Walking to work at 5 am
Cause some bastard
stole my car
Moved to L.A. to live the dream
But minimum wage is
all I got so far

Twelve hours later
walking home in the rain
I'm so tired, I could cry
But after my shift, I got an hour
in the studio
I wrote an awesome song
and that's why...

I'm gonna celebrate
my day with top ramen tonight,
oh yeah
My future's lookin'
so damn bright
I'm super duper fancy,
got my wine in a box, oh yeah
I know my life fuckin' rocks,
it fuckin' rocks
I got one penny-a, two penny-a,
three penny, four
Can't believe I worked
this hard to be this poor

One penny-a, two penny-a,
three penny, four
I can hear my landlord
knockin' at my door
All I need is a hunderd
thousand pennies mo-o-ore

Work all day and
dream all night
I'm topping charts
with my guitar
Manager called me,
said I got a gig
It doesn't pay but it's good PR

So I'm gonna celebrate my day
with top ramen tonight,
oh yeah
My future's lookin'
so damn bright
I'm super duper fancy,
got my wine in a box, oh yeah
I know my life fuckin' rocks,
it fuckin' rocks
I got one penny-a, two penny-a,
three penny, four
Can't believe I worked
this hard to be this poor

One penny-a, two penny-a,
three penny, four
I can hear my landlord
knockin' at my door
Five penny, six penny,
seven penny, eight
It's the ninth time
that my rent is late
Nine penny, ten penny,
and that's the last one
Got 99 problems
and I can't afford any of them

(talking over the phone)

I got one penny-a, two penny-a,
three penny, four
Can't believe I worked
this hard to be this poor
One penny-a, two penny-a,
three penny, four
I can hear my landlord
knockin' at my door
Five penny, six penny,
seven penny, eight
It's the ninth time
that my rent is late
Nine penny, ten penny,
and that's the last one
Got 99 problems
and I can't afford any of them