Lyrics:

Life is a beat down you better understand
Stop your crying, sissy, take it like a man, oh yeah
Life is a beat down you better understand
Stop your crying, sissy, take it like a man, oh yeah

Two kinds of people who always come my way
Evil looking mothers and those who run away
Meek mild and timid like Clark was called Superman
Come into my life, you know I lend a helping hand

Life is a beat down you better understand
Stop your crying, sissy, take it like a man, oh yeah
Life is a beat down you better understand
Stop your crying, sissy, take it like a man, oh yeah

I used to be a bad boy running from the law
Knocking all that cocaine and knocking all the whores
Running like a locomotive out of steam
Got a piece of the American dream
Then I got a guitar fell into my hand
Playing for myself I'm not a company man
Got to eat your Wheaties if you want to take my seat
I came up in the old school and I don't accept defeat

Life is a beat down you better understand
Stop your crying, sissy, take it like a man, oh yeah
Life is a beat down you better understand
Stop your crying, sissy, take it like a man, oh yeah

Each night on MTV I hear some rocks star whining
About their record sales and how their star's not shining
Tryin' to blame his Mama his Sister and his Daddy
He should shut his mouth sit down and roll a fatty
And let the smoke clear out the fog that's clouding his brain
But all the ever thinks about is money sex and frame
And all that liposuction, and all that mass production
He sits and counts his bank while he lets the devil fuck him
And maybe he can find a way to make a contribution
'Cause you gotta sing the blues if you wanna pay your dues
And you know it don't come easy

Life is a beat down you better understand
Stop your crying, sissy, take it like a man, oh yeah
Life is a beat down you better understand
Stop your crying, sissy, take it like a man, oh yeah