She maxed her credit cards and don’t got a job… Shi macs ‘er credit cards an’ don’ garayiob
She pays for gas with all the change in her car… Shi peys for gas wui’rol de cheinch in ‘er car
It’s not the end of the road… Its nat di en’ of de roud
Yeah, we’ve all been there before and it goes oh… Yiea, wuiv ol bin der bifor enit gous oh

He’s walking home cause he can’t pay for the bus… Jis wuokin’ joom cos ji ken pey for de bas
He needs a dollar but he ain’t got enough… ‘I niids a dalar bat ji ein’ gat enof
It’s not the end of the world… Its nat di en’ of de wuorl’
Yeah, we’ve all been there before and it goes oh

Hey everybody, we don’t have to live this way… Jey evrybarey, wui don’ ‘af tu liv’ dis wuey
We can all get some, yeah, we can all get paid… Wui can ol guet som’, yiea, wui can ol guet peid
So what you say everybody? Gotta live it up today… So wuat yiu sey evrybarey? Gara livirap tudey
We can all get some, yeah, we can all get paid Don’t have your rent and it’s the first of the month (where’s my money)… Don’ ‘af yio’ rent en’ its de fers’ of de montd (wuers ma’ money)
Your bank account has got insufficient funds… Yior bank akaun’ jas gat insufishien’ fands
We can’t afford to give up… Wui ken affor’ tu guivap
We gotta make our own luck and it goes oh… Wui gara meik aor oun lak anit gous oh

Work every weekend just to get out of town… Wuork evry wuiken’ yias’ tu guet aurof taun
Everyone says that you’ll just turn back around… Evrywuan se’s dat yiul yias’ tern bak arraun’
And what’s ironic to me,… En’ wuats airronik tu mi
The ones that don’t ever leave think that they know… De wuans dat don’ eve’ liv’ tdink dat dey nou

Hey everybody, we don’t have to live this way
We can all get some, yeah, we can all get paid
So what you say everybody? Gotta live it up today
We can all get some, yeah, we can all get paid

Hey everybody, we don’t have to live this way
We can all get some, yeah, we can all get paid
So what you say everybody? Gotta live it up today (today)… So wuat yiu sey evrybarey? Gara livirap tudey (tudey)
We can all get some, yeah, we can all get paid

Say hey (gotta live it up today)…  Sey jey (Gara livirap tudey)
Whoa (yeah, we don’t have to live this way)… Wuooooo (yiea, wui don’ jaf tu liv’ dis wuey)