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

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight Well, we're gonna kill 'em, gonna stomp 'em tonight Yeah, we're gonna thrill 'em, gonna do 'em up right Oh, we're gonna take 'em, gonna give 'em a fright Are you ready for a hard time, are you ready for the ball to top

But I'm the only ghost walkin' through the hallways The pain gets so much clearer When the one to blame is standing in the mirror This fool, this life Lit a match and set his life on fire Yeah, she tasted like home Oh well, home ain't what I'm callin' I

Before the night begins I'm in my black Benz Doin' cocaine with my black friends Uh, we'll be high as hell before the night ends, yeah Oh, we'll be high before the night ends Before the night ends Switch up to the white Benz Doin’ Codeine with my white

No, we ain't gonna take it Oh we're not gonna take it Oh we're not gonna take it anymore We're right (yeah) We're free (yeah) We'll fight (yeah) You'll see (yeah) We're not gonna take it

That's good to me, oh yeah I got a woman, way over town She saves her lovin', early in the mornin' Just for me, oh yeah Well, don't you know she's all right Well, I got a woman, way over town Said I got a woman, way over town Good to me, oh yeah She

Yeah, it's always better when we're together Well, it's always better when we're together There is no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard No song that I could sing, but I can try for your heart Our dreams, and they are made out of

Uh ah, uh ho Yeah, she's gotta have soul Or it won't feel right Well, just plain, clean and simple Wrapped up nice n' tight And homegrown and down-home, that makes one Cookin' up that old time, long lost recipe for me, woh It's gettin' hard to find

Hmm hmm, let me because Oh oh, free to see, yeah well Want to walk away, oh oh Let me feel my feet Let me be, free I want to be free now Time and time and time we see these Each for each and each will be then Shed blood for what they each believe, well

Oh, well a sayin' that you're leavin', I don't want to hear that talk Stare at disbelief in me when I just up and walk Oh, woman and a woman, them are silly games you play, yeah Dealin' with your troubles drove me away Outta love (outta love) again,