Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Poverty's Paradise , by - 24 Carat Black. Song from the album Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth, in the genre R&BRelease date: 31.12.1972
Record label: Concord
Song language: English
Poverty's Paradise |
| Hey, it seems to me like ever since I was a little child |
| I’ve been starving |
| I’ve never known anything but hunger |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| I’ve been hungry all my life |
| Yeah, starved to the bone |
| Somewhere on this raggedy earth |
| Somebody said something once |
| About some kind of paradise |
| Where everything would be nice |
| (Poverty's) |
| And together |
| (Paradise) |
| But I’ll be damned if I can find it |
| I’ve grown up into adulthood now |
| And I don’t seem to be able to find my way to anything |
| Much less somebody’s paradise |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| One thing for sure |
| I’d like to go to sleep just once on a full stomach |
| I get mighty tired of these belly wrinkles, dig? |
| And my babies |
| I don’t know what I’m gonna do about them |
| I’ve run out of ways to keep them fed |
| Used to be I could find a way when there wasn’t anyway |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| Ever since my birth |
| I’ve had no one to care |
| Since my very first day on earth |
| I’ve existed on welfare |
| Shameful living’s been my way |
| Nameless giving’s been my pay |
| Poverty’s paradise |
| If you want it, you better think twice |
| Poverty’s paradise |
| Who ever said it was nice? |
| That human was a fool |
| A poor human’s life is filled with woes |
| No amount of foodstamps can ease sorrow |
| This way of life demands no respect or dignity |
| It command only neglect and self pity |
| Down life’s long and lonely road |
| Poor has been my one and only load |
| Poverty’s paradise |
| If you want it, I say you better think twice |
| Poverty’s paradise |
| Whoever said it was nice? |
| That human was a fool (fool) |
| My living’s been in vain |
| My lowly life has known only pain |
| If you can avoid this kind of misery |
| Thank God you don’t have to live like me |
| Down life’s long and lonely road |
| Poor has been my one and only load |
| Poverty’s paradise |
| If you want it, I say you better think twice |
| Poverty’s paradise |
| Whoever said it was nice? |
| That human was a fool |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| I don’t think I could find a way to make it on this earth |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| It’s been on continuous delay |
| Ever since my birth |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| Hungry, Hungry, Hungry |
| Lonely, lonely, lonely |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| My love’s been adept |
| I’ve had to do without |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| Only pain, only shame |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| My baby’s look at me and cry |
| All I could do is laugh |
| I tell 'em, son, one day we’ll be rich |
| Daughter, oh, daughter |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| Nobody to be fare |
| Nobody to be fare |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| Life, liberty and the pursuit of hapiness, yes yes |
| (Poverty) |
| That’s what they tell me |
| Liquidation and distress |
| That’s what they sell me |
| Free speech, constitutional rights, ain’t nowhere to be found |
| (Poverty's) |
| Only hunger and grind |
| (Poverty's) |
| Global fight after fight |
| (Poverty's) |
| Look around |
| (Paradise) |
| The president said, the president said, the president said |
| Don’t worry, Don’t worry, Don’t worry, Don’t worry |
| But worry’s all I know |
| Hurt, Hurt Hurt, hurt hurt hurt |
| (Poverty) |
| Hurt |
| (Poverty) |
| Hurt |
| (Poverty) |
| Hurt |
| (Paradise) |
| Poverty’s paradise |
| Whoever said it was nice? |
| That human was a fool |
| (Poverty's paradise) |
| (Poverty's paradise) |