug addicts would stand in lines
Scared for tomorrow
Yet I always look at the time, yeah
But nothing's what it seems
Lat now workin' like machines
Tryna live a lavish life
Couple cans down my jeans
Something like out of a dream
Something no one's ever seen
We tryna achieve and found what happiness means
Workin' from a closet
Never cashin' a deposit
Movin' forward, never pausin'
'Till my name is what they're callin'
Flow as many languages
Some of you can understand
If you don't, under is where you stand
We out here everyday
Doing everything we can
Drawin' out the formula
Formulatin' up this plan
Makin' every single jam
Until the cheque is in our hands
[Chorus]
Grindin' everyday
Comin' home late
Stressin' 'bout tomorrow
I'm just tryna get paid today
I'm just tryna get paid today
We just livin' life fast
Will the canvas really last?
We been putting this together
While we started from the trash
Can we get paid?
Can we get paid?
We just tryna get paid today
Lyrics submitted by musicmayo
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