Tough - Kurtis Blow

Tough - Kurtis Blow
Written by：Robert Arthur Ford Jr./James B. Moore/Russell W. Simmons/Lawrence Smith
I don't want a lot I want just enough
So why has it got to be so d**n tough
Livin' on the uptown side of jive
Hustlin' a buck to stay alive
Lookin' for a ten and they give your five
Well it's tough
You talk to the boss the boss is gruff
You ask for a raise and they call your bluff
You may get some but it's never enough
Because it's tough
Strong like a magnum force
Rough like a new divorce
Mean like a three time loser
Bad like an l a cruiser
Down like a limousine
Blind like a submarine
Hard like cold concrete
Tough that's the rhythm of the beat
You hit the street and you look for work
You don't want to be some welfare jerk
But I wonder how you get to be captain kirk
It's tough
Now kirk has a ship called the enterprise
He cuts the aliens down to size
But I wonder
What he'd do with the uptown guys
They're tough
Tough
Try to get some cash
When you're looking for
A raise and they give you
Trash
Rough
When you got it like that
And your woman's running
'Round with a baseball bat
Hard
Try to play it cool
When the girl's all know
You're an out of work fool
Tough
How it seems to be wish
I had somebody lookin'
Out for me
Try to find a lover if you dare
Even if you do she just won't care
Well no one ever said that that life is fair
Because it's tough
Saw a fine young lady the other day
I started my rap I had a lot to say
But she said she was goin' with a
C P A
Now it's tough
Strong like a superhero
Rough like a bank book zero
Mean like the oakland raiders
Bad like the caped crusaders
Down like a homerun ball
Blind like an umpire's call
Hard like a cruel deceit
Tough that's the rhythm of the beat
You worked all year to buy a brand new car
A coupe de ville or a jaguar
But you didn't make enough for a good cigar
Because it's tough
So you went to the bank to try to get
A loan
But the guy behind the desk had a heart os
Stone
He said you don't need
A car use the telephone
It's tough
Tough
It's a way of life lost your job
Your money but not your wife
Rough
Gettin' in the black uncle
Sam's in your pocket
And your woman's on your back
Hard
That's the deal had to get a loan just to
Buy a meal
Tough
That's how it goes
When it's gettin' better nobody knows
Strong like chocolate thunder
Rough like stevie wonder
Mean like brucie the shark
Bad like the raider's ark
Down like sugar's glove
Blind like a man in love
Hard like a big defeat
Tough that's the rhythm of the beat
Tough that's the word unemployment
Is all I heard
Rough when you start your day
Watch the finance man tow
Your car away
Hard to hold a job
When you've been replaced by a
Little blue knob
Tough like a dollar steak
Ain't someone ever gonna give me
A break