It Ain't Easy - Maxi Priest

When I was a boy

I never knew much joy

I only spoke when I was told to speak

To sit up straight and be well behaved

And to eat when I was told to eat

As I grew up I got to realize in order to survive

You’ve got to shout real loud and fight real hard

So you can stay alive

It ain’t easy

Lord it ain’t easy

Living in the world today

Living in the world today

When I reached my teens

I was on the scene

Going raving and getting high

And though I hated the world

But I loved my girl and for my best friend I would die

Now I am a man I get to understand

Some life philosophy

You’ve got to take what you get from life today

'Cause tomorrow may never be

Now the years have passed

And the time is moving faster every day

I take the good with the bad

And dance with the sad

As I move along the way

Been in love nothing lost

And now I stand and watch our children play

And when they ask why does that man look so sad

I just turn to them and say

Can’t you see living ain’t easy

Can’t you see life ain’t easy

Today today today