Everybody needs a little tenderness Everybody needs a release From the cell they lock themselves in Love's the only peace Everybody needs, everybody
a quitter when haters dont stop (dont stop) I'm living proof nigga Its pretty safe to say God giveth and God taketh away Its the Worldwide American way I'm living proof
some prayer that I could never make In a world so hard and dirty so fouled and confused Searching for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proof
I'm 74 years young, there ain't nothing I haven't done I've been a dog and I've been a tomcat I chased some tails and I left some tracks I still know
Mama said, "Son, someday you'll learn this lesson Hard times never last, each day is a blessing Keep your eyes on that kingdom waiting down the road Across
Your house all messed up, baby And your line don't sound true I smell a rat 'Cause it stinks all over you, say You're dipping and double dippin' And
My key don't fit your lock When I come to your door No, I said, my key won't fit your lock When I try to put it in your door You know I got a funny, funny
Hey, you always bitching About something I didn't get you Hey, you always bitching About something I didn't get you So let the door knob hit you While
living proof I'm living proof Yeah, I'm living proof Yeah, I'm living proof Yeah, I'm living proof I'm living proof I'm living proof I'm living proof
Got a blue Mercedes with a snakeskin top Gonna keep on driving, I'll never stop My baby's riding in a shotgun seat Don't let no grass grow under our feet
around a little longer Lord knows I love the life I live Thank You, Lord, I love the life I live You got that right, B, I love the life we live, Buddy
Down in Louisiana On a cotton plantation Little tent room shack And a third grade education Two stringed wood guitar I taught myself how to play, yes
Where the blues begins way down on the bottom You got to struggle to survive Where the blues begins, hard luck and trouble Takes its toll on our lives
No use crying, don't you understand? You're all false, baby, you lost a damn good man Too much drama and too many tears You don't have to go home but
and after until then Do you have your answer? Do you have living proof? Well, I am your answer, I am living You're supposed to have an answer You're supposed to have living proof
You can take what you'll say I won't care that you have reasons to believe That I'm living in this fear You can take what you'll say I won't care that
together, two become as one Night is burning hotter than the sun When I'm with you When I'm with you Well I could drown in your eyes Die in your arms Live
down and we all could breathe Together easily? Connecting the sky and the ground with you and me And everything in between I am part of you, we have living proof
