Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Some people say a man is made outta mud A poor man's made outta muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bones A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint peter don't you call me 'cause i can't go I owe my soul to the company store I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine I picked up my shovel and i walked to the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal And the straw boss said "well, a-bless my soul" You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint peter don't you call me 'cause i can't go I owe my soul to the company store I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain Fightin' and trouble are my middle name I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint peter don't you call me 'cause i can't go I owe my soul to the company store If you see me comin', better step aside A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died One fist of iron, the other of steel If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint peter don't you call me 'cause i can't go I owe my soul to the company store

"Take a left here, boy, take it slow" "Don't get distracted by that radio" I just rolled my eyes and I said, "Daddy, I know" "I'm 15, I ain't green like some ol' ten year old" What I wouldn't give to be 16, wild and free Cruisin' up and down Main in my F-150 Roll the windows down, bass too loud from this burnt CD I'll be right where I wanna be when I'm 16, 16, yeah 16 Now that I can drive, finally feel alive, but I got this curfew Sneakin' in late, smellin' like my girlfriend's perfume People talkin' 'bout college and knowledge and that's alright But all I'm thinkin' about is an unsupervised Saturday night What I wouldn't give to be 18, wild and free Buzzin' off a can of the Grizzly wintergreen Lookin' old enough to pull off this fake ID I'll be right where I wanna be when I'm 18, 18, yeah 18, yeah I'm old enough to smoke I'm old enough to vote But they turn me away when I go to the Cotton-Eyed Joe They say the grass is always greener And I believe that's right But my friends are off to Vegas, and they're leaving me behind What I wouldn't give to be 21, wild and free Open up a cold one and drink it legally Chase a bunch of girls, go see the world Let my wild streak run I'll be right where I wanna be when I'm 21, 21 Woah, when I'm 21 Yeah, when I'm 21, it'll be alright Yeah, it'll be alright, when I'm 21 Now I'm 25 and I'm drinking wine with my wife at home Got a couple of dogs and a couple songs on the radio And we sit around and we laugh about how we used to be When all we cared about was turning 16

Looking, looking, looking Looking, looking, looking Looking, looking Looking Looking Looking for revenge All summer sixteen All summer sixteen Playing dirty not clean Out in front of Four Seasons Looking like a damn football team All in the same thing All repping one thing Looking for revenge To do what you couldn't do Tell Obama that my verses are just like the whips that he in They bulletproof Minus twenty we in Pitfield That Kai's kitchen in a Canada Goose Famous as fuck but I'm still in the cut When they round up the troops I'm just a sicko, a real sicko When you get to know me nigga I let the diss record drop You was staying right below me, nigga We must have played it a hundred times You was going to bed Why would I put on a vest? I expect you to aim for the head I coulda killed you the first time You don't have to try to say it louder, nigga Trust, we heard you the first time It's nothing personal I would have done it to anyone And I blame where I came from And I blame all my day ones You know Chubbs like Draymond You better off not saying nothing Them boys they a handful Then I hit 'em with the Hotline Chris Breezy with the dance moves Mo-G with the dance moves Ave Boy with the dance moves Jimi Hendrix with the solo Those the strings that you can't pull Yeah, and I could really dish it out Come and get it from the source Fuck with all the word of mouth Golden State running practice at my house Nigga, what am I about? You gon' really feel it now I'm out here Looking for revenge All summer sixteen All summer sixteen Playing dirty not clean Out in front of Four Seasons Looking like a damn football team All repping one thing Looking for revenge All you boys in the new Toronto want to be me a little All your exes know I like my O's with a V in the middle You would love it if I went away or didn't say nothing else How am I keeping it real by keeping this shit to myself? You was never gang, gang, gang, gang, you was never one of us Had us fooled for a minute there, now we done all grown up But I'm better off anyway Y'all never gon' finish Drake Say you seeing 'bout it when you see me Man, y'all never home anyway Thought of things that you shoulda said Said things that you shouldn't say We even gave you the whole money play And y'all still broke to this day Oh it's your time now, yeah, that's what everybody say I used to wanna be on Roc-A-Fella then I turned into Jay Now I got a house in LA Now I got a bigger pool than Ye And look man, Ye's pool is nice Mine's just big is what I'm saying I'm that nigga's what I'm saying Getting things done around here How you let me run it down here I'm not even from around here Six, six, six, six, six Soon as I'm back in the city they throw a parade I might get a key to the city and give it to Wayne Or give it to one of the young boys to carry the wave Yeah, so trust me, they'll be out here Looking for revenge All summer sixteen All summer sixteen Playing dirty not clean Out in front of Four Seasons Looking like a damn football team All repping one thing Looking for... They don't want us to have a bigger pool than Kanye

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Startin' from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just across the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living See, my old man's got a problem He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his Mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said, "somebody's got to take care of him" So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? Still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruisin', entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job So I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way