Intro:

I don't want a lot I want just enough

So why has it got to be so damn 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