• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Tough - Prick
• Tough - Kane
• Tough - Roddy Frame
• Tough - Kurtis Blow
• Tough - Craig Morgan
• Tough - Technotronic
• Tough - Kellie Pickler

Tough
I'm so tough
Oh, she's too tough
Come off so wicked in that
Wet leather stuff
I'm so strong
Get a shot of these arms
Weight lifting wizard
A competition for King Kong
She walks on by me
And all the muscle got sucked down
She's so quick, full electric
Puts me on tilt with those hip hugging slips
I'm not her man and I'll never pretend
I ain't no one way lover
One way never ends, the road to my life
And it's long and hard
She left me nine times
I feel my body breaking up
Give me something to squeeze
A beautiful disease
I ain't no lightweight but she
Put me on my knees
She's cool cat, my cool new cat
I give it to her and I'll never get it back
I told her always, I watch her lips part
She got a hold of my heart
Suck it down, suck it up
So tough, so tough
Oh slave
I feel I'm in the movies here
Sitting in for the star
She knows what she's doing
I swear I'd never play this part
She's turning me to ruins here
I thought I was such a rock
Oh slave, oh slave, oh slave
Oh slave, oh slave
So tough, I thought she'd save me
So tough, but she enslaved me
Oh slave, I drank her curse
Oh slave, I got it first
So tough, so tough, tough I'm so, tough I'm so
Oh slave, oh slave, tough I'm so, tough I'm so
So tough, so tough, oh slave, oh slave, oh slave

Really it ain't so bad,
How come you run so far ahead?
What's gotten in your head?
I know it ain't much,
It ain't much.
Oh, And now your heart is hurt.
I know you took the blow,
When there was no one left to rescue you.
Oh, I know your heart is hurt,
Give it one more try before you let go.
Really it ain't so bad,
Why would you crash and burn what's left?
And driving away so fast,
I know it ain't much,
It ain't much.
Oh, And now your heart is hurt.
I know you've gotten used,
To getting anything you ask for,
Oh, I know your heart is hurt,
Give it one more try before you let go.
Tough,
You're not so tough.
So don't act so tough.
Oh, And now your heart is hurt.
I know you took the blow,
And there was no one left to rescue you,
Oh, I know your heart is hurt,
Give it one more try before you let go! Yeah!
Give it one more try nohow!
Oh, I know your heart is hurt,

Slowly, she dissolves me
In waves of her, and leaves us blurred,
The flow just enthrals me
I drown in her, she purrs soothing words
Warm rain runs mascara
I laugh and say "My billion dollar-babe!"
She looks at me like I'm her father
Then hesitates and looks away
It means "Must try harder..."
What d'you wanna go and do this for
Don't you think it's all screwed enough
Givin' out the keys to your core
Now you've really gone and blew that stuff
You looked in her eyes
You never wondered why
And now your heart's gonna die and it's tough
Concrete and dry heat
music plays from another age
I'm back in my old street
head over heels and underage
Soft songs fade slowly
In and out like a sense of doubt
The earth shifts below me
And I forget what I was all about
This feeling's all through me
What d'you wanna go and do this for
Don't you think it's all screwed enough
Givin' out the keys to your core
Now you've really gone and blew that stuff
You looked in her eyes
You never wondered why

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
STRONG:Like a superhero
ROUGH:Like a bank book zero
MEAN:Like the Oakland Raiders
BAD:Like the Caped Crusaders
DOWN:Like a homerun ball
BLIND:Like an umpire's call
HARD:Like a cruel deceit
TOUGH:That's the rhythm of the beat
You worked all year to buy a brand new car
A Coupe de Ville or a Jaguar
But you didn't make enough for a good cigar
Because it's tough
So you went to the bank to try to get a loan
But the guy behind the desk had a heart os stone
He said "You don't need a car,use the telephone!"
It's tough
TOUGH:
It's a way of life,lost your job
Your money,but not your wife
ROUGH:
Gettin' in the black,Uncle Sam's in your pocket
And your woman's on your back
HARD:
That's the deal,had to get a loan just to buy a meal
TOUGH:
That's how it goes,when it's gettin' better,nobody knows
STRONG:Like Chocolate Thunder
ROUGH:Like Stevie Wonder
MEAN:Like Brucie The Shark
BAD:Like the Raider's Ark
DOWN:Like Sugar's Glove
BLIND:Like a man in love
HARD:Like a big defeat
TOUGH:That's the rhythm of the beat
TOUGH:That's the word,unemployment is all I heard
ROUGH:When you start your day,watch the finance man tow your car away
HARD:To hold a job when you've been replaced by a little blue knob
TOUGH:Like a dollar steak,ain't someone ever gonna give me a break

She’s in the kitchen at the crack of dawn
Bacon’s on, coffee’s strong
Kids running wild, taking off their clothes
If she’s a nervous wreck, well it never shows
Takes one to football and one to dance
Hits the Y for aerobics class
Drops by the bank, stops at the store
Has on a smile when I walk through the door
The last to go to bed, she’ll be the first one up
And I thought I was tough
Chorus
She’s strong, pushes on, can’t slow her down
She can take anything life dishes out
There was a time
Back before she was mine
When I thought I was tough
We sat there five years ago
The doctors let us know, the test showed
She’d have to fight to live, I broke down and cried
She held me and said it’s gonna be alright
She wore that wig to church
Pink ribbon pinned there on her shirt
No room for fear, full of faith
Hands held high singing Amazing Grace
Never once complained, refusing to give up
And I thought I was tough
Chorus
She’s strong, pushes on, can’t slow her down
She can take anything life dishes out
There was a time
Back before she was mine
When I thought I was tough
She’s a gentle word, the sweetest kiss
A velvet touch against my skin
I’ve seen her cry, I’ve seen her break
But in my eyes, she’ll always be strong
There was a time
Back before she was mine

Here we go
Better be tough...
Better be tough...
Better be tough...
Better be tough...
I have a special little sauce,
So I was at a party
Something that I never hide,
Is the way that I ride
A bass line, or a stare
or a bass drum, suckas,
Comes naturally
'Cus I have originality
E is never scared
Now, you know I'm prepared
Is it the same story?
You got something for me
Nah, I've got something for you
It's positivity
Negative I never give
Or maybe you're dissing me
On account of the fact that me
I'm real sensitive, real
And this the just the way I feel
The deal is to respect the other man's views
But the other man's views are just
A hand? with a bullet through it?
Nothing, whenever they talk they just bluffing
Unless, of course, they discussing effect
I'm going to find my amp?
If it's final, I drop the sciecne
Cus I ain't gonna let it drop
Why does it got to be
So damn tough
Better be tough...
Better be tough...
Better be tough...
Better be tough...
I used to rhyme in a time
When I was carefree
With a carefree attitude
I knew I didn't have to prove anything
Didn't have a party, or any diamond ring
'Cus I didn't have the cash
And I don't commit sins
To obtain the material benefits
Yo, the harder my work, the more I had to pay
So, became a man as a youngster
Spreading out positive vibes
To little punks that's busted
Couple of brothers were also microphone lovers
In the days a lot your mothers
Would stay out late like a lot of others?
In my hometown, you were the best fit?
That's why when I on top, arrested
Now, you think you're good to go
But you can't go, becus' I'm rocking the ho'
I've been snapped up, buy back by the company, jettisoned
Slapped up, even your girl she cracked up
Lapped up, hearing your ridiculous statements
Me and Technotronic, terror basement
Peace
Better be tough...
Better be tough...
Better be tough...

I wanted lace, I wanted pearls, to be a princess like
The other girls.
But life came hard, to my front door. And I grew up trying
To even out the score.
Tough, I ain't never been nothing but tough, all my edges have
Always been rough.
But jesus loves me anyway.
Oh backbone, there ain't nothing wrong with a woman that
Got a little backbone.
You just wait 'til you taste her kind of love.
You want a shy little thing, a pretty little high heel thing,
Gonna cry if I don't polish up. Tough.
The way I see it, the hand of fate, did me a favor, with
The cards he dealt my way.
Found out real fast, life is a game. You're out real quick if you don't know how to play, tough.
I ain't never been nothing but tough, all my edges have always been rough.
But jesus loves me anyway.
Oh backbone, there ain't nothing wrong with a woman that
Got a little backbone.
You just wait 'til you taste her kind of love.
You want a shy little thing, a pretty little high heel thing,
Gonna cry if I don't polish up.
Are you serious? You ain't fooled me much. You justa hanging round
So you can try your luck.
Well tough, I ain't never been nothing but tough, all my edges has always been rough.
You want a shy little thing, a pretty little high heel thing, gonna cry if I don't polish up.