Cry

I done had money and I done been broke I done been talked about something awful Done been lied on by so many folks I done even been depressed at times And didn? t wanna cry 'cause my pride was too strong But over the years I thought it over And after struggling for so long and still holding on I figured, can? t be nothing all that wrong with crying If anybody says that they? re that strong they? re lying See crying is like taking your soul to the Laundromat It? s like the feeling that you get When you see your grandmama smile Or the heavens open up and blessing rain down Go on child and cry Go on and cry, cry, cry Go on and cry, cry, cry We can cry, we can cry together See I done been a player and I done been played I done went for some of the oldest tricks From some of the coldest chicks God done ever made [Incomprehensible] hearing me Said I done even had a venereal disease And didn? t wanna go to the clinic All that attention embarrassing me But over the years I? ve learned to understand That I don? t really give a damn What nobody say, I? m a man And we cry, we can cry, we can We can cry, we can cry together Talkin? bout wo, wo, wo, yea, yea, yea They say a man ain? t supposed to cry But I know, know, know Fasho? sho?, sho? That even men go through problems sometime Talkin? bout wo, wo, wo, yea, yea, yea They say a man ain? t supposed to cry But I know, know, know Fasho? sho?, sho? That even men go through problems sometime I? m a man and we cry Cry, cry, cry {Okay okay, the next part of the story is that After about five or six years in the joint I had cried all I could cry and then you know Other things were coming to me More spiritual things is placed upon my heart I started lookin' you know, in different places for God I think my exact age was, I was Twenty six years and seventeen days old}