Status GamesHow to Get Rich Without Getting Lucky

Been renting out my time for a ticket on a train Waking up at seven just to do it all again A collar 'round my neck that they call a "job for life" But my body's getting tired of this honorable strife I've seen 'em drive the new Ferrari, seen the expensive fur But that's just social credit, a temporary cure It’s a different kind of freedom that my soul is looking for Not a picture in a magazine I've seen a thousand times before Oh, this Status Game is a debt that you can't pay It’s a zero-sum battle at the closing of the day I’m turning off that channel, I'm choosing my own way And I'm seeking out the assets that can earn while I'm away Yeah, I’m seeking out the assets that can earn while I'm away The difference is the principle, a lesson I now hold Wealth is positive-sum, not a story to be sold But a Status game needs a winner, so a loser has to fall We've been playing that same game since our backs were to the wall From the politics in boardrooms to the whispers in the street A momentary victory that tastes so bittersweet 'Cause if you’re always fighting to put another man down You’re the king of a kingdom that's buried in the ground Oh, this Status Game is a debt that you can't pay It’s a zero-sum battle at the closing of the day I’m turning off that channel, I'm choosing my own way And I'm seeking out the assets that can earn while I'm away Yeah, I’m seeking out the assets that can earn while I'm away 'Cause what’s the purpose if it’s not for freedom? What’s the reason for the toil and the pain? Just to be your own sovereign individual To stand up straight and learn to love the rain Yeah, love is a verb, love is a doing word And a life of your own choosing is the only prize to be won It ain't about the money, son... it's about being done. So I’ll walk this winding road And I’ll build a different home Not with money or with status But with assets all my own That can earn while I'm away... Assets that earn while I sleep... Yeah... earn while I sleep.