Workin' on the Building

Hey, I want to do this one like Tyrone Davis
Check it out, well
I'd like to tell y'all a little story
About a friend of mine
Got caught up in the wrong place
Yeah, at the wrong time

Started out with a friend of mine
He was smokin' that dope
And drinkin' that wine
Yeah, hangin' out at the club
Chasin' some women
Yeah, a place where I was bound to lose
They got me confused
I messed around, committed a crime

Yeah, girl, I know I missed you, baby
Our happy home
I'm sorry for the wrong I done
And leaving you alone

'Cause I've been working on the building
Doing my time
I done paid dearly for doing this crap
Ten long years out of my life
I love my place and I miss my wife

I've been working on the building
I've been working on the building
Are you working on the building?
Are you working on you?
Working on you?

Nine years, eleven months (oh, baby), and twenty-nine days
Yeah, it's done
Then I'm moving to a residence
Where I got a full mortgage to pay
Two of my kids, I almost grown
Yeah, I got a nine-year-old
They gotta have clothes
I gotta take care when I get home

I got a beautiful wife (ooh-wee, baby)
Who means everything to me
I can't believe it
That I was boldy running 'round in these streets

'Cause I've been working on the building
Doing my time
I done paid dearly for doing this crap
Ten long years out of my life
I love my place and I miss my wife

I've been working on the building
Yeah, where it get a lil' rough sometimes
Are you working on the building?

You see baby, I uh
I know I was wrong for staying out all night long
Hanging out in the clubs all night
When I should've been at home loving you, baby
But if you give me one more chance
See baby it done took me ten long years
To get it right, but I promise
I wanna show you how it feel to get it right
I'll give you good lovin' every night

I've been working on the building, doing my time
I done paid dearly for doing this crap
Ten long years out of my life
Love my place and I miss my wife

I've been working on the building (whoo!)
Yeah, where it get a lil' rough sometimes
Are you working on the building?
Are you working on you?
Working on the building

Hey, see, I made a mistake
And I regret it, yes, I do
But every day of my life

Hey, I keep working (I keep working)
I keep working (I keep working)
I keep working (I keep working)
I keep working (I keep working)
I gotta keep working, I keep working
I keep working (I keep working)
Hey, hey, hey

Sometimes I'm on at night
Thinking about my wife and kids, yeah
Then I get up early in the morning
And keep workin', I keep workin', I gotta keep workin'
I keep workin', I gotta keep workin', keep workin', keep workin'