Tough-Kurtis Blow

[ti:Tough] [ar:Kurtis Blow] [al:Best Of / 20th Century] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]Tough - Kurtis Blow (柯蒂斯·布楼) [00:00.30]Written by：Robert Arthur Ford Jr./James B. Moore/Russell W. Simmons/Lawrence Smith [00:00.69]I don't want a lot I want just enough [00:03.16]So why has it got to be so d*mn tough [00:05.30] [00:14.47]Livin' on the uptown side of jive [00:16.72]Hustlin' a buck to stay alive [00:19.04]Lookin' for a ten and they give your five [00:20.96]Well it's tough [00:21.82] [00:23.50]You talk to the boss the boss is gruff [00:25.67]You ask for a raise and they call your bluff [00:27.97]You may get some but it's never enough [00:29.73]Because it's tough [00:30.81] [00:32.54]Strong like a magnum force [00:34.82]Rough like a new divorce [00:37.10]Mean like a three time loser [00:39.34]Bad like an l a cruiser [00:41.49]Down like a limousine [00:43.75]Blind like a submarine [00:45.92]Hard like cold concrete [00:48.16]Tough that's the rhythm of the beat [00:50.29] [01:08.42]You hit the street and you look for work [01:10.66]You don't want to be some welfare jerk [01:12.71]But I wonder how you get to be captain kirk [01:15.07]It's tough [01:15.79] [01:17.21]Now kirk has a ship called the enterprise [01:19.54]He cuts the aliens down to size [01:21.80]But I wonder [01:22.34]What he'd do with the uptown guys [01:24.05]They're tough [01:24.91] [01:26.46]Tough [01:26.91] [01:27.47]Try to get some cash [01:28.54]When you're looking for [01:29.18]A raise and they give you [01:30.38]Trash [01:30.97]Rough [01:31.89]When you got it like that [01:33.11]And your woman's running [01:33.96]'Round with a baseball bat [01:35.47]Hard [01:36.34]Try to play it cool [01:37.54]When the girl's all know [01:38.54]You're an out of work fool [01:39.93]Tough [01:40.76]How it seems to be wish [01:42.12]I had somebody lookin' [01:43.22]Out for me [01:44.04] [02:38.51]Try to find a lover if you dare [02:40.74]Even if you do she just won't care [02:42.90]Well no one ever said that that life is fair [02:44.89]Because it's tough [02:45.69] [02:47.11]Saw a fine young lady the other day [02:49.59]I started my rap I had a lot to say [02:51.65]But she said she was goin' with a [02:53.07]C P A [02:53.82]Now it's tough [02:54.67] [02:56.49]Strong like a superhero [02:58.69]Rough like a bank book zero [03:01.04]Mean like the oakland raiders [03:03.26]Bad like the caped crusaders [03:05.41]Down like a homerun ball [03:07.66]Blind like an umpire's call [03:09.90]Hard like a cruel deceit [03:12.18]Tough that's the rhythm of the beat [03:14.25] [03:32.43]You worked all year to buy a brand new car [03:34.64]A coupe de ville or a jaguar [03:36.76]But you didn't make enough for a good cigar [03:38.98]Because it's tough [03:39.81] [03:41.18]So you went to the bank to try to get [03:43.00]A loan [03:43.54]But the guy behind the desk had a heart os [03:45.13]Stone [03:45.63]He said you don't need [03:46.63]A car use the telephone [03:47.83]It's tough [03:48.98] [03:50.51]Tough [03:51.39]It's a way of life lost your job [03:53.26]Your money but not your wife [03:54.93]Rough [03:55.84]Gettin' in the black uncle [03:57.23]Sam's in your pocket [03:57.98]And your woman's on your back [03:59.51]Hard [03:59.98] [04:00.51]That's the deal had to get a loan just to [04:02.95]Buy a meal [04:04.00]Tough [04:04.86]That's how it goes [04:06.08]When it's gettin' better nobody knows [04:08.23] [04:26.64]Strong like chocolate thunder [04:28.74]Rough like stevie wonder [04:30.95]Mean like brucie the shark [04:33.19]Bad like the raider's ark [04:35.46]Down like sugar's glove [04:37.78]Blind like a man in love [04:39.93]Hard like a big defeat [04:42.15]Tough that's the rhythm of the beat [04:44.25] [05:56.51]Tough that's the word unemployment [05:59.92]Is all I heard [06:01.10]Rough when you start your day [06:03.07]Watch the finance man tow [06:03.96]Your car away [06:05.08] [06:05.61]Hard to hold a job [06:07.48]When you've been replaced by a [06:08.86]Little blue knob [06:10.16]Tough like a dollar steak [06:12.09]Ain't someone ever gonna give me [06:13.64]A break