Rough Stuff


Does anybody know what the lyrics are to the song Rough Stuff? I especially can't figure out what the word is before "criminal genius".

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But I can't find the lyrics either.

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He says "no average psychotic criminal genius makes a monkey out of me".
It's a reference to the main villain's line from the movie "oh, I'm just your average psychotic criminal genius".

It's not too singable, so the singer Buster Poindexter crammed it a bit. Really fun theme song, though. Too bad it's so hard to find.
Thank God for YouTube...

btw

The villain was played by David Johansen (from the band The New York Dolls) who was also the composer for this movie. Buster Poindexter is a pseudonym for David Johansen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen

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Rough Stuff!
Rough Stuff!
Rough Stuff!
Rough stuff, Rough stuff, Rough stuff!

When this job is over
I'm gonna settle down
I'll find a little shack by the railroad track
On the outskirts of town

I'll plant a little garden
And watch the flowers grow
I'll tell this crazy mixed up world I just don't wanna know
But a trouble comes a knockin'
I like to keep the power
I'll take that pest, betta sit my nest, and put his head right through the door!

Rough Stuff!
Baby gonna call your bluff
Rough Stuff!
The tough gets goin', when the goin' gets rough
Rough Stuff!
It won't be over, 'til you had enough
Rough Stuff!
You ain't nothin', but a Powderpuff

Rough Stuff!
Rough Stuff!
Rough Stuff!
Rough stuff, Rough stuff, Rough stuff!

No average psychotic criminal genius makes a monkey outta me
'Cause I got stuff when it gets rough that you don't wanna see
You know I am a lover, and baby that ain't all
I'm a wild tiger when my backs against the wall
You think that you're a hunter, and I will be your game
But your game is lost, you gotta pay the cost, I'm one cat you can't tame!

*Repeat chorus*

I just wanna go fishin', in the deep blue sea
'Cause I need a change from my reality
This world will beat you down, beat you with a stick
You want an ice cream pop, they give you a boot to lick
I need some time, to sort out all this mess
I gotta be rough and ready when they put me to the test!

*Repeat chorus*


Cane Dewey

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Some corrections:
I'll plant a little garden
And watch the flowers grow
I'll tell this crazy mixed up world I just don't wanna know
But if trouble comes a knockin'
Like it did before
I'll take that pest that upset my nest, and put his head right through the door!

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