Work Rap Song

Well you don't know my name but you sure know me,

I work in New York, Boston, and D.C.

[ used to be a typist, a secretary,

But now I enter data on a V.D.T.*

I tell you it's not like they show on T.V.

It's hell to earn a living on a V.D.T.

You won't hear me say that typing was fun,

But at least I could see the work that I'd done.

And the boss couldn't test my productivity

By punching up my number on his V.D.T.

I swear the screen is staring back at me,

It's hell to eam a living on a V.D.T.

My supervisor says it's safe for me,

She shows me a study done at M.LT.t

You can see what its done to my eyes,

Heaven only knows what it's doing inside.

I tell you it's not like I thought it would be, |

It's hell to earn a living on a V.D.T.

When you think of union what comes to your mind,

A guy driving a truck or working the line.

But if you ever spent hours behind a V.D,T.,

You know no one needs a union more than me.

My eyes are aching but now I can see,

It's hell to carn a living on a V.D.T.

tMassachusetts Institute of Technology