A man like you, a man like you
could be my new beginning
and get me on the winning side of life
if I had you, a man like you
all the fairy tales I dreamed about
just a breath ago would all come true

If I had you baby
if I had a man like you

A man like you baby, just like you
I’d share all of the precious things
that I’ve been saving deep within my soul
well a man like you, and baby
a little ol’ sweet girl like me
the two of us together
ride the waves forever and we’ll be home free

Well don’t you feel it, yeah
I need a man like you
and all I want is to know
I need you by my side yeah
and I want to protect you baby
from all things in life
well I do, yeah

Oh, what I wouldn’t do for a man like you

A man like you, a man like you

A man this lonely
A man this blue
A man whose world’s been torn in two
Needs somebody
With a heart that’s true
A man this lonely needs a woman like you

Two arms this empty
Need someone to hold
A man this lost needs somewhere to go
When the nights go on forever
And the days do too
A man this lonely needs a woman like you

I’d lost hope
I was so far down
Here you come turning all that around
I’d come to think
Of love as a lie
All that’s on my mind now
Is you by my side

A man this lonely
A man this blue
A man whose world’s been torn in two
Needs somebody
With a heart that’s true
A man this lonely needs a woman like you
A man this lonely needs a woman like you

He’s been gone for ten long days
Burnin’ up that interstate
He’s got a run from coast to coast
I’ve got one more night to go

I love a man with 18 wheels
Seventy feet of polished steel
Baby makes his livin’ on the road
Well he just called from Baton Rouge
One more stop and he’ll be through
Then he’s mine until it’s time to roll
Well his home away from home
Is in the house that Peter built
Oh I love a man with 18 wheels
I love a man with 18 wheels

I can’t wait to hear that sound
Of that big diesel gearin’ down
We’re gonna act like lovesick kids
We’re gonna make up for the nights we’ve missed

I love a man with 18 wheels
Seventy feet of polished steel
Baby makes his livin’ on the road
Well he just called from Baton Rouge
One more stop and he’ll be through
Then he’s mine until it’s time to roll
Well his home away from home
Is in the house that Peter built
Oh I love a man with 18 wheels
I love a man with 18 wheels

In the 1920s a man with a box came to stay
In the 1930s the man with a box went away
In the 1940s a man with a box went beserk
In the 1950s the man with a box left for work

A man with a box could be loving and he knows it
But a man with a box don’t work that way
A man with a box could be loving if he tried it
But his rainclouds are permanently grey

In the 1960s a man with a box opened up
In the 1970s the man with a box drained his cup
In the 1980s a man with a box came along
And in the 1990s a man with a box wrote this song

Chorus

A man with a box made a train escape from Euston
While his butterflies went wild in the woods
The police report stated that every year at Margate
The daisies grew a different shade of brown
Man…

With the music of life
My soul is out of tune
And I feel like I’m growing old
Much too soon
My love I just couldn’t compare
And the key to my happiness
I let slip away

CHORUS:
Now I’m a man without a dream
I’ve got a heart that has no home
All my senses are numb
Loosing you I’ve become
A man without a dream

Instead of striving to reach my goals in life
I got distracted with mean, endless games
For just an illusion I traded love that was real
Now my eyes cannot see and my heart cannot feel

CHORUS

Sometimes I think I’m a prisoner of fate
Doomed to find out things a little too late
And so I must play this broken man’s roll
Unless you come home girl
And bring back my soul

CHORUS

Without a dream…

I can remember when we walked together
Sharing a love I thought would last forever
Moonlight to show the way so we can follow
Waiting inside her eyes was my tomorrow
Then somethin’ changed her mind, her kisses told me
I had no lovin’ arms to hold me

Every day I wake up, then I start to break up
Lonely is a man without love
Every day I start out, then I cry my heart out
Lonely is a man without love

Every day I wake up, then I start to break up
Knowing that it’s cloudy above
Every day I start out, then I cry my heart out
Lonely is a man without love

I cannot face this world that’s fallen down on me
So, if you see my girl please send her home to me
Tell her about my heart that’s slowly dying
Say I can’t stop myself from crying

Every day I wake up, then I start to break up
Lonely is a man without love
Every day I start out, then I cry my heart out
Lonely is a man without love

Every day I wake up, then I start to break up
Knowing that it’s cloudy above
Every day I start out, then I cry my heart out
Lonely is a man without love

Every day I wake up, then I start to break up
Lonely is a man without love
Every day I start out, then I cry my heart out
Lonely is a man without love

Linda works the diner pourin’ coffee slingin’ hash
She said, “I wouldn’t have come in today
“But I really need the cash
“I know I can’t fool anyone ’cause dark glasses tell no lies
“But make-up won’t cover up a blackened eye”
Oh, oh, oh no

“You see, Jimmy works construction now
“But yesterday it rained
“So he went down to the liquor store
“And by noon he felt no pain
“I came in an hour late then I let his supper burn
“Well he hit the roof hit the wall
“And then it was my turn”

He said “A man’s home is his castle
It always has been and so it remains”
“But he holds the keys in a fist of rage
“His home is his castle
“And mine is a cage

Someone much have heard the noise and they dialed 911
And the cop that showed up at the door asked,
“Is there a problem son?”
Jimmy smiled and said “No sir, just a little fight that’s all
Hey you know how it gets sometimes
When you’re layin’ down the law”
Oh, oh, oh no

“So I pulled out my suitcase I started packin’ up my clothes
“And Jimmy said ‘Now Linda, where do you expect to go with those’
“I told him ‘I have tried, but not an ounce of love survives’
“Well he grabbed my wrist and shouted
“You’re not leavin’ here alive”

She said “I’m savin’ up my money and when I get the nerve I’ll run
“But Jim don’t give up easily so I intend to buy a gun
“He will never see the way he treats me is a crime
“Somebody oughta lock him up but I’m the one
“Who’s done the time”

He said “A man’s home is his castle
It always has been and so it remains”
“But he holds the keys in a fist of rage
“His home is his castle
“And mine is a cage”

Kid: yo, yo, let me hit that. Let me hit that yo.

DMX: yo what’s up shorty? Here.

Kid: yo.

DMX: yeah?

Kid: yo man I?m tryin to get this money man.

DMX: but dog you gotta think about loyalty first, ya know what I?m sayin? You got loyalty, money will come. Ya know what I?m sayin, keep it real with ya niggaz.

Kid: na, na, fuck that man, I?m tryin to eat yo, fuck them yo. I’m ready to do anything for this money man. Do shit by myself, do anything for this money.

DMX: give me my motherfuckin blunt back. You got a lot to learn dog.

[DMX]
Ay yo I kick it to shorty and try and help him understand
Hit em with work cause yo that?s ma lil man
He asked a few questions bout tha game and I told him
So when he made a bad move it was ma place 2 scull him
Never told him nuttin wrong
Kept it fair
He didn?t listen so I might as been talkin to the air
Everybody makes a few mistakes
A mistake is aight
If it’s not then I’m a tell you straight time to say goodnight
Nobody likes to be played regardless of the relationship
But shorty fuckin up big time I hate this shit
I’m caught in the middle of havin luv for a lil nigga
What was expected of me as a real nigga
Ma next move is crucial
What do I do?
How do I keep it real with shorty and ma crew
Didn?t wanna kill em so instead of puttin tha mac on him
Did the only thing I could do turn my back on him.
(aight)


(chorus)
Here we go again
Same ol shit dawg just a different day
Here we go again
You know how niggas do when we play how we play
Here we go again
A mans gotta do what a man gotta do
Here we go again
So if it’s fuck me nigga you know it’s fuck you.


[DMX]
The niggas I fuck with I wanna get em dead
But I?m kool with shorty’s peoples so I let me live
Under normal circumstances he would be a marks man
But I just hit em with a gram
Just didn?t shake his hand
Go on bout ya business
Be what you wanna be
Do what u wanna do
I washed ma hands I?m threw
I can forgive I just cant forget
You on ya own lil man don?t ask me for shit
If u paid attention to what I told you then u good
If I see u next time get it understood
Go on before I change ma mind cause u know you should be dead
I just wanna say “aight” go head
My instincts told me sumthin
But I?m a good nigga plus I owe his peeps a favor
But I also knew that the decision I just made
Went against the rules of the game that we play

(chorus x2)

[DMX]
I should of followed ma first instinct
Cause I knew
Sometimes u gotta do what u gotta do
Now this nigga fuckin with the competition
Ungrateful muthafucka should of got him missing
He had the nerve to take ma kindness for a weakness
Gotta get back on some street shit so I can creep this
When I act
Take 1
Set em up
Take 2
Get’em there
Take 3
Get em done
Wasn?t hard to get him where I wanted him
Confronted him
Zzzzz click.there was a bullet in 1 of them
Feeling lucky
Click
Looks like you are
Click click click
Luck ain?t goin to far
See what you did was put on another pare of shoes
That just happen to be to big
What you did was stupid
Real fuckin stupid
Well shorty I gave you a chance and what did you do
Threw it back in my fuckin face so fuck you to

Chorus till fade

I thought I saw the light
Was it real or somethin’ I’m imaginin’
I thought I saw the light
If it wasn’t, tell me did you see it too
Did you see the light?
Yeh, tell me that you saw the light

I don’t know why I even do it
All I know is that I’m so-o glad
We always make it through it
One way or another, we’re gonna make it my friend

CHORUS:
I got a lot a love for you
I guess that means I got a lot to lose
I got a lot a love for you and only you

I don’t know how we even do it
All I know is I’m so-o glad
We always make it through it
One more time my friend

Got me two times a wife
She’s like my mother
She’s there to love and understand me
Got me two times a wife
She really does have a touch
Just like no other hand
Sparkle in my eye
Too many times
I left her there alone at night
When you’re out of my life
Yeh, Your love is two times as nice

I don’t know how we make it through it
All I know is I’m so glad
We always seem to do it
One way or another
We’re gonna make it my friend

CHORUS

I got a lot a love for you
And that’s the way it should be
I don’t know why we even do it
All I know is I’m so-0 glad
We always make it thruogh it
One more time my friend

CHORUS 2:
I got a lot a love for you
I guess that means I got a lot to lose
I got a lot of love for you
You and only you and
Nobody else but you

CHORUS 2

My friend, Ahh, oh
Nobody else but you
my friend, Ahh, oh

I got a lot a
I got alot
I got a lot a love for you
Oh you
Oh, I feel I got a lot to lose

If the sky opened up for me,
And the mountain disappeared,
If the seas ran dry, turned to dust
And the sun refused to rise
I would still find my way,
By the light I see in your eyes
The world I know fades away
But you stay

As the earth reclaims it due
And the cycle starts anew
We’ll stay, always
In the love that we have
Shared before time

If the years take away
Every memory that I have
I would still know the way
That would lead me back to your side
The north star may die
But the light that I see in your eyes
Will burn there always

Lit by the love we have
Shared before time

When the forest turns to jade
And the stories that we’ve made
Dissolve away
One shining light will still remain

When we shed our earthly skin
And when our real life begins
There’ll be no shame
Just the love that we have made before time