Wake, wake, wakin' me up Weight, weight, puttin' me down Uh, let's start off with something light You bringin' the candle light That I put inside sometime Tell me what you say 'cause you know I got it baby I wanna call you, I wanna leave it up You feel

If I let it out I don't know what I'll do There's a creature inside of you too So I shut it out, I bottle up, I hide it from the world I can't hold back The creature wants me screaming, screaming I'm living a lie, there's a creature hiding inside of me

'Cause a real man, knows a real woman when he sees her And a real woman knows a real man ain't afraid to please her And a real man just can't deny a woman's worth You will lose if you chose to refuse to put her first She will if she can find a man who

You ain't know I gotta go Where ya goin'? I gotta get back to the money To the money I got a lot of loot, and I ain't lookin' for a lady And you can never pay me, I'm from Uptown, baby I wake up in the mornin', take a piss, and wash my hands Take a knee,

Can't stop now don't you know I ain't never gonna let you go Came in from the city Walked into the door I turned around when I heard the sound Of footsteps on the floor Love just like addiction Now I'm hooked on you I need some time to get it right

Sometimes I can't believe it I'm moving past the feeling again If I could have it back All the time that we wasted I'd only waste it again You know I would love to waste it again Waste it again and again and again Well, I've got to ask Sometimes I can't

I won't be standing up for long, I'd better learn how to crawl In ten minutes I'll be laying out flat on the floor One more anthem for the know-it-all Learn how to crawl Not like I need to depend upon anyone Since I can see the lack of need for me to be

I've heard it all before, I've heard it all before I don't wanna hear I don't wanna know Please don't say 'forgive me' (I've heard it all before) Please don't say you're sorry I've heard it all before And I can take care of myself I've seen it all before

Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ah ah ah ah To walk around my head all night You got me tangled like a braid, tied-twisted I don't think it's fair I don't think it's very nice I don't know why I got these feelings, yeah, I just can't seem to get away from

Make them suffer Make them suffer While they plead for cessation Entirely demoralized and close to mass extinction Damned to please supremacy The reason for their martyrdom they will never know While they bleed through damnation Begged for retribution