Originally a song by “Cage the
Elephant”, the phrase is used to describe the lives of
people in severe poverty either engaging in illicit activity like prostitution, robbery, or theft out of necessity to survive. Reasons include bills to pay, mouths to feed, and the fact that nothing in this
world is for free. They’re not generally heartless bastards, but money makes you do things you shouldn’t be doing.
Person 1: I heard that a bunch of guys
robbed an ACE Hardware store the other
dayPerson 2 : times must’ve been tough. Ain’t no rest for the
wicked.