The Hardway (Live 1994)

Lyrics

[Chorus: Kevin Max] Some people gotta learn the hard way I guess I'm the kind of guy who has to find out for myself I had to learn the hard way I'm on my knees and I'm cryin' for Your help [Verse 1: TobyMac, TobyMac, Kevin Max & Michael Tait, Kevin Max] Now I've been high and I've been low I've been some places that you will not go, yeah I never thought there would come the day When I wished I never woulda lived this way, yeah [Pre-Chorus 1: Michael Tait] I've been searchin' for a long, long time I thought the Devil was a friend of mine I turned my back on everything that was true And wasted years that bеlong to You, oh [Chorus: Kevin Max, Kevin Max, Michael Tait & TobyMac, Michael Tait] Some people gotta lеarn the hard way And I guess I'm the kinda guy who has to find out for myself I had to learn the hard way I'm on my knees and I'm cryin' for Your help, ah-ah ooh-ooh hoo-ooh-hoo [Verse 2: TobyMac, TobyMac, Kevin Max & Michael Tait, Kevin Max] It took so long for me to see That I'm a victim of a nature in me, oh Left to myself, I realize I am a maker of my own demise, yeah [Pre-Chorus 1: Michael Tait & Kevin Max] But You accept me every time and again (So You say) And never mention just how selfish I been, no Why must it always take me so long to see That I have fallen but You will forgive me? [Chorus: Kevin Max, Kevin Max, Michael Tait & TobyMac, Michael Tait] Some people gotta learn the hard way I guess I'm the kind of guy who has to find out for myself I had to learn the hard way And I'm on my knees and I'm cryin'… [Post-Chorus: Kevin Max & Michael Tait] Need Your help No, ah ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah Oh, need Your help [Chorus: Kevin Max, Michael Tait & TobyMac, Kevin Max] Some people gotta learn the hard way And I guess I'm the kind of guy who has to find out for myself I had to learn the hard way, Father I'm on my knees and I'm cryin'… [Bridge: TobyMac] The warning signs are like flares in the night Still I proceed, my greed is in spite of a fire I know that's bound to burn Why is it that I always gotta learn… [Outro: TobyMac, Michael Tait, Kevin Max & Michael Tait, Kevin Max] The hard way? The hard way (Oh-oh) I had to learn the hard way (Yeah) The hard way, the hard way (Whoa-oa oh-oh ho) I had to learn the hard way (Here we go, sing) *skats* Yeah, the hard way *skats* Yeah, the hard way You see, Jesus, He gave it all, yo! Oh-oh He gave it all, yo! He gave it all, yo! Oh-oh He gave it on and on and on and on and on and on and on! Oh-oh Oh, yeah, He died Oh-oh He died, He died, oh Oh-oh He rose again Oh-oh He rose again, sha-la-la sha-la-la, oh, yeah Oh-oh Oh