Goodbye cruel world, I'm leaving you today Goodbye, all you people There's nothing you can say To make me change my mind

Are still alive and well today Don't need to find a new way to say We don't go out of style A good woman's made to love not just to hold Monday through Friday sure takes awhile We all get sideways and go that extra mile The common ways we work and play

Saw things so much clearer Once you, once you (rearviewmirror) What I could not forgive I took a drive today Time to emancipate I guess it was the beatings made me wise But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize I couldn't breathe, holdin' me down

Don't come for me today I'm feeling good But no baby, no baby, not today I'mma savor it I remember when You came to take me away So close I was to heaven's gates

Just waiting, just waiting Nothing can hurt me today There's a magic inside Just waiting to burst out That will melt tomorrow I woke up stronger than ever Driven by big waves of fire To run and yell all the way The world is a goldmine

Hate and war The only things we got today An' if I close my eyes They will not go away You have to deal with it It is the currency Hate, hate, hate, the hate of a nation A million miles from home And get war from the junkies

The streets keep tryin' to say Come back around this way I've already gone that way I won't go back today I'm not goin' back But I'm not going back

Nothing matters but the pain Nothing matters but the pain, you're all alone The never ending night when you're awake There will be the time to crack another smile Maybe not today or for a while But we're holding on you won't forget some day You can't

Soon as I get paid Ring a ling with the telephone Is the man of the house at home? Your master card is over due Mr. Mo we need a payment from you Right now, right now, right away I ain't got nothing to send you today But I'ma give you all your money

Though I never pray God reigns today Let's be, let's be love And if I never stand on another corner trying hard to be a father If I never need again I'll find that sleep again Oh, once you crawl in, you never come back again Oh, and once you crawl in,