Tough-Kurtis Blow

[00:00.00]Tough （难）-Kurtis Blow [00:00.340]Written by ：Robert Arthur Ford Jr./James B.Moore /Russell W.Simmons /Lawrence Smith [00:00.692]I don't want a lot I want just enough [00:03.168]So why has it got to be so d**n tough [00:14.472]Livin'on the uptown side of jive [00:16.720]Hustlin'a buck to stay alive [00:19.48]Lookin'for a ten and they give your five [00:20.964]Well it's tough [00:23.500]You talk to the boss the boss is gruff [00:25.677]You ask for a raise and they call your bluff [00:27.973]You may get some but it's never enough [00:29.739]Because it's tough [00:32.547]Strong like a magnum force [00:34.829]Rough like a new divorce [00:37.101]Mean like a three time loser [00:39.346]Bad like an l a cruiser [00:41.490]Down like a limousine [00:43.754]Blind like a submarine [00:45.921]Hard like cold concrete [00:48.166]Tough that's the rhythm of the beat [01:08.424]You hit the street and you look for work [01:10.664]You don't want to be some welfare jerk [01:12.712]But I wonder how you get to be captain kirk [01:15.72]It's tough [01:17.216]Now kirk has a ship called the enterprise [01:19.544]He cuts the aliens down to size [01:21.800]But I wonder [01:22.349]What he'd do with the uptown guys [01:24.53]They're tough [01:26.461]Tough [01:27.477]Try to get some cash [01:28.549]When you're looking for [01:29.184]A raise and they give you [01:30.384]Trash [01:30.979]Rough [01:31.891]When you got it like that [01:33.115]And your woman's running [01:33.963]'Round with a baseball bat [01:35.475]Hard [01:36.347]Try to play it cool [01:37.547]When the girl's all know [01:38.547]You're an out of work fool [01:39.937]Tough [01:40.768]How it seems to be wish [01:42.122]I had somebody lookin' [01:43.227]Out for me [02:38.511]Try to find a lover if you dare [02:40.741]Even if you do she just won't care [02:42.908]Well no one ever said that that life is fair [02:44.890]Because it's tough [02:47.114]Saw a fine young lady the other day [02:49.592]I started my rap I had a lot to say [02:51.653]But she said she was goin'with a [02:53.79]C P A [02:53.827]Now it's tough [02:56.496]Strong like a superhero [02:58.699]Rough like a bank book zero [03:01.47]Mean like the oakland raiders [03:03.262]Bad like the caped crusaders [03:05.410]Down like a homerun ball [03:07.666]Blind like an umpire's call [03:09.906]Hard like a cruel deceit [03:12.186]Tough that's the rhythm of the beat [03:32.433]You worked all year to buy a brand new car [03:34.641]A coupe de ville or a jaguar [03:36.768]But you didn't make enough for a good cigar [03:38.988]Because it's tough [03:41.180]So you went to the bank to try to get [03:43.02]A loan [03:43.546]But the guy behind the desk had a heart os [03:45.130]Stone [03:45.634]He said you don't need [03:46.634]A car use the telephone [03:47.833]It's tough [03:50.513]Tough [03:51.393]It's a way of life lost your job [03:53.269]Your money but not your wife [03:54.935]Rough [03:55.847]Gettin'in the black uncle [03:57.239]Sam's in your pocket [03:57.983]And your woman's on your back [03:59.519]Hard [04:00.511]That's the deal had to get a loan just to [04:02.955]Buy a meal [04:04.03]Tough [04:04.867]That's how it goes [04:06.83]When it's gettin'better nobody knows [04:26.647]Strong like chocolate thunder [04:28.740]Rough like stevie wonder [04:30.955]Mean like brucie the shark [04:33.195]Bad like the raider's ark [04:35.467]Down like sugar's glove [04:37.786]Blind like a man in love [04:39.930]Hard like a big defeat [04:42.154]Tough that's the rhythm of the beat [05:56.512]Tough that's the word unemployment [05:59.921]Is all I heard [06:01.100]Rough when you start your day [06:03.78]Watch the finance man tow [06:03.960]Your car away [06:05.612]Hard to hold a job [06:07.481]When you've been replaced by a [06:08.866]Little blue knob [06:10.167]Tough like a dollar steak [06:12.95]Ain't someone ever gonna give me [06:13.647]A break