[Male vocal]
(Jah know… oh lawd)
Life rough, mi queen…
(Mhmm, yeahhh)
But mi still deh yah…
[Chorus: Both – Call & Response w/ Ad-libs] [female vocal] Neva get nuff, no, neva get nuff
(Male vocal– adlib) Nahhh, nahhh
(Female vocal) ♪ Life rough, tuff ♪
(Male – adlib) So tuff, mi know
(Female) ♪ Heart need real love, heart need real love ♪
(Male vocal) Real love mi seh, not di fake ting
(Female vocal) ♪ Not the stuff, when they nuff ♪
(Male vocal)Dem cyaan trick wi, gyal (Together – harmony)
♪ Neva get nuff, no, neva get nuff
Life rough, tuff. Heart need real love, heart need real love Not the stuff, not the stuff
[Verse 1: Female – frustrated/soulful]
You call me ya girl, but mi waan be ya wife
Not jus’ a moment, mi waan di whole life
I’m not askin’ fi gold or a crown
Just ya time, ya touch, when world beat mi down
You hide in silence, mi reach but you run. I need your love, not a cold wall, hun Why build a kingdom, if mi cyaan reign? Why hold mi heart, but still leave mi in pain?
[Pre-Chorus: Female – yearning]
♪ I wish, I wish, I wish ♪
(Adlib: I just need ya love, baby)
♪ For ya arms, not jus’ a kiss ♪
♪ I wish, I wish, I wish ♪
♪ You’d see, love is dis… ♪
[Chorus: Both – harmony, male adlibs]
(Female) ♪ Neva get nuff, no, neva get nuff ♪
(Male – adlib) Neva, neva
(Female) ♪ Life rough, tuff ♪
(Male – adlib) So tuff mi queen
(Female) ♪ Heart need real love, heart need real love ♪
(Male – adlib) Mi feel yuh pain, mi deh yah same
(Female) ♪ Not the stuff, when they nuff ♪
(Male and female vocal)
♪ Neva get nuff, no, neva get nuff
Life rough, tuff
Heart need real love, heart need real love
Not the stuff
[Verse 2: Male – defensive, heavy patois]
Mi seh, gyal, mi a man, mi haffi provide If mi cyaan bring food, mi cyaan feel pride Yuh seh yuh need touch, but mi stress too deep
Mi fight fi tomorrow, while yuh dream inna sleep.World wicked—tribulation pon mi back
System nuh care, mi haffi stay pon di track
Mi nuh mean fi shut yuh out, mi just cope so
But mi love real, mi waan yuh fi know
[Verse 3:]
(Female) Mi tell yuh mi deh yah, mi support every way
Blend wi family, build fi a brighter day
(Male) But mi need mi release, mi need di pum, mi need di touch
Mi body in pain, mi stress too much
(Female) I don’t want millions, just you beside
Your love, your trust, no more divide
(Male) Mi haffi chase money, cyaan sit still
Bills deh pon mi back, mi haffi foot di bill
(Female) This distance burn, mi heart can’t cope
Mi need your presence, mi need your hope
(Male) Long distance a kill mi, mi know it true
Mi pride and mi mind mek it hard fi talk to you
(Female – soft) Then open up, let me carry some too
I don’t want perfect, I just want you
[Bridge – softening into unity]
(Female vocal) The world so cold, I need a safe place
(Male) Gyal, di safe place deh yah inna mi embrace
(Female – soft) ♪ Then hold me close, don’t make me guess ♪
(Male – low) Soon come, mi wife, mi gi yuh mi best
(Final chorus) Female) ♪ Neva get nuff, no, neva get nuff ♪
