I been bruised  I been used  I been beaten black and blue,
And I, assumed that I'd been the fool,
And it's made me mean  made me cruel,
Made me just the same as you  did things I shouldn't do,
Done things to make it through  while making up excuses to,
Just get ahead  get along  get some more  get some fun,
Gettin' scared of gettin' none  while lookn' after number one,
I gotta get ahead or get none  gotta get it all and then some,
Gotta look how far I come  lived so fast  died so young.
I'm chokin' - This smoke- has got so thick that I can't cope,
And it's so bad I'm almost broke  and I gone way beyond all hope,
And I can't breath  I can't see  can't be too good for me,
And I can't seem to find my feet  now  somebody help me please.
Show me the sunshine.
I want to see the blue sky,
Show me the sunshine.
I want to see the blue sky,
Show me the sunshine.
I want to see the blue sky  come back to me,
Show me the sunshine.
I want to see the blue sky  come back to me,
Show me the sunshine.