John Legend

Hard Times
Yeah-yeah, ooohhhhhhhhhSo many hard timesYea-yeahhhhhh, ooohhhhhhhhhhYeahhhh-yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeahhhhYEAHHHHH, yeah-yeahYEAHHHHHHHHHHCold, cold eyes upon me they starePeople all around me and they're all in fearThey don't seem to want me but they won't admitI must be some kind of creature up here having fitsFrom my party house, I'm afraid to come outsideAlthough I'm filled with love, I'm afraid they'll hurt my prideSo I play the part I feel they want of meAnd I pull the shades so I won't see them seeing meHaving hard times, in this crazy townHaving hard times, there's no love to be foundHaving hard times, in this crazy townHaving hard times, there's no love to be foundYeah, yeah, yeahIn my party house I feel like meeting othersFamiliar faces, creed and race, a brotherBut to my surprise I find a man corruptAlthough he be my brother, he wants to hold me upSongtexteHaving hard times, in this crazy townHaving hard times, there's no love to be foundHaving hard times, in this crazy townHaving hard times, there's no love to be foundCheck it out, seventeen years and countingI'm tryna climb up the rough side of the mountainFriends warned me I'ma have to do it without themNo problem really, it was never about themSo my house, I never come out fromcause every day a drought, then a shadow of doubt comeI'm down to do whatever if it betters my outcomeThe city's like the Audubon Ballroom waiting on MalcolmCause people wanna see my blood flow like fountainsI got nowhere to go and still feel like bouncingI'm looking for the closest window I can rap fromor for the highest speaker-box that I can shout fromAnd I'm hoping to feel like something is realBut it's no hope when you are but a spoke in a wheelA brick in a wall, tryna find an opening stillHaving hard times, tryna climb over the hillYeah, so many hard times, yeah, yeahSleeping on motel floors, yeah, yeahKnocking on my brother's doorEating Spam, OreosDrinking Thunderbird baby, yeaaaaaaahhhhIn this crazy town, Having hard timesThere's no love to be foundHaving hard times,in this crazy town, Having hard timesThere's no love to be foundHaving hard times, in this crazy town, Having hard timesThere's no love to be foundHaving hard times,In this crazy town, Having hard timesThere's no love to be foundYea-yeah, yea-yeah, yeahYeah, yeah, yeaaaahhh, yeahYeah, mmmmm, yeah, yeaaahSo many hard times, yeah, yeahSleeping on motel floors, yeah, yeahKnocking on my brother's doorEating Spam and OreosDrinking Thunderbird baby, ohhhhhhhhh, yeahI don't wanna do it no moreNo-no-no, no-noI don't wanna go back there no moreNo-ohhhhhhI don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna.. Aus Songtexte Mania