Roy Woods
Tell Me What I’m Living For

[Intro]
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh

[Verse 1]
Don't know how much longer I can go, I can't take it
Tryna get through without my whole heart breakin'
Maybe this for every time I mistreated a lady
Maybe this for every time I lied to my baby
I can go and blame it on the drugs but that ain't grown of me, baby
Blame it on retaliation, all the dirt you done did me
I be tryna make sense of why I'm hurtin' and I'm lonely
Am I just misunderstood from this path that I've taken?
I don't know, still ain't figure out yet
Twenty-eight strong but still ain't fix my mind yet
I don't wanna relapse to numb my pain
But way I'm feelin' lately, what's gon help mе get away?

[Chorus]
Tell me, baby, what I'm livin' for?
If I'm just gon' bе lonely after a whole world tour
Singin' on the stage, the crowd be singin' every word
But when I'm in the city, we don't ever speak a word
Tell me, baby, what I'm livin' for?
If every time I find somebody new, it ends up worse
Always givin' love when no one shows me what I'm worth
Besides my family and all dawgs and all my fans, baby
Tell me what I'm livin' for?
(Tell me what I'm livin' for, livin' for?)
[Verse 2]
Ain't no love in these streets but I'm out here again
Got my mans, got some bread, what's the plan?
Shorties in my ear, in my phone, then my bed
If I do it all again, I'ma hate myself again
Shouldn't be so hard for you to show me some respect
I provide, give you love, fuck you great, you know the rest
You know that I want you as my wife, girl, nothin' less
You know how I feel with every song I send through text
You know how it's been
Every time she stress me out, you take all of it (Ooh)
Every time we're makin' love, it's like the first again
First touch, first kiss, first time I put it in
(Don't act like you got over it)

[Chorus]
Tell me, baby, what I'm livin' for?
If I'm just gon' be lonely after a whole world tour
Singin' on the stage, the crowd be singin' every word (Every word)
But when I'm in the city, we don't ever speak a word
Tell me, baby, what I'm livin' for?
If every time I find somebody new, it's ends up worse (Worse)
Always givin' love when no one shows me what I'm worth (Ooh)
Besides my family and all dawgs and all my fans, baby
Tell me what I'm livin' for?
(Tell me what I'm livin' for, livin' for)
Tell me, baby, what I'm livin' for? (For)
[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Tell me, baby, what I'm livin' for?
If every time I find somebody new, it ends up worse
Always givin' love when no one shows me what I'm worth
Besides my family and all dawgs and all my fans, baby
Tell me what I'm livin' for?
(Tell me what I'm livin' for, livin' for)
Tell me, baby, what I'm livin' for?
If every time I find somebody new, it ends up worse
Always givin' love when no one shows me what I'm worth
Besides my family and all dawgs and all my fans, baby
Tell me what I'm livin' for?