'Til you have real friends I got a million ties Old friends become strangers New friends become dangerous Never does it ever let me down I got my drank poured I got these j's rolled up No need to change clothes I'll be fine in what I got on

Let the dog roam, he found his way back Loyal to the soil, I never change that We go way back, I can take you way back (You're all that I need to get by) (Oh, oh, oh, oh) You're all I need to get by And we lie together, cry together And I swear I hope we

I want a perfect child To live a perfect life in this world And though my heart tells me this could never be I see it all so perfectly They say when we have children It changes how we live Changes our direction From take to give

That's just the way it is Things will never be the same Come on come on I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself Is life worth living should I blast myself? I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black My stomach hurts so I'm lookin'

You'll never buy my love Something that you got to know this girl Will you realize when I'm gone Morning rains from the sky above But keep your change 'Cause I've got enough A little time and some tenderness No other thing is as precious too No other,

Try living, try try living You ain't lived in a woman's world If you never been told how you gotta be What you gotta wear, how you gotta speak And if you can't see that it's gotta change But she goes to the same job everyday She's overworked and

I know it all gets a little crazy But I got faith in you and me I know it's hard but'll never faze me 'Cause you let me let it be (Out of these handcuffs) You're the only one who doesn't try to change me Or strain me to take it all off And for the first

You see a man's face But you will never know his thoughts Yeah yeah yeah ah But you don't see his heart Everywhere you go There's a man to say love Never neither never neither Take it to heart For your heart is your heart

I should've said it all when I was close to you Like I was supposed to do No, it just won't wait And all these words, they come too late You could never compensate It's too late The hands of fate Just won't wait Help me change

I could have lied I'm such a fool My eyes could never never never Keep their cool Showed her and I told her how She struck me but I'm fucked up now I could never change Just what I feel My face will never show What is not real