Intro
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Some people gotta learn the hardway
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I guess I'm the kinda guy
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That has to find out for myself
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I had to learn the hardway, Father
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I'm on my knees and I'm crying for help
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[Verse 1]
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Now I've been high and I've been low
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I've been some places that you will not go
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I never thought there would come the day
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When I wished I never would've lived this way
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But I've been searching for a long, long time
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I thought the devil was a friend of mine
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I turned my back on everything that was true
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And wasted years that belong to you
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Some people gotta learn the hardway
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I guess I'm the kinda guy
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That has to find out for myself
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I had to learn the hardway, Father
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I'm on my knees and I'm crying for help
[Verse 2]
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It took so long for me to see
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That I'm a victim of nature and me
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Left to myself I realize
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I am the maker of my own demise
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But you accept me every time and again
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And never mention just how selfish I've been
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Why must it always take me so long to see
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That I have fallen but you will forgive me?
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Some people gotta learn the hardway
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I guess I'm the kinda guy
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That has to find out for myself
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I had to learn the hardway, Father
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I'm on my knees and I'm crying
[Solo]
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Some people gotta learn the hardway
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I guess I'm the kinda guy
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That has to find out for myself
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I had to learn the hardway, Father
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I'm on my knees and I'm crying
[Rap]
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The warning signs are like flares in the night
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Still I proceed my greed is in spite of the fire
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I know that's bound to burn
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Why is it that I always gotta learn…
[End]
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The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway
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The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway
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