[ar:Donell Jones]
[ti:Do What I Gotta Do]
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[00:00.23]Do What I Gotta Do - Donell Jones
[00:01.03]Written by：Darren Lighty/Cliff Lighty/Edward Ferrell/Bale'wa Muhammad/Jamie Wilson/Hal David/Burt Bacharach
[00:21.17]Gotta do what I gotta do
[00:31.31]Do what I gotta do
[00:38.82]Cause cash rules everything around me
[00:41.36]If you take a look around
[00:43.33]Take a look at was going down
[00:45.21]If you can see what I see baby
[00:48.54]And why act the way I do
[00:51.40]Cause you can't understand
[00:53.48]And you don't really know a man
[00:55.34]Until you've been where I've been
[00:56.91]Loose the things I've lost
[00:59.18]But can you change the way that you look at me
[01:02.47]All that you can say to me
[01:04.74]The things I just can say no more
[01:07.57]I'm not the same guy that I used to be
[01:09.81]We don't even talk no more
[01:13.09]Don't I get up everyday
[01:14.74]Don't I bring home all my pay
[01:17.12]Don't I do whatever it takes
[01:19.59]If I could just get my baby out than ghetto
[01:22.61]Gotta do what I gotta do
[01:24.80]Move when it's time to move
[01:27.88]See who I gotta see
[01:30.54]Cause cash rules everything around me
[01:33.01]Do what I gotta do
[01:35.61]Be who I gotta be
[01:37.70]But it's not enough for you
[01:40.55]Cause we can live without enough money
[01:43.41]She is afraid to get involved
[01:45.15]She ain't willing to fall in love
[01:46.98]It's such a risk to take and a big mistake
[01:49.56]By the way I make my living
[01:53.98]But I let you know from the go
[01:56.36]That's the way it is
[01:57.60]And that's the way it goes
[01:59.18]It's the only life I know
[02:01.51]But you can't do nothing to change that baby
[02:04.25]All that you can say to me
[02:06.59]The things I just can say no more
[02:09.33]I'm not the same guy that I used to be
[02:11.79]We don't even talk no more
[02:14.95]Don't I get up everyday
[02:16.70]Don't I bring home all my pay
[02:19.14]Don't I do whatever it takes
[02:21.25]If I could just get my baby out tha ghetto
[02:24.78]Gotta do what I gotta do
[02:27.37]Move when it's time to move
[02:29.80]See who I gotta see
[02:32.34]Cause cash rules everything around me
[02:34.99]Do what I gotta do
[02:37.45]Be who I gotta be
[02:40.23]But it's not enough for you
[02:42.36]Cause we can live without enough money
[02:45.46]Gotta do what I gotta do
[02:48.00]Move when it's time to move
[02:50.25]See who I gotta see
[02:52.88]Cause cash rules everything around me
[02:55.58]Do what I gotta do
[02:58.35]Be who I gotta be
[03:00.95]But it's not enough for you
[03:02.99]Cause we can live without enough money
[03:05.88]Just try and understand me
[03:11.27]Look at it from my point of view
[03:16.31]Nothing in this world is free
[03:21.39]So I do what I gotta do
[03:25.47]Didn't I give you the big cars n than big rimes
[03:29.65]I kept you less then
[03:32.19]The finer things baby what you think
[03:34.70]It was coming from stop acting dumb
[03:37.39]I knew you knew but you played it off
[03:39.96]I play it too like I had it all
[03:42.54]I was your man gave you everything
[03:45.04]So don't act like you don't understand
[03:47.28]Gotta do what I gotta do
[03:49.94]Move when it's time to move
[03:52.30]See who I gotta see
[03:54.69]Cause cash rules everything around me
[03:57.66]Do what I gotta do
[04:00.03]Be who I gotta be
[04:02.52]But it's not enough for you
[04:05.06]Cause we can live without enough money
[04:07.96]Gotta do what I gotta do
[04:10.61]Move when it's time to move
[04:12.99]See who I gotta see
[04:15.63]Cause cash rules everything around me
[04:18.21]Do what I gotta do
[04:20.72]Be who I gotta be
[04:23.37]But it's not enough for you
[04:25.77]Cause we can live without enough money
[04:28.66]Gotta do what I gotta do
[04:31.20]Move when it's time to move
[04:33.65]See who I gotta see