[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