After all, I'm just a man I'm a blue collar man had a hammer in my hand For the last few years of my life Working double overtime While you sleep alone at night Baby I know it's been a long hard ride Sometimes I forget to say I love you But baby please

Will we remember different summers Heads is easy Tails is harder to plan We're like a melody with no words Until we figure it out La, la, la, la, la, la I know it's simple yeah, but it's worked right up 'til now It's up to now

She was a big star It feels good in the hot spotlight At Banana Joe's Bar Where she sang karaoke every night She said if you work hard to get where you are She's a big star She was aware of her insecurities As she took the stage But she was convinced if

I walked into your store Just to have a look around Asked if you could help me With the bargain I had found Tried to explain to you, darlin' That I was just a working man You came up with some term That I could not understand Oh, little lady

I know I can (I know I can) Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be) If I work hard at it (If I work hard it) I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be) Save the music, y'all I know I can Be what I wanna be If I work hard at it I'll be where I

Make Money, Make Money, (ahh) but don't bow fi it Money don't change we, Wi ah money changa, If you dis wi ah danga, Wi work hard fi wi paper, 'Cause wi wan big van, An' wi wan skyscrapa, (Ghetto yute!!) Don't bow don't fuck nuh batty eh,

I try to make it stop Hard work don't stop When you know what you got Sacrifice ain't that hard Feel like depending on me Sometimes we ain't meant to be free And I know that we have asked for change Don't be scared to put the fears to shame Don't feel,

Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold What if our hard work ends in despair? What if the road won't take me there? What if to love and be loved's not enough? What if I fall and can't bear to get up? It shone like gold No gold can stay We could stay

Playing the role of mom and dad Working so hard just to get paid As a single parent life ain't easy Consider, how she make it to the end of the day I wonder, how she make it to the end of the day I never know no father yet you provide my dinner And I

Buy me a rose, call me from work Open a door for me, what would it hurt Show me you love me by the look in your eyes These are the little things I need the most in my life He works hard to give her all he thinks she wants A three car garage, her own