Living for the City-A.M.P.

[ti:Living for the City] [ar:Studio Group] [al:The 70's Collection: 40 Hit Songs of the 70's] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Living for the City - A.M.P. [00:11.44]A boy is born in hard time Mississippi [00:14.95] [00:15.80]Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty [00:19.75] [00:20.53]His parents give him love and affection [00:24.18] [00:25.05]To keep him strong moving in the right direction [00:28.19] [00:28.79]Living just enough just enough for the city [00:34.81] [00:38.49]His father works some days for fourteen hours [00:42.02] [00:42.93]And you can bet he barely makes a dollar [00:46.52] [00:47.43]His mother goes to scrub the floors for many [00:50.96] [00:51.77]And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny [00:55.25]Living just enough just enough for the city yeah [01:03.71] [01:20.32]His sister's black but she is sho 'nuff pretty [01:23.55] [01:24.72]Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy [01:28.19] [01:29.10]To walk to school she's got to get up early [01:32.55] [01:33.44]Her clothes are old but never are they dirty [01:37.03]Living just enough just enough for the city [01:43.30] [01:46.60]Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many [01:50.46] [01:50.98]His patience's long but soon he won't have any [01:54.62] [01:55.33]To find a job is like a haystack needle [01:58.86] [01:59.77]'Cause where he lives they don't use colored people [02:03.51]Living just enough just enough for the city [02:11.44] [02:36.49]Living just enough [02:39.29]Living just enough [02:40.29] [02:40.81]Living just enough [02:43.39]Living just enough for the city [02:46.04] [02:46.62]Living just enough [02:47.48] [02:49.10]Living just enough [02:51.35] [02:52.11]Living just enough [02:52.72] [02:53.75]Living just enough [02:56.01] [02:57.29]Living just enough for the city [02:59.48]Living just enough [03:00.32] [03:02.33]Living just enough [03:04.66]Oh is not [03:05.40] [03:06.71]Living just enough [03:08.98] [03:09.65]Living just enough for the city [03:11.43]Living just enough