to hold near to my heart denied again I'm left with a bitter taste in my mouth and a heart as cold as ice with no warmth in sight hoping for a heart that
hold near to my heart denied again I'm left with a bitter taste in my mouth and a heart as cold as ice with no warmth in sight hoping for a heart that
wasn't for you she'd be drugged out and gone If it wasn't for you I'd never finish a song And as long as I'm alive you're gonna always have a home So
should we accept servility as a bargain for dignity? Why should we passively accept death as a bargain for living? Why accept this robbery of life? Why
down, on four seas An ocean of possibilities that dwellin' Yellin' at the top of my lungs convicted by stone tablets as a felon A nocturnal being of love
of mine Allows me no peace [Chorus:] Sleep as day dies Sleepwalk with the dead Wander aimlessly through the night Love and regret Course through my veins As
on-black crime was way before our time [Kool Moe Dee] Took a brother's life with a knife as his wife Cried cause he died a trifling death When he left
a liar Be for real, 'cause a real nigga never dies? Now I know who love's me Just by looking at their eyes Life has treated me so bad son Sometimes I
Clear To The Police That Shes Been A Victim Of A Heriific Case Of Physical Mutilation. [x2:] Tough Love, Tough Love I Call It Hatred Tough Love, Tough Love
could have been a father, raise you as my son of all my mistakes in life, this cannot be undone she could have been a mother, love you as our son yet
it's a crime You got a little extra money and a lot of spare time You will be greeted by a tall dark man With a skull for a face and a sickle in his
-black crime was way before our time [Kool Moe Dee] Took a brother's life with a knife as his wife Cried cause he died a trifling death When he left
a little liquor, Shame on a nigga, I heard the reapa' done came to get'cha. So I done copped this fifth a, vodka, and in ya honor I grown this fetish
And I just hope that it's on T.V. like Saddam Hussien And I just hope that you could be me for just one day Then you would get a better sense of what
a victim Of a horrific case of physical mutilation Tough love, tough love, I call it hatred Tough love, tough love, I call it hatred They call it tough love
as a bargain for dignity? Why should we passively accept death as a bargain for living? Why accept this robbery of life? Why accept this pillage? For
to exist Like a sabbatical I throw a couple at you Take six, spread love to all of my dead thugs I'll pour out a little Louie to a head above Yes sir
