I'm catching hell out here People and you know, I know it ain't right I say, I'm catching hell out here And people you know, I know it ain't right| Cause I'm so broke, I'm so broke right now, that I can't even spend the night My only son I don't think he really know who I am I said, my only son| I don't think, I don't think he really know who I am Frankly speaking people, I don't think, I don't think he really gives a damn Look at here I pawned my watch, and you know I pawned my dog-gone ring I said, yes, I pawned my watch Baby you know I pawned, I pawned my dog-gone ring You know I'm trying to ride this old rack-e-ty bike And I don't even have a dog-gone chain Look at here I'm catching hell, I'm catching hell, yeah And people and you know that ain't right I say, I'm catching hell, yeah And people you know, you know, that ain't right I'm so broke right now, that I can't even spend the night. Look at here

Moon so bright night, so fine Keep your heart here with mine Life's a dream we are dreaming Race the moon catch the wind Ride the night to the end Seize the day stand up for the light I want to spend my lifetime, loving you If that is all in life I ever do Heroes rise heroes fall Rise again, win it all In your heart, can't you feel the glory Through our joy, through our pain We can move worlds again Take my hand, dance with me I want to spend my lifetime loving you If that is all in life I ever do I will want nothing else to see me through If I can spend my lifetime, loving you Though we know we will never come again Where there is love, life begins Over and over again Save the night, save the day Save the love, come what may Love is worth everything we pay I want to spend my lifetime, loving you If that is all in life I ever do I want to spend my lifetime, loving you If that is all in life I ever do I will want nothing else to see me through If I can spend my lifetime, loving you

This a wake up Ain't nothing like the Sunnyside sunshine (sunshine) Hitting corners ducking one-time In my platinum color four dog Tinted out roll rolls (yea I roll, roll) I hit the beach and I say tops down Girls with they tops down (whistle) They got bikinis and they thongs on Dancing to the thong song (thong song) You been to blocks and drinking brews You been hanging out with your crew But I'm rolling the spotty for you Can I spend the night with you You been to blocks and drinking brews You been hanging out with your crew But I'm rolling the spotty for you Can I spend the night with you I see that lately that my loves on Stop at Papa Joes and get my grub on I ran into my old fling Tasha Still looking cute but she was knocked up (knocked up) I'm like ay how you been girl I see you finna have a kid girl The funny thing about Tasha (what's that) Is that she was destined to be knocked up (knocked up) She twenty-nine and still a cold freak But she got a baby in the car seat She wanted to be seen in all the funk spots Still getting crunk staying drunk huh (drunk huh) The Friday nights are still the same things Looking for diamonds and the chrome things (bling, bling) I'm sitting in my Benz in a nice spot I bet you want to be my wife huh You been to blocks and drinking brews You been hanging out with your crew But I'm rolling the spotty for you Can I spend the night with you You been to blocks and drinking brews You been hanging out with your crew But I'm rolling the spotty for you Can I spend the night with you And I been lonely for a long time That's why I'm glad the baby ain't mine Ran up to the door but left my car keys I went back in the store and I saw Daffany Lookin like she did back in eighth grade (eighth grade) Just like she did back in eighth grade We used to skip school and do the wild thang And I'm like daffany was up man I just got out law school She said attorney for the criminals I'm making six figures every six months She said she had everything a bitch want And been lookin for a nigga for her whole life (whole life) Don't you want to make me your wife? (Uh, uh) I guess my answer must have stunned her (I don't think so) I guess I must have stunned her Bye, bye baby You been to blocks and drinking brews You been hanging out with your crew But I'm rolling the spotty for you Can I spend the night with you You been to blocks and drinking brews You been hanging out with your crew But I'm rolling the spotty for you Can I spend the night with you I guess I didn't know, I guess I didn't know I'm calling; I'm calling not anybody just you now baby Keep your eyes on me baby

Time is tickin' baby, take a load off (And don't hold back) I'll take the weight up off your shoulders (You know I'll do that) Wake up to lovin' in the morning (Hot sex) If you spend the night with me Rollin' around from the floor to the bed Can't get you out of my mind You live free in my head Stuck inside a lucid dream Everything's what it seems Come closer to me Come closer to me, yeah Into the night I see stars in your eyes Got me trippin' hypnotized From the way that they shine Stuck inside a lucid dream Everything's what it seems Come closer to me Come closer to me, yeah Don't wanna think about it, think about it Do it, do it, do it 'til the doing feels right, yeah Don't wanna think about it, think about it (Ooh-la-la-la) Don't wanna think about it, think about it Do it, do it, do it 'til the doing feels right, yeah We can do it all night, yeah, yeah, yeah Time is tickin' baby, take a load off (And don't hold back) I'll take the weight up off your shoulders (You know I'll do that) Wake up to lovin' in the morning (Hot sex) If you spend the night with me Yeah, yeah, yeah It's the way that your body's down on my body Boy it's a party Can't lie I'm addicted, want it like quick, quick Baby you started it I know that you feel it too You got me inside my head I'm thinkin' 'bout things you do-do-do Come closer boy, the night's over when I say it's over (Yeah, yeah) When I touch you baby then you touch me I wanna be closer (Yeah, yeah) Love it when you wake me up like coffee No Folgers, ooh-wee Got a feelin' that you might get lucky, no clover Don't wanna think about it, think about it Do it, do it, do it 'til the doing feels right, yeah We can do it all night, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ooh) Time is tickin' baby, take a load off (And don't hold back) I'll take the weight up off your shoulders (You know I'll do that) Wake up to lovin' in the morning (Hot sex) If you spend the night with me Time is tickin' baby, take a load off (And don't hold back) I'll take the weight up off your shoulders (You know I'll do that) Wake up to lovin' in the morning (Hot sex) If you spend the night with me (Ooh) Come and spend the night Come and spend the night Oh my baby Night, yeah Come and spend the night Come and spend the night I know, oh

Who will buy a glad story That a young man has to sell? Come into my house of glory And I will treat you well. Who will buy a sad story That a widow has to sell? Come into my house of lonely And I will treat you well. Young and old, we all have stories That we all must try to sell Tales of how you get to heaven And how we been through hell Who will buy a perfumed story That a young girl has to sell? Sleep with me on satin pillows And I will treat you well.

You want to take me to a doctor To talk to me about my mind To try to give directions to some places That I don't really want to find Trouble in me is not related To things that I might say or do I'm really not that complicated Your good doctor friend, he oughta talk to you I notice that he can't remember Things that he never should forget Why does he spend his evenings smoking Them funny-smelling cigarettes? I have a friend that knows your best friend He goes some places where she goes He said he saw y'all at a party Sniffing white powder up your nose You got the nerve to call me narrow-minded 'Cause I'm not loose and indiscreet People lying down always get blinded By people standing on their own two feet Life is just a shadow That I just can't seem to find sometimes Oh Lordy, sometimes But I guess I'll make it 'Cause I found out that it's really in my mind Really all in my mind You shouldn't take it too seriously 'Cause it really ain't gon' last too long Really ain't gon' last too long You really only got two choices You can lay down and be weak Or you can stand up where you're at And still be strong Stand up and still be strong Hey, tomorrow depends too much on today And yesterday, all that gentleman is to you is gone All he is, is gone All you find out looking back Is the fact that both of us was wrong Both of us was wrong Hey, now you're talking right to me But you really ain't saying a thang You're pouring muddy water on me Trying to convince me it's rain Now you're talking to me crazy But you're trying to make me feel insane Oh Lordy, feel insane You're like a Sunday family Digging animals in a zoo But while you're looking at monkeys Monkey's looking dead at you Two people getting done Trying to figure out who's doing who If you're throwing dirt at people You got to get some dirt on you I got to take a ton of lies Just to get an ounce of truth from you You're like a man loving Jesus That says he can't stand a Jew Get on down and play the dozens Talk about your folks From your mama to your cousins You head down there Now you know what I'm talking 'bout Get on down and play the dozens Talk about your folks From your mama to your cousins You head down there Now you know what I'm talking 'bout

Summer night in Harlem Man it's really hot Well it's too hot to sleep and too cold to eat I don't care if I die or not Winter night in Harlem Oh oh radiator won't get hot And that mean old landlord He don't care if I freeze to death or not Saturday night in Harlem Oh every thing's alright You can really swing and shake your pretty thing The parties are out of sight Sunday morning here in Harlem Now every body's all dressed up The heathen folk just gettin' home from the party And the good folk just got up Our crooked delegation wants a donation To send the preacher to the holy land Hey hey Lord, honey don't give your money To that lyin', cheatin' man Saturday night in Harlem Hey hey, every thing's alright You can really swing and shake your pretty thing The parties are out of sight Sunday morning here in Harlem Now every body's all dressed up The heathen folk just gettin' home from the party And the good folk just got up Our crooked delegation wants a donation To send the preacher to the holy land Hey hey Lord, honey don't give your money To that lyin', cheatin' man

Love, everybody needs you sometimes Why do I have to call on you When I'm only feeling sad and lonely Let's just love awhile and smile Love, can we just be happy one time Why must it always end with you and I Only feeling sad and lonely Let's just love awhile and smile Love, help me shake it Can we make it right (love can make it right) We can make it (love can make it right) Help me make it right (love can make it right) We can make it (love can make it right) If we make it right Love, everybody needs but one time Try not to make it end with you and I Only feeling sad and lonely Let's just love awhile and smile Love, help me shake it Can we make it right (love can make it right) We can make it (love can make it right) Help me make it right (love can make it right) We can make it (love can make it right) If we make it right