Give It What You Can - The Meters

Give it what you can while you still can give it

Give it what you can (can)

Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it

Give it what you can (can)

In every situation there’s a good and bad

The world’s sitting right on the ledge

We gotta keep our eyes wide open

And hope we don’t fall off the edge

Living in a world that don’t look confusin'

Grabbed all the food we eat

Better tradition is just an illusion

Askin' is better than need

Give it what you can while you still can give it

Give it what you can (can)

Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it

Give it what you can (can)

Time is hard, a dollar ain’t nothing

And nothing in the world is free

Trying to unlock the answer to living

But you keep throwing away the key

Love yourself and hate your brother

Is a well-known matter of fact

We keep on trying to get rid of this hate

But it keeps on coming back

Give it what you can while you still can give it

Give it what you can (can)

Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it

Give it what you can (can)

Give it what you can while you still can give it

Give it what you can (can)

Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it

Give it what you can (can)

Just gotta find a way, shake this feeling (oh)

Bad news, following another day

Makes me feel like (oh)

Bad news, bad news

Bad news, sad news

Coming round the corner

Good news, glad news

Forget all the hate

(Gimme) bad news

(gimme what you can) sad news

(Gimme what you can, can) coming round the corner

(Gimme) good news

(gimme what you can) glad news

(Gimme what you can, can) forget all the hate

(Gimme) bad news

(gimme what you can) sad news

(Gimme what you can, can) coming round the corner

(Gimme) good news

(gimme what you can) glad news

(Gimme what you can, can) forget all the hate

Time is hard, a dollar ain’t nothing

And nothing in the world is free

Trying to unlock the answer to living

But you keep throwing away the key

Love yourself and hate your brother

Is a well-known matter of fact

We keep on trying to get rid of this hate

But it keeps on coming back

Give it what you can while you still can give it

Give it what you can (can)

Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it

Give it what you can (can)

Give it what you can while you still can give it

Give it what you can (can)

Give it what you can 'cause you gotta live with it

Give it what you can (can)

(Gimme) bad news

(gimme what you can) sad news

(Gimme what you can, can) coming round the corner

(Gimme) good news

(gimme what you can) glad news

(Gimme what you can, can) forget all the hate

(fades out)