playin' kinda ruff

i wake up every morning

my neighbors screaming

alarm clock ringing

and lay back down

now i got such a sweet lady

well

sometimes i wonder why

why she sticks around

because the pieces just don' fall in place

stand up

be a man

sure getting tuff out here

playing kind of ruff

sure gettn' tuff out here

it's tuff

its ruff out here

playing kind of ruff

sure gettn' tuff out here

need some money and a job

playing kind of ruff

sure gettn' tuff out here

lord its ruff

yes its ruff out here

my job

good lord

have mercy

my job

the man is on my back 8 hours a day

mercy

mercy boss man

i wanna quit

pack it in

give it up

walk away

i can't quit

just can't quit

my woman

my babies are depending on me

and i can't duck responisbilities

do what i can to beat the man

sure getting tuff out here

playing kind of ruff

sure gettn' tuff out here. it's friday

i take my money straight home

it's friday

my money looks awful funny

just can't understand

how they calculate this tax

this tax

that tax

doing nothing else but paying a bunch of tax

ooh wee. now i got such a sweet lady

she makes me feel everything is all right.