- Buck 65 Craftsmanship 歌詞
- Buck 65
- Most folks spend their days daydreaming or finding clues
My whole life Ive been here at the train station shining shoes
I started when I was nine, on my own and taught myself
No complaints, Im doing pretty good and I got my health
Memories and calluses, my hearings probably next to go
Sometimes I do a little handy work for extra dough
But mostly this here is how I spend my time
And Ive perfected a technique I call the dry shine
Some guys use lots of water on the shoe but then
When its out in the open air its gone in ten minutes
That whole approach to the job is dumb, in fact
Dollars to donuts, that customer wont be coming back
This is the most common mistake of the amateurs
Going for big numbers to satisfy their managers
Anyway, the dry shine, the first thing I mean to do
And this part is very important, I clean the shoe
The residue and old polish to keep the shoe from being ruined
All you need to do is use a rag with some cleaning fluid
If the shoes all caked up with gunk you need to think
The shoe cant breathe and thats what causes the feet to stink
They took Carfoine off the market, I believe
It was a few years ago cause that leather couldnt breathe
Now once youve cleaned the shoe and its dried
Your base coat of polish can now be applied
Then you brush, cause what that tends to do
Is clean the shoe a little more and gets rid of the residue
And then you do the second coat just like the first one
You brush it, you rag it, and voila, your work is done
And thats it, you treat each shoe like its special
Care about your work, and be a professional
Theres a right way to go about your job and a wrong one
I find this way is much better in the long run
It aint about the dollar or trying to go fast
Unless you take pride in what youre doing, it wont last
Craftsmanship is a quality that some lack
You got to give people a reason for them to come back
The worlds a different place than what I was introduced to
They dont wear shineable shoes like they used to
Casual clothes in the office, what is this
The villain in sneakers is killing my business
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