[Chorus] It′s a shame you have to learn the hard way Now I have to take my love away U see I could′ve made it easy For you to become a part of me
You could′ve even say I′m sorry For all the hurt and pain you caused me Now I am supposed to give my deepest sympathy You see I had enough of cryin′ And I′m tired of all the lyrin′ You see I refuse to let you take advantage of me baby [Chorus]
Never took the time to think of All the love that we have shared I realized that most of the time You were just not there It was hard for me to see when When your love was blinding me But now I know I have to let you go your seperate way [Chorus]
Things will never be the same Cause baby, baby you did me wrong Hurt so bad I can′t move on Was it worth all of your pain Cause, baby you′ve got to pay Got to learn the hard way [Chorus]
Hey there little darling, where′d the old man go? Why don′t we get out of town and do it all night long? We can lie out in the field til the morning light Then me and your old man are gonna have to fight Start the loving in the truck and wind up in the ditch The old man will come a-runnin′ with a hickory switch Oh, no, gotta learn this some day Why, I, gotta learn the hard way Buddy showed me just how fast a car can go I′ll race you for your pink slip right before this show Put your girlfriend in the bet to make things good Cause she′s been staring at me like no girlfriend should Bastards sitting right there on the starting line Stuck the sugar in your gas tank by myself last night Oh, no, gotta learn this some day Why, I, gotta learn the hard way Hey there little darling, where′d the old man go? Why don′t we get out of town and do it all night long? We can lie out in the field til the morning light Then me and your old man are gonna have to fight Start the loving in the truck and wind up in the ditch The old man will come a-runnin′ with a hickory switch Oh, no, gotta learn this some day Why, I, gotta learn the hard way Oh, no, gotta learn this some day Why, I, gotta learn the hard way
Fresh dressed ′cause I shop at Models Deep in Brooklyn I ride the elevated trains Used to ride the D to beat the morning bell At Edward R. Morrow out on Ave L We be grillin′ cheese and flippin′ flapjacks With the diamond stylus we cutting wax We′re the super elastic bubble plastic Got ethereal material that′s straight up classic You try to vex reject but you should respect Or we′ll have JC send you out a FedEx * 1 So don′t start to flex up in the discotheque Or we′ll make you extinct tyrannosaurus rex
We′re gonna rock this motherfucker like three the hard way
Your rhyme technique, it is antique To all my heads Qu′est-ce-que tu fabriques? Que cosa fai? Come sta e? Ho fato molte telefonate Oops gotcha clutch like Plazza Sneak between the sheets so hide like matzoh Holler back challah bread... next We are the crew who put the crew in Cruex I can see that Def Jam doesn′t recognize me I′m Mike D the one who put the satin in your panties Time to count MC′s in this place to be Not five, not four, not two, just three
We′re gonna rock this motherfucker like three the hard way
Round-house kick the mic out your hand Drunken mantis, my name brand So if you′re slick with the tricks and the slight of hand I′m hip top the shit that you′re trying to scam Gnip Gnop I got shit to pop I′m an exceptional professional that just don′t stop So pack up your bag and your mic and don′t wait E.T. phone home now get the fuck out my face You know we shake′em bake′em then we take′em Treat MCs like leaves go out and rake′em If you sell our CDs on Canal before we make′em Then we will have no alternative but to serve you on a platter like Steak′Em
We′re gonna rock this motherfucker like three the hard way
You′ve got your own way of looking at it baby I guess that proves that I got mine Seems like our hearts are set on automatic We say the first thing that comes to mind It′s just who we are baby, we′ve come too far to start over now I know what you′re thinkin′ ; I′m not always easy to be around
Chorus: But I do love you You keep me believin′ that you love me too And I know it′s true This love drives us crazy but nobody′s walkin′ away So, I guess we′ll to do it the hard way
If I had a genie in a bottle Three wishes I could wish for us I wish we′d live forever and get along together Turn these tempers into trust
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Do it the hard way
It′s just who we are baby, we′ve come to far to start over now Believe me tonight love′s the one thing in life we can′t live without
Come with me Let me walk you through the world that I currently stay in You can take a look around and tell me if I’m mistaken You can meet and talk to everybody that I live with Maybe you can tell me why everybody’s so distant Is it me or maybe, when I look around daily I don’t even know the people I can put my trust in lately People that I used to hang with now they′re actin’ too different I’m still the same person why doesn’t anybody listen Can somebody please just explain to me What happened to the way that we always said we’d be Right now I dunno why I push through the pain that I got through And I’m losin’ hope
[chorus] Deafening voices That frequency inside my head that says I’m going at it the hard way I focus Get everything inside out of my brain that claims I’m going at it the hard way
Come with me Let me walk you through the world that I currently live in Not a thing is forgotten, not a thing is forgiven Nobody can hold their own underneath the weight but Nobody can take the blame for their own mistakes so What do you do when somebody lets you down And you wanna say something but you can’t ′cause they′re not around Inside you think they know the extent of the pain But they won’t even admit that they were the one to blame Can somebody please just explain to me What happened to the way that we always said we’d be ′cause right now I dunno why I push through the pain that I got through And I’m losin’ hope
[chorus]
Voices (voices) in my head (in my head)
Can somebody please just explain to me What happened to the way that we always said we’d be Right now I dunno why I push through the pain that I got through And I’m losin’ hope, give me one reason not to
Come with me Let me walk you through the world that I currently stay in You can take a look around and tell me if I’m mistaken You can meet and talk to everybody that I live with Maybe you can tell me why everybody’s so distant Is it me or maybe, when I look around daily I don’t even know the people I can put my trust in lately People that I used to hang with now they′re actin’ too different I’m still the same person why doesn’t anybody listen Can somebody please just explain to me What happened to the way that we always said we’d be Right now I dunno why I push through the pain that I got through And I’m losin’ hope
[chorus] Deafening voices That frequency inside my head that says I’m going at it the hard way I focus Get everything inside out of my brain that claims I’m going at it the hard way
Come with me Let me walk you through the world that I currently live in Not a thing is forgotten, not a thing is forgiven Nobody can hold their own underneath the weight but Nobody can take the blame for their own mistakes so What do you do when somebody lets you down And you wanna say something but you can’t ′cause they′re not around Inside you think they know the extent of the pain But they won’t even admit that they were the one to blame Can somebody please just explain to me What happened to the way that we always said we’d be ′cause right now I dunno why I push through the pain that I got through And I’m losin’ hope
[chorus]
Voices (voices) in my head (in my head)
Can somebody please just explain to me What happened to the way that we always said we’d be Right now I dunno why I push through the pain that I got through And I’m losin’ hope, give me one reason not to