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Living for the City
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A boy is born in hard time Mississippi
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Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
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His parents give him love and affection
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To keep him strong movin' in the right direction
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Living just enough, just enough for the city
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His father works some days for fourteen hours
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And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
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His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
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And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
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Living just enough, just enough for the city
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His sister's black but she is sure not pretty
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Her skirt is short but, Lord, her legs are sturdy
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To walk to school she's got to get up early
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Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
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Living just enough, just enough for the city
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Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than many
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His patience's long but soon he won't have any
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To find a job is like a haystack needle
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'Cause where he lives they don't use colored people
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Living just enough, just enough for the city
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Living just enough for the city
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Living just enough for the city
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Living just enough for the city
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His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty
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He spends his life walkin' the streets of New York city
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He's almost dead from breathin' in air pollution
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He tried to vote but to him there's no solution
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Living just enough, just enough for the city
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I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
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And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
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This place is crelu no where could be much colder
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If we don't change the world will soon be over
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Living just enough, stop giving just enough for the city
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