Maxi Priest - It Ain't Easy lyrics

When I was a boy I never knew much joy I only spoke when I was told to speak To sit up straight and be well behaved And to eat when I was told to eat As I grew up I got to realize in order to survive You've got to shout real loud and fight real hard So you can stay alive [Chorus] It ain't easy Lord it ain't easy Living in the world today Living in the world today When I reached my teens I was on the scene Going raving and getting high And though I hated the world But I loved my girl and for my best friend I would die Now I am a man I get to understand Some life philosophy You've got to take what you get from life today 'Cause tomorrow may never be [Chorus] Now the years have pa**ed And the time is moving faster every day I take the good with the bad And dance with the sad As I move along the way Been in love nothing lost And now I stand and watch our children play And when they ask why does that man look so sad I just turn to them and say [Chorus x3] Can't you see living ain't easy Can't you see life ain't easy Today today today