My mother told me, before she passed away Said son when I'm gone don't forget to pray 'Cause there'll be hard times, hard times, oh yeah Who knows better than I? Well, I soon found out, just what she meant When I had to pawn my clothes, just to pay my

Oh, she knows me like I know myself Oh, she knows me so well Patience, my enemy And loving's my friend It's harder to leave With my heart on my sleeve Than to stay and just pretend I paid all my dues And she wanted to know

Hot love, you're making me crazy Hot love, you're making me bad REPEAT CHORUS Oh know, that girl, she's lookin' so fine I know she knows ,what she's doin' to my mind Ooh, does she know that I'm wanting her so Well, there's one thing I know, I can never