(Hard times) (Hard times) gonna make you wonder why you even try (Hard times) gonna take you down and laugh when you cry (These lives) and I still don't know how I even survive When I hit the ground (Hard times) (hard times) All that I want Tell my

Don't cry, just ask why, and try not to die As I take you through a ghetto nigga's lullabye The only way, for me to come back, is by makaveli That's it! all these motherfuckers stole from me I'm takin' back what's mine Laughing you motherfuckers can't

I guess I can't believe you really came And that we're sitting on this pier See, I'm smiling That means I'm happy that you're here I stole this sweater from the costume shop It makes me look like Daisy Mae See, we're laughing I think we're gonna be okay

I was laughing, Playing in the streets, I was unknowing; I didn't know my fate. The game of love, but never really showing; I thought that love could wait. I was a young man and sure to go astray. You walked right into my life and told me love would find

I'm better off now that you're gone There'll be no sleepless nights, I'll be alright from now on I'm through with this, I'll forget your kiss and move on I threw away a lifetime, you laughed and called it a sin There ain't ever gonna be a way to work it

It's a laugh, what a laugh It's so stupid I gotta laugh We were forever And the funny thing is everyone thought And the other thing is I really thought You must be thinkin' something That we were special But you ain't sayin' nothing You remember me

Hold it in, now let's go dancing I do believe we're only passing through Wired again, now look who's laughing You again, oh you, oh you, oh you Me again, all fired up on you What to say and what she really means Wrapped up in dissonance I'm sorry that I

I was laughing, Playing in the streets, I was unknowing; I didn't know my fate. The game of love, but never really showing; I thought that love could wait. I was a young man and sure to go astray. You walked right into my life and told me love would find

It's only life Getting louder all the time Do you, do you wanna bleed? Do you, do you wanna live in vain? She's so afraid to kiss And so afraid to laugh Is she runnin' from her past? She's so afraid of love Is so afraid of hate

I'm alone and I'm an easy target They knew all along They're not dumb, they were so wrong She's not always fun Hate it now, call when I'm done Pieces fell in place Puzzles suck, laugh in my face Turn and swing the pace