The Meters - Give It What You Can lyrics

Give it what you can while you still can give it Give it what you can (can) Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it Give it what you can (can) In every situation there's a good and bad The world's sitting right on the ledge We gotta keep our eyes wide open And hope we don't fall off the edge Living in a world that don't look confusin' Grabbed all the food we eat Better tradition is just an illusion Askin' is better than need Give it what you can while you still can give it Give it what you can (can) Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it Give it what you can (can) Time is hard, a dollar ain't nothing and nothing in the world is free Trying to unlock the answer to living but you keep throwing away the key Love yourself and hate your brother is a well-known matter of fact We keep on trying to get rid of this hate but it keeps on coming back Give it what you can while you still can give it Give it what you can (can) Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it Give it what you can (can) Give it what you can while you still can give it Give it what you can (can) Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it Give it what you can (can) Just gotta find a way, shake this feeling (oh) Bad news, following another day Makes me feel like (oh) Bad news, bad news Bad news, sad news Coming round the corner Good news, glad news Forget all the hate (Gimme) bad news (gimme what you can) sad news (Gimme what you can, can) coming round the corner (Gimme) good news (gimme what you can) glad news (Gimme what you can, can) forget all the hate (Gimme) bad news (gimme what you can) sad news (Gimme what you can, can) coming round the corner (Gimme) good news (gimme what you can) glad news (Gimme what you can, can) forget all the hate Time is hard, a dollar ain't nothing and nothing in the world is free Trying to unlock the answer to living but you keep throwing away the key Love yourself and hate your brother is a well-known matter of fact We keep on trying to get rid of this hate but it keeps on coming back Give it what you can while you still can give it Give it what you can (can) Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it Give it what you can (can) Give it what you can while you still can give it Give it what you can (can) Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it Give it what you can (can) (Gimme) bad news (gimme what you can) sad news (Gimme what you can, can) coming round the corner (Gimme) good news (gimme what you can) glad news (Gimme what you can, can) forget all the hate (fades out)