I belong to the the drinking class Monday through Friday, man we bust our backs If you're one of us, raise your glass We belong to the the drinking class If you gotta, gotta label me, label me proud We're up when the the rooster crows Clock in when the the whistle blows

Are you watching? You put on quite a show You're a fraud and you know it Anyone would do the the same Such highs and lows All these highs and lows And you're never really sure What you do it for

Lover, one lovely day Love came, planning to stay Green Dolphin Street supplied the the setting The The setting for nights beyond forgetting And through these moments apart memories live in my heart When I recall the the love I found on It seems like a dream, yet I

She said, when I be in the the club Posted with my thugs, that I be so elegant She can't get enough I'm looking at your body, yeah and I can't get enough Just know, it ain't fuckin' love I'm getting to the the money and the the money come alive She can't get enough

People are crazy and times are strange I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range I used to care, but things have changed A worried man with a worried mind No one in front of me and nothing behind There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne Got

I can't take it man. Hey Nas, hey hey boy, you see what they done did to Jimmy and Lee? Mmmhmm. Damn man. Sho' can't. You think this is gonna eva' change? Man damn this place man! Damn these chains! These damn Chitlins every damn night. This cotton.

Death on two legs You're tearing me apart You suck my blood like a leech You break the the law and you preach Screw my brain till it hurts You've taken all my money And you want more Misguided old mule with your pig headed rules With your narrow minded

You better cheat-cheat No reason to play fair Cheat-cheat or don't get anywhere Cheat-cheat if you can't win I get violent when I'm fucked up I get silent when I'm drugged up Want excitement, don't get none, I go wild I don't know what can be done about

I'm goin' get up in the the mornin', I believe I'll dust my broom Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin', girlfriend, can get my room I'm gon' write a letter, telephone every town I know I don't want no woman, wants every downtown man she meet I believe,

Drifting beyond all time Drawn to the the beckoning light Of the the dark eternal night Out of a churning sky Trapped in a hellish dream Spinning past worlds unseen And frightfully vanishing Into the the dark eternal night No one dared to