Different Strokes - McAlmont & Butler

Well I do the best I can

Try to improve the way I am

I work hard but when things get slow

I please my love the only way I know

Now mama said it’ll never pay

Get a proper job ­ it’s the only way

But I keep reaching for the stars

But with my feet on the ground they just seem so far

We paint with different strokes

From time to time we’re broke

But I’m a simple man

Take me for what I am

I didn’t mean to keep the money I made

I really meant to pay you back some day

But how could I make you feel like a star

Without my credit card and my big flash car

Now mama said it’ll never pay

Be like everyone else ­ it’s the only way

But I believe in what you are

There ain’t a man on the planet who don’t wanna be a star

We paint with different strokes

From time to time we’re broke

But I’m a simple man

Take me for what I am

We paint with different strokes

From time to time we’re broke

But I’m a simple man

Take me for what I am — what I am