Backbone

Gerald Levert

[Intro]

Umm, oh, yeah

Well, well, well, well

Well, well, well, well

Umm, oh baby

Listen to me



Just got laid off from work today

I can't go home, what am I gonna say

Guess I'll go to the local bar

Toss up a few to the bartender what I'm goin' through

He say if you got a good woman

She gon' catch you when you fall

So instead of givin' me an earfull

Here's a quarter, you need to call her

So here I am, baby



1 - If tonight I cry

I need you to be strong

Will you be my shoulder

Girl you are my backbone, my backbone

And I'm falling apart



My little boy's birthday is coming, yeah

And he want that Playstation II, yes he do

What am I gonna tell him

Gotta save cuz the rent is due, the rent is due



You say you get another job, yes you do girl

But I won't put you through that

Just hold me close tonight

Say everyting'll be alright

I jsut need to know

I need to know you got my back, so



Repeat 1



Girl I know this is really messed up

I think the Lord is tryna test us, yes he is

But I have never meant so much to me

Like any real man, I want my family

To have everything and anything

But I'm struggling to get on my feet



Repeat 1



I don't wanna cry

So I need you to be strong

For the kids and the family

Can't let 'em see us down

Cuz yo know they gon' kick ya

(Backbone, backbone)

When you're down and out

See nobody wants ya

Nobody even cares



Repeat 1 until fade