Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson

Uh, this is life (this is life) This is what I know (this what I know) So to me (so to me) this is life (this is life) One more road to cross One more risk to take Gotta live my life Like there's one more move to make One more road to cross One more risk to take Gotta live my life Like there's one more move to make I'm up at like 6 a.m. to check this nigga He work the nightshift, and I gots to check them figures Knock on his door, peoples talkin' 'bout, "He ain't there" But the house is packed, shit I know he here somewhere See money get high, I don't knock what a nigga do to get by Just make sure you gettin by, don't fuck with you gettin' mine Ain't the first time he ran off, shoulda split his shit then Hate to think of what he's did and if I catch him slippin' Won't be an ass-whippin', I can tell you that I keep it real with this cat, he go and sell two packs And run off (damn) tell me, he was locked down, up North And you out a week later? That's bullshit! I bust off, I need this dough Fuck you think I'm here for my health? I need this wealth because I feed myself You play with my life, when you play with my money Playin around but this'll be the last time you think somethin's funny One more road to cross One more risk to take Gotta live my life Like there's one more move to make One more road to cross One more risk to take Gotta live my life Like there's one more move to make Yo, I've been casin' the liquor store, for a month now With me and two other niggas is about to run up in there and shut it down I got four people on the inside, one stay in the back Two stock boys, one at the register, but he count the stacks Aight bitch, put on the ski mask, make sure that when we ask For the dough they know that we takin' all three bags Now see that? You gotta hear 'em shoot that nigga Matter of fact, you hit the back, I'll put two in that nigga Hardhead motherfuckers always get it I told him what would happen if he moved, the nigga moved, so I did it Did you get it? I asked my man as he was comin' from the back Nigga opened his mouth said nothin' and fell out flat This cat come out spittin', hittin' my mans, his mans Couldn't control what was in his hands I'm hit, damn! I bust back, and got the fuck up out of there Didn't get a dime, but at least I got up out of there One more road to cross One more risk to take Gotta live my life Like there's one more move to make One more road to cross One more risk to take Gotta live my life Like there's one more move to make Hey, yo I see it, try to avoid it, but it comes That's how it's goin' in the slums over crumbs Somethin' little becomes somethin' major Niggas gettin' blown up like a pager Ear to ear with the razor, pour out my soul Took control of hurt, why must Earl Simmons swim in dirt? I'm gon' make it work, twenty-eight and tryin' to get baptized Priest cannot touch me 'cause he said I gave him bad vibes Ryde, when I die, straight down, but I'm plottin We all gots to go but who wants to be forgotten? I'ma leave a mark, and it won't be the mark of the devil Throw dirt and may your hands burn when you touch the shovel The level of animosity is stoppin' me from thrivin' Fuck what them niggas is talkin' about, I'm survivin' Alive and goin' through it, but I made my bed So now it's in these flames that I, lay my head One more road to cross One more risk to take Gotta live my life Like there's one more move to make One more road to cross One more risk to take Gotta live my life Like there's one more move to make One more road to cross One more risk to take Gotta live my life Like there's one more move to make One more road to cross One more risk to take Gotta live my life Like there's one more move to make

Alright, why did the chicken cross the road? I said Why did the chicken cross the road? (Oh, oh-oh) Why did the chicken cross the road? (To get to the other side!) Why did the chicken cross the road? (Oh, oh-oh) To get to the other side The other side Why did the chicken cross the road? (Oh, oh-oh) Why did the chicken cross the road? (To get to the other side!) Why did the chicken cross the road? (Yeah-yeah) (oh, oh-oh) To get to the other side (whoa) Thе other side Jump in the Cadillac, girl, lеt's put some miles on it Anything you want, just to put a smile on it (ooh-ooh) You deserve it, baby, you deserve it all And I'm gonna give it to you Feel like I'm the chicken crossing through the road of love And I don't know everything I want to, need to know But you deserve all my attention, every moment (ayy, yeah-yeah) I can't prevent my need to be with you, no Why did the chicken cross the road? (Chicken cross the road, oh, oh-oh) Why did the chicken cross the road? (Lucky for you, that's what I like, ayy) Why did the chicken cross the road? (Oh, oh-oh) To get to the other side The other side (jump, jump, jump) Jump in the Cadillac (jump, jump), girl, let's put some miles on it (jump) Anything you want (jump), just to put a smile on it You deserve it, baby, you deserve it all (you deserve it, baby, yeah) And I'm gonna give it to you To you

There ain't a pair of boots in my closet That ain't scuffed up and walked right through the soles And there ain't a pair of jeans That ain't hanging on by the seams and full of holes I ain't never been inside a three piece suit And my collar's just a worn out shade of blue I try to beat the morning sun out of the bed And then I work like hell 'til the sun goes down And then I rest my head next to The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Lord only knows what she means to me Solid as the rock on her left hand She's proud to be my woman And that's why I'm proud to be her man She has flowers in her hair on Sunday mornin' And she has a bud light in her hand on Friday night She's corn bread in the oven She's wild and crazy loving me just right Oh you know that's right She ain't afraid to put me in my place And she ain't afraid to love me every night, so every day I try to beat the morning sun out of bed Then I work like hell 'til the sun goes down And then I rest my head next to The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Lord only knows what she means to me Solid as the rock on her left hand She's proud to be my woman And that's why I'm proud to be her man And she can rock a dress and cowboy boots Make a rolling stone wanna plant some roots And she's the one thing that I can't afford lose So I try to beat the morning sun out of the bed And then I work like hell 'til the sun goes down And then I rest my head next to The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Lord only knows what she means to me The reason I keep this ring on my left hand She's proud to be my woman That's why I'm proud to be her man She's proud to be my woman And that's why I'm proud to be her man

Did you ever have one of those days When it just rains and it rains? You mind and your whole back aches But you get up anyways You gave up your dreams, you got a boss to please It makes you wonder if it's worth it Loosen my chain 'cause even my pain is hurting I said, "Lord won't you give an old boy a break You said you wouldn't give me more than I could take" But this old world, it sure rattles your faith sometimes Well you try and you try and you keep on trying Happy's for sale but you can't buy it How 'bout a little something to ease a man's burden? 'Cause even my pain is hurting My house ain't worth what I owe I've been all my life owing that load And like a sucker I bought what they sold But down here in the ground ain't gold Yeah I've been a caged bird singing Waiting on freedom, feeling like my prayers ain't working Go on and loosen my chain 'cause even my pain is hurting So I said, "Lord cant you give an old boy a break You said you wouldn't give me more than I could take" But this old world can sure rattle your faith sometimes Yeah 'cause you try and you try and you keep on trying Happy's for sale but you can't buy it How 'bout a little something to ease a man's burden? 'Cause even my pain is hurting I got a loaded forty-five laying on to the table Next to a bottle of old Black Label Can't be the only way to ease a man's burden So I said, "Lord won't you give an old boy a break You said you wouldn't give me more than I could take" But this old world can sure rattle your faith sometimes Yeah 'cause you try and you try and you keep on trying Happy's for sale but you can't buy it How 'bout a little something to ease a man's burden? 'Cause even my pain is hurting Oh I say now even my pain, even my pain Mmm, said even my pain is hurting, whoa