
Date of issue: 16.02.2009
Record label: Essential Media Group
Song language: English
Living For The City |
A boy is born in hard time Mississippi |
Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty |
His parents give him love and affection |
To keep him strong moving in the right direction |
Living just enough, just enough for the city… ee ha! |
His father works some days for fourteen hours |
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar |
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many |
And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny |
Living just enough, just enough for the city… yeah! |
His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty |
Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy |
To walk to school she’s got to get up early |
Her clothes are old but never are they dirty |
Living just enough, just enough for the city… um hum |
Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many |
His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any |
To find a job is like a haystack needle |
Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people |
Living just enough, just enough for the city… |
Living just enough… |
For the city… ooh, ooh |
(Repeat several times) |
His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty |
He spends his life walking the streets of New York City |
He’s almost dead from breathing in air pollution |
He tried to vote but to him there’s no solution |
Living just enough, just enough for the city… v yeah, yeah, yeah! |
I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow |
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow |
This place is cruel no where could be much colder |
If we don’t change the world will soon be over |
Living just enough, stop giving just enough for the city!!! |
La, La, La, La, La, La, |
Da Ba Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da |
(Repeat to end) |
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