I've been sitin' on the bottom so long It just seem like the right place for me to be I've been sitin' on the bottom so long It just seem like the right place for me to be I Still be sittin' back down on the bottom If not for all my friends and my lovin' family All my life I would have to say, I been touched by all different (?) All my life I would have to say, I been touched by all different (?) Down on the bottom's where I got 'em, this dark path in my life I felt I had to choose From the bottom back up to the top, such a long and hard rocky way From the bottom back up to the top, such a long and hard rocky way Now that monkey's off my back, to a better life I'm off, I hope and pray