For 3 Hots and a Cot

Three hots and a cot…
and all I've got to do
is be the man I never thought I'd be…
But it's true;

for three hots and a cot, I've
done some things
I never
thought I'd do

Living in cuffs is tough,
but not as rough
as living
on the avenue…

I mean Enough's Enough…
when you've gotta steal
'cause it's killing you

Stolen things,
diamond rings, Anything
All that's fair is true---

But is it fair that
you've gotta steal
before they steal the life from you?

So for three hots and a cot?…
Just tell me what I've gotta do