I have to fake it when I deal with the system  My bills are on time but my pay always late  I work for myself I won't work for no one else  If I worked in a ditch I'd be rich  I would not make it  If I couldn't fake it  It ain't no treason  Just to look for freedom  I want some money of my own  I gotta bring my work home  In a bus on the street  On the beat in the heat  I gotta fake with the law  I gotta look like a pawn  So I cook up a nook and look great  As a straight  I would not make it  If I couldn't fake it  It ain't no treason  Just to look for freedom  I wanna be rich  I don't wanna work in a ditch  I wanna be rich  I don't wanna work in a ditch