Pressure, pressure Pressure No I never can understand it The way the system plan There's no hope, no chance, no loophole No escape for a suffering man Cause every time I lift my head above water And try to save myself from drown There's an overnight scheme all worked out Designed to keep ah me down Still I'm Putting up a resistance I'm ah gonna work it out You know I'm Putting up a resistance I've got to work it out Blow wind blow, blow wind blow I want to stay home tonight I long to spend some time with the family But staying home won't make it right Sometimes the pressure make me feel like bawling When every sign says no way out Breaking my back to make an overtime dollar That just goes from hand to mouth Still I'm Putting up a resistance I'm gonna work it out You know I'm Putting up a resistance I've got to work it out Lord I'm Putting up a resistance I'm ah gonna work it out You know I'm Putting up a resistance I'm gonna work it out, Lord! Got to fight it Got to fight it No I never can understand it The way the system goes I don't know how they do it There's only one way things flow Cause every time I lift my head above water And try to save myself from drowning There's an overnight scheme all worked out Designed to keep ah me down Still I'm Putting up a resistance I've got to work it out You know I'm Putting up a resistance I'm gonna work it out now Putting up a resistance I'm gonna work it out Putting up a resistance I'm gonna work it out Blow wind blow, blow wind blow I want to stay home tonight I'd like to spend some time with the family But staying home won't make it right Sometimes the pressure make me feel like bawling When every sign says no way out Breaking my back to make an overnight dollar That just goes from man to mouth Still I'm Putting up a resistance I'm gonna work it out You know I'm Putting up a resistance I'm gonna work it out now Putting up a resistance I'm gonna work it out You know I'm Putting up a resistance I've got to work it out You I'm (putting up a resistance) Putting it up some fight, gat to fight (putting a resistance) I'm gonna work it out right now Putting up a resistance now Aha aha ahaa (putting up a resistance) Oh oh oh (putting up a resistance) Putting up a fight, fight, fight, fight, fight

I don't know how it ends, I can't see it in the distance But can you ever reach the end of a timeless existence? I'll bet ya I can run faster with no wind resistance I'll fly under no conditions Teach myself complete submission While I grant myself complete permission Just imagine being human, hating your confusion Denying 'til it's proven, laughing at illusion Thinking institution's the solution While tyranny and irony float in its pollution Imagine reducing yourself to your name Janet, you've got no one else you can blame You've stuck all your consciousness inside of your brain So now you just shoot stuff inside of your veins So go ahead and find your meaning with your methamphetamine And once you can see that you've trapped all your grace Maybe you'll join me and girl we can race I'll bet ya I can run faster with no wind resistance I'll fly under no conditions Teach myself complete submission While I grant myself complete permission No streets, receipts Off-beat heartbeats Just window seats For free, for free I've been here 60 years and I'm still not bored There's absolutely nothing that I can't afford And I've found that almost everything is made of cardboard And there's absolutely nothing I can't sing with weird chords and I can run faster with no wind resistance I'll fly under no conditions Teach myself complete submission While I grant myself complete permission

I came here cause I said I would Ain't been honest, my word's no good Guilt high in my neck I shouldn't have done you wrong It was another case of if only and then So quick I go crazy for a fantasy man Put off being true I knew it all along You came to me sweet honey Someone who cares I was putting on airs I was Honey where did your heart first break They tell me that will take you to the same mistake Over and over once more To get your attention If your pride don't drive you right out of town And you don't want to keep your head down Then I guess you better stand up straight And set your intention You came to me sweet honey Someone who cares I was putting on airs You came to me sweet honey Someone who cares I was putting on airs I was I was Me I never did learn to like myself Been chasing down anyone who might could help Lure them all in with charm Come out stealing No, it never really even mattered who But eventually your record catches up with you They'll see you from across the room And know what you're dealing You came to me sweet honey Someone who cares I was putting on airs You came to me sweet honey Someone who cares I was putting on airs I was

Friends, what are you supposed to do? Should you build me up or break me down? Friends, what are you there for? If you're in my need, you're never around Friends, what are your duties? Does it mean loyalty? Tell me the truth even when it hurts No matter what it may be 'Cause I got my problems And you know that I got them But you still sayin' nothin' Though you know I'm hurtin' Half way smiling means something's hiding And you're keeping the solution Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Ever so often I get disappointed Now I got nothing else to prove Y'all have been acting upon my weakness All in the name of love Now I keep a close eye on all those who deny Those who are leaving alive, don't think you've won In your head I'm from the rebel Think I'll get miserable, you made me struggle Didn't know I'm able to check my timetable And no good people help me some fund Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friend, do you know what's a secret? Are you sure you know how to keep it? Based on what I heard yesterday You surely gave me away Now it's been said that my bills aren't paid I'm running low on bread, it's going to my head Check the flow as the story goes What do you know? I remember when I had this master plan And you said we could've done Was you weren't the one? Can't explain, but in the end they glister you again Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder

Yeah It's dog eat dog world out there Yeah Gotta be strong to survive, yeah Strong, strong, strong, yeah, oh, yeah I cry freedom For the innocent that's in captivity I cry freedom Yeah, yeah I cry freedom My people, you're robbed of your liberty I say freedom Yeah, yeah For the family that's gone To a distant foreign land To make good for themselves And the ones that are left back home Letters once in a while Can bring a little smile My letters can have you And sure can explain heeds that to the pain I say freedom For the colors that's discriminated upon I cry freedom Yeah, yeah, yeah I cry freedom Woman have what you take and as much as you can Cry freedom, yeah, yeah For the ordinary men Whether's little did he plan We give no time of day to, it is a miracle how we get through Goes to bed early, tryna dream of a heaven bird Hoping it's gonna play Can't wait for the day he can truly say Today is my day I cry freedom For all the young minds that they led astray I cry freedom Yeah, yeah, oh, God I cry freedom Bullies everywhere, today's the day I cry freedom Yeah, yeah, yeah For your book of rules that says Getting rich is not my kind of business I got things for you, my friend I'm gonna fight it right to the end I toil and toil even when my back hurts I still feel the dream Though sometimes I get weak Still mine stepped up And to fortify I cry freedom For all the principles my ancestors died for I cry freedom, yes Yeah, yeah, oh I cry freedom For the little they give and take mine more I cry freedom Yeah, yeah I cry freedom For my little sisters, they turned to slaves I cry freedom, yes Yeah, yeah I cry freedom For those who reach out and never had, sleep good Freedom

Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na Whoa, na, mmh, na Oh, yesterday I walked away You left my way and now You left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' Gotta find my way through the downtown crowd Hopin' cars and buses will help To drown this feelin' Such a lonely feelin' I'll have to do the best that I can To stay away from the sound When I roll over in bed to touch, and you're not there That's when it hurts the most You left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' You left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' I told myself I was so strong Can't let my friends know that You left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' What will I do when they all ask "Where are you and how come we're not sparrin' At the big dance jammin'?" I'm gonna tell them, "You're gone on vacation Or that your mama ain't feelin' so well" Maybe I'll go a little bit overboard And say that, "You're now with the Lord" You left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' You left me cryin' You left me cryin' Now wherever you are my darlin' one Take the strain off of me Remember it's the same good old Beres And me and you nah live so Don't leave me cryin' Don't leave me cryin' Don't leave me cryin', oh Na-na-na-na-na, hey Na-na-na, oh Oh, yesterday I walked away You left my way and now Today I'm cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' What will I do when friends all ask "Where are you and how come we're not sparrin' At the big dance jammin'?" I'm gonna tell them, "You're gone on vacation Or that your mama ain't feelin' so well" Maybe I'll go a little bit overboard And say that, "You're now with the Lord" 'Cause you left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin', oh, na-na-na Cryin' You left me cryin' Oh, yesterday I walked away Now today don't wanna be gray I'm cryin', girl, you left me cryin' Let's just take all the past and get it together, oh girl Reminisce on all those lovely days, yes, yes Don't let me cry, girl