Manchild (The Old School Mix) lyrics

Working, day in, day out
They got you working, day in, day out
Making your living chained to your payroll
You got so tired then lost your soul
All your dreams and all your aspirations
Helped turned into frustrations
You can't admit what you really feel
So you be acting weird, your ego makes you nasty
The lady that really love went off with another guy
The kind of guy you wanna be, the kind of guy you really are
If you woulda treat her right, she wouldn't have left you, right?
The simple things in life will bring you happiness
'Cause nothing you can buy will get rid of your loneliness
Treat the one you love with a lot of respect
And maybe then you can love yourself
Turn around then ask yourself

Is it the pain of the drinking
Or the Sunday sinking feeling
The car never seems to work
When it's late, your girlfriend's on a date
And the hero with her in your dream
In your sleep seemed like you
Turn around, ask yourself
Turn around, ask yourself
Manchild, will you ever win?
Manchild, look at the state you're in

Could you go undercover
And sell your brand new lover (Could you?)
Be someone else for a night
Maybe someone else will love you
You'd sell your soul for a tacky song
Like the ones you hear on the radio
Turn around, ask yourself
Turn around and ask yourself

Manchild, will you ever win?
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Manchild, he will make you cry
Manchild, Manchild, Manchild

From Monday down to Friday
You're working on another man's car
Or is it in the factory?
It doesn't matter where you are

Just turn around and ask yourself, is this communication?
Accentuate the positive to give some illustration
See manchild, you're no one, I turn the microphone on
Control communication when I'm kickin' it and so on
To the point that I need, the air that I breathe
Into an audience that's waiting and ecstatic to receive
For the meantime another mean rhyme, I keep on sayin' it
I know what the time is in the crowd, we'll keep on playing it
Through the speaker boxes, loud's my diagnosis
'Cause I believe in miracles and words in steady doses
Enough R-E-S-P-E and C-T
Respect yourself, express, no stress, the knock is easy
Just believe that all you need is the air that you breathe
(Turn around, ask yourself)
Manchild, will you ever win?
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Manchild, he will make you cry
Manchild, Manchild, Manchild
He's the apple of your eye

Once bitten twice shy, why don't you bite me again
Just take it in right and go tell your friend
Are you ready for the words? I'll turn the microphone on
A figure of speech to reach you at the back and so on
The style, I'm stimulating dance floors
Raise your body temperature now and this demands for
Power in the amps, you know loud's my diagnosis
'Cause I believe in miracles, words in heavy doses