DID IT and DONE IT

A very dear friend of mine was recently let go due to "re-structuring", after a solid and productive career with a large company. I'm furious at how he's been treated, even though he's got his chin up and has already moved on to better things. I wrote this for him out of admiration:

DID IT and DONE IT

Just keepin' on, movin' straight ahead,
Gotta be the man, gotta be the one,
Gotta keep drivin' till the setting of the sun,
The rat in the rat-race, is a rat unless he's won.

CHORUS:    So have I measured up?    Are your expectations met?
        Is my effort up to snuff? Have I finally done enough?
        Well, I did it and I've done it, and I've done stopped tryin'.
        You no longer own me, and I'm all done cryin'.

There's the ladder, lad … climb it if you can,
Straight to the top, it's our predetermined plan,
The company it needs you, you owe the world your best,
You'll drop dead one day, that's when you can rest.

CHORUS:    So have I measured up?    Are your expectations met?
        Is my effort up to snuff? Have I finally done enough?
        Well, I did it and I've done it, and I've done stopped tryin'.
        You no longer own me, and I'm all done cryin'.

He's been with us a while, his career has us all amazed,
He's worked like a mad man, climbed like he's crazed,
But with all his paid vacation, and his benefits have grown,
We really can't afford him now, pass the boss the phone.

CHORUS:    So have I measured up?    Are your expectations met?
        Is my effort up to snuff? Have I finally done enough?
        Well, I did it and I've done it, and I've done stopped tryin'.
        You no longer own me, and I'm all done cryin'.

Well, that was quite a call, that was quite a shock,
They said I was their golden boy, then dropped me like a rock.
I bought into their dreams, and made their hopes my own,
But they can stew in their own juice, I'm done chasing their bone.

CHORUS:    So have I measured up?    Are your expectations met?
        Is my effort up to snuff? Have I finally done enough?
        Well, I did it and I've done it, and I've done stopped tryin'.
        You no longer own me, and I'm all done cryin'.